Tendaguria

Ten-dah-gu-re-ah.
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Benjamin Gutierrez

Vertebrate Paleontologist

Benjamin Gutierrez is a leading expert on dinosaurs, particularly the mighty theropods. His fieldwork in South America has uncovered new species and provided insights into dinosaur social structures.

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Name

Tendaguria ‭(‬Tendaguru one‭)‬.

Phonetic

Ten-dah-gu-re-ah.

Named By

J.‭ ‬F.‭ ‬Bonaparte,‭ ‬W.-D.‭ ‬Heinrich‭ ‬& R.‭ ‬Wild‭ ‬-‭ ‬2000.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Saurischia,‭ ‬Sauropoda,‭ ‬Titanosauriformes,‭ ‬Somphospondyli.

Diet

Herbivore.

Species

T.‭ ‬tanzaniensis

Size

Uncertain because only known from a few vertebrae,‭ ‬but estimated at about‭ ‬20‭ ‬meters long.

Known locations

Tanzania‭ ‬-‭ ‬Tendaguru Formation.

Time Period

Tithonian of the Jurassic.

Fossil representation

Only vertebrae.

In Depth

       Tendaguria is a genus of sauropod dinosaur that lined in Africa during the late Jurassic.‭ ‬At the time of writing Tendaguria is only known from a few vertebrae,‭ ‬but analysis of this show a similarity to the Australian Wintonotitan.

Further Reading

-‭ ‬Review of Janenschia Wild,‭ ‬with the description of a new sauropod from the Tendaguru beds of Tanzania and a discussion on the systematic value of procoelous caudal vertebrae in the Sauropoda.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Palaeontographica Abteilung A‭ ‬256‭(‬1-3‭)‬:25-76.‭ ‬-‭ ‬J.‭ ‬F.‭ ‬Bonaparte,‭ ‬W.-D.‭ ‬Heinrich,‭ ‬and R.‭ ‬Wild‭ ‬-‭ ‬2000.

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