Tendaguru Formation
E298688
The Tendaguru Formation is a renowned fossil-rich sedimentary deposit in Tanzania that has yielded some of the most important Late Jurassic dinosaur and marine reptile remains in Africa.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tendaguru Formation canonical | 2 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fossil site
ⓘ
geologic formation ⓘ |
| ageRange | approximately 155–140 million years ago ⓘ |
| comparableTo |
Morrison Formation
ⓘ
Solnhofen Limestone ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | Tanzania ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Bernhard Sattler ⓘ |
| environment |
coastal plain
ⓘ
lagoonal ⓘ nearshore marine ⓘ |
| firstMajorExcavationBy | German Tendaguru Expedition ⓘ |
| firstMajorExcavationEndYear | 1913 ⓘ |
| firstMajorExcavationStartYear | 1909 ⓘ |
| geologicPeriod |
Early Cretaceous
ⓘ
Late Jurassic ⓘ |
| knownFor |
dinosaur fossils
ⓘ
invertebrate fossils ⓘ marine reptile fossils ⓘ plant fossils ⓘ |
| lithology |
claystone
ⓘ
limestone ⓘ sandstone ⓘ siltstone ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Lindi Region ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Tendaguru Hill ⓘ |
| paleobiogeographicSignificance | major source of Late Jurassic African dinosaur fauna ⓘ |
| researchedBy |
Edwin Hennig
ⓘ
Werner Janensch ⓘ |
| stratigraphicUnitOf |
Mesozoic Era
ⓘ
surface form:
Mesozoic
|
| yieldedFossil |
Allosauridae
ⓘ
surface form:
Allosauridae indet.
Brachiosaurus ⓘ
surface form:
Brachiosaurus brancai
Crocodyliformes ⓘ Dicraeosaurus ⓘ Elaphrosaurus ⓘ Brachiosaurus ⓘ
surface form:
Giraffatitan
Ichthyosauria ⓘ Janenschia ⓘ Kentrosaurus ⓘ Plesiosauria ⓘ Stegosauria ⓘ
surface form:
Stegosauria indet.
ammonites ⓘ bivalves ⓘ charophytes ⓘ conifers ⓘ gastropods ⓘ ostracods ⓘ pterosaurs ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.