Tendaguru Formation

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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.

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Tendaguru Formation canonical 2

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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
linked to: Mesozoic Era
yieldedFossil Allosauridae indet.
linked to: Allosauridae

Brachiosaurus brancai
linked to: Brachiosaurus

Crocodyliformes
Dicraeosaurus
Elaphrosaurus
Giraffatitan
linked to: Brachiosaurus

Ichthyosauria
Janenschia
Kentrosaurus
Plesiosauria
Stegosauria indet.
linked to: Stegosauria

ammonites
bivalves
charophytes
conifers
gastropods
ostracods
pterosaurs

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Late Jurassic notableFossilSite Tendaguru Formation
Dryosaurus formation Tendaguru Formation