Earth:Turkana Grits
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| Turkana Grits Lapurr sandstone Stratigraphic range: Turonian-Santonian[1] | |
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| Type | Geological formation |
| Unit of | Rift Valley |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | [ ⚑ ] : 4°18′N 35°48′E / 4.3°N 35.8°E |
| Paleocoordinates | [ ⚑ ] 13°48′S 27°48′E / 13.8°S 27.8°E |
| Region | Rift Valley Province |
| Country |  Kenya |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Lake Turkana |
The Turkana Grits or Lapurr sandstone is a geological formation in Kenya whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains have been recovered from it.[1]
Vertebrate paleofauna
| Dinosaurs of the Turkana Grits | ||||
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| Taxa | Presence | Notes | Images | |
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Geographically present in Rift Valley Province, Kenya. |
An unnamed titanosaur |
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Geographically present in Rift Valley Province, Kenya.[1] |
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Geographically present in Rift Valley Province, Kenya. |
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Geographically present in Rift Valley Province, Kenya. |
An unnamed giant abelisaurid. | ||
See also
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution" Pp. 517-607. in Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. ISBN:0-520-24209-2. " Pp. 517-607.
- ↑ https://etd.ohiolink.edu/pg_10?0::NO:10:P10_ACCESSION_NUM:ohiou1478778037108276
- ↑ O'Connor PM, Sertich JJW, Manthi FK (2011) A pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Upper Cretaceous Lapurr sandstone, West Turkana, Kenya. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 83: 309–315.
- ↑ Sertich, J., O’Connor, P., Seiffert, E. & Manthi, F. 2013. A giant abelisaurid theropod from the latest Cretaceous of Northern Turkana, Kenya. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, SVP Program and Abstracts Book, 2013, pp211.
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