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THE expedition despatched to Tanganyika Territory in 1924 to explore the occurrence of dinosaur remains has recently attracted a considerable amount of public attention, for the fossil-bearing deposits are being successfully worked and a considerable amount of material is now on its way to the British Museum. It may, therefore, be of interest to describe the area in which the finds were made. From Kenya Colony southwards, through Tanganyika Territory to Portuguese East Africa, the framework of the eastern portion of the continent is composed of an extensive series of ancient metamorphic rocks, mainly gneisses and schists, and often intersected by pegmatite veins. In some parts these rocks stand out in a series of bold mountain ranges alternating with flat plains; in other parts the mountain ranges are only represented by isolated peaks and rocky kopjes called Inselberge by German geologists.
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HOBLEY, C. The Dinosaur Region in Tanganyika Territory. Nature 115, 573–574 (1925). https://doi.org/10.1038/115573a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/115573a0