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Collection: Tendaguru quarry N Lindi Region, Tanzania
Age | 152.1 - 145 Ma (Late Jurassic) |
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Interval | Tithonian |
Lat/Long | -9.70405,39.2365 |
Co-ordinates derived from | based on nearby landmark |
Location | Tendaguru quarry N |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Lindi Region, Tanzania |
Geographic Scale | small collection |
Geographic Comments | 0.9 km E of Tendaguru Hill |
Formation | Tendaguru |
Member | Upper Dinosaur |
Stratigraphic Scale | bed |
Straigraphic Comments | formerly Upper Saurian Bed |
Lithology Description | "greenish-grey and reddish sandy marls" |
Lithology | marl |
Minor Lithology | sandy |
Environment | estuary/bay |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Preservation | Age |
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Giraffatitan brancai species | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Brachiosauridae : Brachiosaurus : Brachiosaurus brancai | hydroxylapatite 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!