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Collection: Tendaguru quarry M 9 Lindi Region, Tanzania
Age | 152.1 - 145 Ma (Late Jurassic) |
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Interval | Tithonian |
Lat/Long | -9.70311,39.2256 |
Co-ordinates derived from | estimated from map |
Location | Tendaguru quarry M 9 |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Lindi Region, Tanzania |
Geographic Scale | outcrop |
Geographic Comments | N of Tendaguru Hill, on N side of a steep ridge; includes nearby site 9a. Altitude corrected from 710 ft. Near an old German site. |
Formation | Tendaguru |
Member | Upper Dinosaur |
Stratigraphic Scale | bed |
Straigraphic Comments | formerly Upper Saurian Bed |
Lithology | not reported |
Environment | estuary/bay |
Associated Collections
Collection | Formation | Member | Lithology | Age |
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Tendaguru quarry M 10 | Tendaguru | Upper Dinosaur | not reported | 152.1 - 145 Ma (Late Jurassic) |
Tendaguru quarry M 11 | Tendaguru | Upper Dinosaur | not reported | 152.1 - 145 Ma (Late Jurassic) |
Tendaguru quarry M 12 | Tendaguru | Upper Dinosaur | not reported | 152.1 - 145 Ma (Late Jurassic) |
Tendaguru quarry M 21 | Tendaguru | Upper Dinosaur | not reported | 152.1 - 145 Ma (Late Jurassic) |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Preservation | Age |
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Plantae kingdom | Plantae | body | 152.1 - 145 Ma Late Jurassic |
Dinosauria order | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria | phosphatic body | 152.1 - 145 Ma Late Jurassic |
Belemnitida order | Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Belemnitida | low Mg calcite body | 152.1 - 145 Ma Late Jurassic |
Porifera phylum | Animalia : Porifera | body | 152.1 - 145 Ma Late Jurassic |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!