Tendaguru
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The Tendaguru beds are a fossil rich formation in Tanzania. It has been considered the richest of Late Jurassic strata in Africa. Continental reconstructions show Tendaguru to have been in the southern hemisphere during the Late Jurassic. Tendaguru is similar to the Morrison Formation except in its Marine Interbeds. The dinosaur life is also similar to that of the Morrison, with the presence of Brachiosaurus and Dryosaurus in both formations, and other dinosaurs with similar counterparts.[1]
[edit] Dinosaurs found in Tengaduru
- Australodocus
- Dicraeosaurus
- Dryosaurus
- Elaphrosaurus
- Giraffatitan (also known as a species of Brachiosaurus)
- Janenschia
- Kentrosaurus
- Tendaguria
- Tornieria
[edit] See also
- List of fossil sites (with link directory)
[edit] References
- ^ Octávio Mateus (2006). "Late Jurassic dinosaurs from the Morrison Formation (USA), the Lourinhā and Alcobaça formations (Portugal), and the Tendaguru Beds (Tanzania): a comparison", in Foster, J.R., and Lucas, S.G. (eds.): Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Morrison Formation. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science (bulletin 36), 223–232. ISSN 1524-4156.
- Khalaf-von Jaffa, Norman Ali Bassam Ali Taher (2006). "Ornithomimid Dinosaur Tracks from Beit Zeit, West of Jerusalem, Palestine." Gazelle: The Palestinian Biological Bulletin, Number 56, August 2006. pp.1-7.
- Paul, G. S. 1988. The brachiosaur giants of the Morrison Tendaguru with a description of a new subgenus, Giraffatitan, and a comparison of the world's largest dinosaurs. Hunteria 2 (3): 1-14.
- Maier, G. African dinosaurs unearthed : the Tendaguru expeditions. Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, 2003. (Life of the Past Series).
