Turkana Grits

Turkana Grits Stratigraphic range: Turonian - Santonian[1]
Type	Geological formation
Location
Region	Rift Valley Province
Country	Kenya

The Turkana Grits 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 Maevarano Formation
Taxa	Presence	Notes	Images
Genus: Lithostrotia[1] Indeterminate remains.[1]	Geographically present in Rift Valley Province, Kenya.[1]	"(= cf. Titanosaurus sp.)"[1]	Remains of an animal very similar to Spinosaurus have been recovered from the Turkana Grits.
Genus: ?Ornithopoda[1] Possible indeterminate ornithopod remains.[1]	Geographically present in Rift Valley Province, Kenya.[1]
Genus: Sauropoda[1] Indeterminate remains.[1]	Geographically present in Rift Valley Province, Kenya.[1]
Genus: cf. Spinosaurus[1] cf. Spinosaurus sp.[1]	Geographically present in Rift Valley Province, Kenya.[1]
Suborder: Theropoda[1] Undescribed form.[1] Indeterminate remains.[1]	Geographically present in Rift Valley Province, Kenya.[1] Geographically present in Rift Valley Province, Kenya.[1]	The suborder of carnivorous dinosaurs.

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations

References

1. 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.