Genus
Valid Extinct

Tornieria

Sternfeld 1911

Tornieria is a genus of diplodocid sauropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic in Lindi Region of Tanzania.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
7
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Tornieria
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Caudal vertebra of the sauropod Tornieria africana. © Mathew J. Wedel, Michael P. Taylor · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Saurischia Unranked clade
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Sauropodomorpha Unranked clade
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Massopoda Unranked clade
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Sauropodiformes Unranked clade
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Sauropoda Unranked clade
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Gravisauria Unranked clade
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Eusauropoda Unranked clade
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Neosauropoda Unranked clade
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Diplodocoidea Unranked clade
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Diplodocimorpha Unranked clade
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Flagellicaudata Unranked clade
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Diplodocidae Unranked clade
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Diplodocinae Unranked clade
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Tornieria Genus
Fossil sites 7 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇹🇿 Tanzania
7
Geological formations
Tendaguru
7
Temporal distribution
Tithonian (149.2–143.1 Ma)
6
Kimmeridgian (154.8–149.2 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Tornieria africana 152 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
R. Sternfeld. 1911. Zur Nomenklatur der Gattung Gigantosaurus Fraas [On the nomenclature of the genus Gigantosaurus Fraas]. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 8:398
Bibliography (5)
W. Janensch. 1961. Die Gliedmaszen und Gliedmaszengürtel der Sauropoden der Tendaguru-Schichten [The limbs and limb girdles of the sauropods of the Tendaguru Beds]. Palaeontographica, Supplement VII (1) 3(4):177-235
W. Janensch. 1935. Die Schädel der Sauropoden Brachiosaurus, Barosaurus und Dicraeosaurus aus den Tendaguru-schichten Deutsch-Ostafrikas [The skulls of the sauropods Brachiosaurus, Barosaurus and Dicraeosaurus from the Tendaguru Beds of German East Africa]. Palaeontographica, Supplement VII (1) 2(1):145-298
W. Janensch. 1929. Material und Formegehalt der Sauropoden in der Ausbeute der Tendaguru-Expedition, 1909-1912 [Material and figured content of sauropods in the yield of the Tendaguru Expedition, 1909-1912]. Palaeontographica, Supplement VII (1) 2(1):3-34
F. W. H. Migeod. 1927. The dinosaurs of Tendaguru. Journal of the Royal African Society 26(104):323-340 DOI ↗
E. Fraas. 1908. Ostafrikanische Dinosaurier [East African dinosaurs]. Palaeontographica 55(61):105-144