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The Turkana Grits is a geological formation in Kenya whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous

Late Cretaceous

The Late Cretaceous is the younger of two epochs into which the Cretaceous period is divided in the geologic timescale. Rock strata from this epoch form the Upper Cretaceous series...

. Dinosaur remains have been recovered from it.

Vertebrate paleofauna

Dinosaur Dinosaur Dinosaurs are a diverse group of animals of the clade and superorder Dinosauria. They were the dominant terrestrial vertebrates for over 160 million years, from the late Triassic period until the end of the Cretaceous , when the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event led to the extinction of... s of the Maevarano Formation
Taxa	Presence	Notes	Images
Genus: Lithostrotia Indeterminate remains.	Geographically present in Rift Valley Province, Kenya.	"(= cf. Titanosaurus sp.)"
Genus: ?Ornithopoda Possible indeterminate ornithopod remains.	Geographically present in Rift Valley Province, Kenya.
Genus: Sauropoda Sauropoda Sauropoda , or the sauropods , are an infraorder of saurischian dinosaurs. They had long necks, long tails, small heads , and thick, pillar-like legs. They are notable for the enormous sizes attained by some species, and the group includes the largest animals to have ever lived on land... Indeterminate remains.	Geographically present in Rift Valley Province, Kenya.
Genus: cf. Spinosaurus Spinosaurus Spinosaurus is a genus of theropod dinosaur which lived in what is now North Africa, from the lower Albian to lower Cenomanian stages of the Cretaceous period, about 112 to 97 million years ago. This genus was first known from Egyptian remains discovered in 1912 and described by German... cf. Spinosaurus sp.	Geographically present in Rift Valley Province, Kenya.
Suborder: Theropoda Theropoda Theropoda is both a suborder of bipedal saurischian dinosaurs, and a clade consisting of that suborder and its descendants . Dinosaurs belonging to the suborder theropoda were primarily carnivorous, although a number of theropod groups evolved herbivory, omnivory, and insectivory... Undescribed form. Indeterminate remains.	Geographically present in Rift Valley Province, Kenya. Geographically present in Rift Valley Province, Kenya.	The suborder of carnivorous dinosaurs.

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