Tendaguria

Tendaguria

Taxobox
name = "Tendaguria"
fossil_range = Late Jurassic
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
superordo = Dinosauria
ordo = Saurischia
subordo = Sauropodomorpha
infraordo = Sauropoda
genus = "Tendaguria"
genus_authority = Bonaparte "et al", 2000
subdivision_ranks=Species
subdivision=
*"T. tanzaniensis" Bonaparte "et al.", 2000 (type)

"Tendaguria" (pronEng|ˌtɛndəˈɡʊəriə TEN-duh-GOO-ree-uh) (meaning "Tendaguru") is a genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of Tanzania.

It was a large sauropod from the Tendaguru fossil locality in Tanzania; based on two anterior dorsal vertebrae (Holotype: MB.R.2092.1 (NB4) and MB.R.2092.2 (NB5) (Museum fuer Naturkunde, Berlin)) from Nambango, 15 kilometers (9 mi) southeast of Tendaguru Hill, Tanzania, probably in the Upper Saurian Bed, Tendaguru Series, Late Jurassic (Tithonian). The vertebrae are opisthocoelous (hollow behind) and differ from other known sauropods in their very low, almost nonexistent neural spines, which are not distinct bodies of bone, do not rise above the surrounding area of the neural arch and are continuous with transverse processes.

"Tendaguria" is a highly derived sauropod; the axial musculature probably shifted to the dorsal surface of the transverse processes; its relationship to other sauropods is not clear but a cervical vertebra attributed to "Tendaguria" shows some similarities to "Camarasaurus". It is estimated at about 20 meters (66 ft) long. It was discovered by Bonaparte, Heinrich & Wild in 2000. The type species is "Tendaguria tanzaniensis" (IPA|/tænˈzeɪniːˈɛnsɨs/ tan-ZAY-nee-EN-sis) Bonaparte, Heinrich & Wild 2000 "after Tanzania, the country where the holotype was collected".

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