TANZANIA

SUB-BASIN OF THE RUKWA RIFT BASIN

SONGWE BASIN

UNIT 1

RED SANDSTONE GROUP

LATE CRETACEOUS

STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930

SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866

CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768

SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1903

SUPERLEGION: NEODIAPSIDA BENTON, 1985

LEGION: ARCHOSAUROMORPHA HUENE, 1946

SUBLEGION: DINOSAUROMORPHA BENTON & NORMAN IN BENTON, 1985

INFRALEGION: DINOSAURIFORMES NOVAS, 1992

SUPERCOHORT: DINOSAURIA OWEN, 1842

COHORT: THEROPODA EMEND MARSH, 1881

ORDER: Incertae sedis

Gen. sp indet (2 taxa)

COHORT: ORNITHISCHIFORMES COOPER, 1985

SUPERORDER: SAUROPODOMORPHA HUENE, 1932

GRANDORDER: BRONTOSAURIA OLSHEVSKY, 1991 (emend)

MICRORDER: SAUROPODA MARSH, 1878

ORDER: EUSAUROPODA

SUBORDER: NEOSAUROPODA BONAPARTE, 1986

INFRAORDER: MACRONARIA WILSON & SERENO, 1998

PARVORDER: TITANOSAURIFORMES SALGADO ET AL, 1997

Superfamily: TITANOSAUROIDEA Lydekker, 1885 (sensu Upchurch, 1999)

Family: TITANOSAURIDAE Lydekker, 1885

2 taxa

VETEROVATA

OOSUPERCOHORT: DINOSAURIOVUM VIALOV, 1975

OOCOHORT: ORNITHISCHIFORMES NOVA

OOSUPERORDER: SAUROPODOMORPHA NOVA

oofamily: "MEGALOOLITHIDAE" Zhao, 1979 [Sauropoda]

Gen. sp indet.

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EAST AFRICA

SOUTHWESTERN TANZANIA

MBEYA DISTRICT

LOCALITY TZ-07

‘RED SANDSTONE GROUP’

PRECISE AGE UNDETERMINABLE

LATE CRETACEOUS

STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930

SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866

CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768

SUBCLASS: CHELONOMORPHA KUHN, 1960

SUPERCOHORT: TESTUDINES LINNAEUS, 1758

Incertae sedis

Gen. sp indet.

SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1903

SUPERLEGION: NEODIAPSIDA BENTON, 1985

LEGION: ARCHOSAUROMORPHA HUENE, 1946

SUPERCOHORT: CRUROTARSI SERENO & ARCUCCI, 1990

COHORT: CROCODYLOTARSI BENTON & CLARK, 1988

MAGNORDER: SUCHIA KREBS, 1974

SUPERORDER: CROCODYLOMORPHA WALKER, 1968

GRANDORDER: CROCODILIFORMES HAY, 1930

Incertae sedis

Gen. sp indet

SUBLEGION: DINOSAUROMORPHA BENTON & NORMAN IN BENTON, 1985

INFRALEGION: DINOSAURIFORMES NOVAS, 1992

SUPERCOHORT: DINOSAURIA OWEN, 1842

COHORT: THEROPODA EMEND MARSH, 1881

Incertae sedis

Gen. sp indet.

COHORT: ORNITHISCHIFORMES COOPER, 1985

SUPERORDER: SAUROPODOMORPHA HUENE, 1932

GRANDORDER: BRONTOSAURIA OLSHEVSKY, 1991 (emend)

MICRORDER: SAUROPODA MARSH, 1878

ORDER: EUSAUROPODA

SUBORDER: NEOSAUROPODA BONAPARTE, 1986

INFRAORDER: MACRONARIA WILSON & SERENO, 1998

PARVORDER: TITANOSAURIFORMES SALGADO ET AL, 1997

Superfamily: TITANOSAUROIDEA Lydekker, 1885 (sensu Upchurch, 1999)

Incertae sedis

Gen. sp indet.

CLASS: MAMMALIA LINNAEUS, 1758

SUBCLASS: THERIIFORMES (ROWE, 1988) McKENNA & BELL, 1997

INFRACLASS: ALLOTHERIA (MARSH, 1880) McKENNA & BELL, 1997

ORDER: MULTITUBERCULATA COPE, 1884

SUBORDER: GONDWANATHERIA Mones, 1987

Family: SUDAMERICICIDAE Scillato-Yane & Prasad, 1984

Gen. sp indet.

VETEROVATA

OOSUPERCOHORT: DINOSAURIOVUM VIALOV, 1975

OOCOHORT: ORNITHISCHIFORMES NOVA

OOSUPERORDER: SAUROPODOMORPHA NOVA

oofamily: "MEGALOOLITHIDAE" Zhao, 1979 [Sauropoda]

Gen. sp indet.

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