Tornieria
Field photograph to come
Tornieria
DV-0083 · type species Janenschia robusta
- Lived
- 152 to 143 million years ago, Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods, Diplodocidae
- Found in
- Tanzania
- Named by
- Sternfeld 1911
Field notes
About Tornieria
Tornieria was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous, 152 to 143 million years ago. It belongs to the family Diplodocidae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 6 finds of Tornieria, from Tanzania. Its fossils come from the Tendaguru Formation. It was named by Sternfeld in 1911.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
150 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Diplodocidae.
- BrontosaurusLate Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- DiplodocusLate Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- ApatosaurusLate Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- SupersaurusLate Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- BarosaurusLate Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- GaleamopusLate Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- ArdetosaurusLate Jurassic
- LeinkupalEarly Cretaceous
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: 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