Wamweracaudia

Wamwera tail

• Wamwera · Place name (Tanzania) · a locality/area in the Tendaguru region of southern Tanzania where the fossils were found
• cauda · Latin · tail

The name combines Wamwera, a place in the Tendaguru region of Tanzania where the fossils were found, with the Latin word cauda, meaning "tail". It refers to the fact that the genus is based largely on tail (caudal) vertebrae. The type species is Wamweracaudia keranjei.

Named by

Mannion et al.

Year named

2019

Period

Late Jurassic

Found in

Tendaguru Formation, Tanzania

A sauropod dinosaur. The species was originally described in 1930s as a species of Tornieria, and later placed in Janenschia, before being given its own genus in 2019. Exact stage and the etymology of the locality name are given with moderate confidence.