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Tendaguru

236 occ. 51 taxa (10 genera) 1 countries
Description

The Tendaguru Formation, or Tendaguru Beds are a highly fossiliferous formation and Lagerstätte located in the Lindi Region of southeastern Tanzania. The formation represents the oldest sedimentary unit of the Mandawa Basin, overlying Neoproterozoic basement, separated by a long hiatus and unconformity. It reaches a total sedimentary thickness of more than 110 metres (360 ft). The formation ranges in age from the late Middle Jurassic to the Early Cretaceous, Oxfordian to Hauterivian stages, with the base of the formation possibly extending into the Callovian.

Genera
10 genera
Ceratosaurus
Ceratosaurus
Dinosaurs
Valid 3 occ. · 158 Ma
Torvosaurus
Torvosaurus
Dinosaurs
Valid 3 occ. · 165 Ma
Brachiosaurus
Brachiosaurus
Dinosaurs
Valid 2 occ. · 158 Ma
Pterodactylus
Pterodactylus
Pterosaurs
Valid 2 occ. · 201 Ma
Kentrosaurus
Kentrosaurus
Dinosaurs
Valid 1 occ. · 162 Ma
Megalosaurus
Megalosaurus
Dinosaurs
Valid 1 occ. · 206 Ma
Rhamphorhynchus
Rhamphorhynchus
Pterosaurs
Valid 1 occ. · 159 Ma
Tendaguria
Tendaguria
Dinosaurs
Valid 1 occ. · 149 Ma
Tornieria
Tornieria
Dinosaurs
Valid 1 occ. · 152 Ma
Dicraeosaurus
Dicraeosaurus
Dinosaurs
Valid 1 occ. · 162 Ma
News 1
Tracking Down an Elusive Allosaurus Species
Allosaurus has become a bit of a taxonomic waste basket.  This term relates to fossil material from theropods being assigned to the genus.  However, some of the evidence for assigning the material is tentative.  For example, theropod bones from southeastern Tanzania (Tendaguru Formation) had been assigned to an allosaur species named Allosaurus tendagurensis.  In 1925,
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Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
Geological group / Member
Upper Dinosaur 165
Middle Dinosaur 60
Lower Dinosaur 4
Top countries
🇹🇿 Tanzania 236
Depositional environments
Estuary / bay 182
Marginal marine indet. 33
Channel lag 11
Terrestrial indet. 8
Channel 2
Top collectors
W. Janensch 113
H. Reck 40
E. Hennig 29
M. Keranje 26
F. W. H. Migeod 24
W. Cutler 21
Parkinson 20
I. Salim 11
Boheti 10
H. v. Staff 10
M. Deacon 6
M. Ngaranga 6
Collection activity by decade
1900s 96
1910s 110
1920s 82
1930s 1