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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Tendaguru Formation canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Late Jurassic → notableFossilSite → Tendaguru Formation ⓘ
Dryosaurus → formation → Tendaguru Formation ⓘ