Genus
Valid Extinct

Tendaguria

Bonaparte et al. 2000

Tendaguria is a genus of herbivorous sauropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of Lindi Region, Tanzania.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Tendaguria
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Anterior dorsal vertebra of the sauropod dinosaur Tendaguria tanzaniensis. © Phillip D. Mannion · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia
Tendaguria
Tendaguria
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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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Turiasauria Unranked clade
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Tendaguria Genus
Measurements
Length
16 m ⓘ
Tendaguria tanzaniensis 
Mass
12 000 kg ⓘ
Tendaguria tanzaniensis 
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇹🇿 Tanzania
2
Geological formations
Tendaguru
2
Temporal distribution
Tithonian (149.2–143.1 Ma)
2
Species (1)
Tendaguria tanzaniensis 149 Ma
Images 2
Bibliography
Original description
J. F. Bonaparte, W.-D. Heinrich, and R. Wild. 2000. 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 DOI ↗
Bibliography (2)
P. D. Mannion, P. Upchurch, and D. Schwarz, O. Wings. 2019. Taxonomic affinities of the putative titanosaurs from the Late Jurassic Tendaguru Formation of Tanzania: phylogenetic and biogeographic implications for eusauropod dinosaur evolution. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 185(3):784-909 DOI ↗
J. F. Bonaparte, W.-D. Heinrich, and R. Wild. 2000. 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 DOI ↗