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Tendaguria Tendaguria tanzaniensis Bonaparte et al. 2000

/ˌtɛndəˈɡjʊəriə/
Late Jurassic (Tithonian) · 149.2–143.1 Mya

Key Statistics

Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding

Where It Was Found

Country
Tanzania
Region
Lindi
Formation
Tendaguru
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Recorded finds in Tanzania. Present-day positions: the continents have moved since.

Overview

Tendaguria tanzaniensis is a sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Late Jurassic, roughly 149.2–143.1 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from Lindi, Tanzania. It was named by Bonaparte et al. 2000. The species is represented by 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.

Fossil Record Completeness

How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record

~5%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.

Geologic Time

Where Tendaguria tanzaniensis sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Tendaguria
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya

Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

These species share Tendaguria tanzaniensis's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.

coexisted–with
Allosaurus
Allosaurus fragilis
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coexisted–with
Kentrosaurus
Kentrosaurus aethiopicus
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coexisted–with
Dacentrurus
Dacentrurus armatus
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coexisted–with
Camptosaurus
Camptosaurus dispar
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coexisted–with
Stegosaurus
Stegosaurus stenops
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same–clade
Janenschia
Janenschia robusta
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same–clade
Wamweracaudia
Wamweracaudia keranjei
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same–clade
Maraapunisaurus
Maraapunisaurus fragillimus
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