List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Zimbabwe

List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Zimbabwe is located in Zimbabwe
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Zimbabwe
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Zimbabwe
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Zimbabwe
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Zimbabwe
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Zimbabwe
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Zimbabwe
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Zimbabwe
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Zimbabwe
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Zimbabwe
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Zimbabwe
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Zimbabwe
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Zimbabwe
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Zimbabwe
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Fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Zimbabwe
Cretaceous
Jurassic
Triassic
Permian

This is a list of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Zimbabwe.


Group Formation Period Notes
Gokwe Formation Early Cretaceous [1]
Kadsi Formation Tithonian [2]
Dande Sandstone Middle-Late Jurassic [3]
Mpandi Formation Late Triassic-Early Jurassic [4]
Upper Karoo Group Forest Sandstone/Vulcanodon Beds Hettangian-Sinemurian [5]
Pebbly Arkose Formation Carnian [6]
Angwa Sandstone Ladinian [7]
Nyamandhlovu Sandstone/Pasibas Sandstone Late Triassic [8]
Beaufort Group Madumabisa Mudstone Capitanian [9]
Ecca Group Wordian [10]
Wankie Sandstone Sakmarian-Kungurian [11]
Black Shale and Coal Group Sakmarian [12]
Dwyka Group Dwyka Formation
Cycle 3		 Sakmarian [13]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Gokwe Formation at Fossilworks.org
  2. ^ Kadsi Formation at Fossilworks.org
  3. ^ Dande Sandstone at Fossilworks.org
  4. ^ Mpandi Formation at Fossilworks.org
  5. ^ Forest Sandstone at Fossilworks.org
  6. ^ Pebbly Arkose Formation at Fossilworks.org
  7. ^ G. Barale; M. Bamford; B. Gómez; T.J. Broderick; M.A. Raath; A. Cadman (2005). "A fossil peat deposit from the Late Triassic (Carnian) of Zimbabwe with preserved cuticle of Pteridospermopsida and Ginkgoales, and its geological setting". Palaeontologia Africana. 41: 89–100.
  8. ^ Nyamandhlovu Sandstone at Fossilworks.org
  9. ^ Madumabisa Mudstone at Fossilworks.org
  10. ^ Sengwe Coalfield at Fossilworks.org
  11. ^ Wankie Sandstone at Fossilworks.org
  12. ^ Black Shale and Coal Group at Fossilworks.org
  13. ^ Dwyka Formation at Fossilworks.org

Further reading

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  • N. Bertram. 1971. A New Dinosaur Fossil Locality in the Kadsi River Area of the Zambesi Valley. Mennell Society Journal (Detritus) 6:20-21
  • G. Bond. 1973. The palaeontology of Rhodesia. Geological Survey of Rhodesia Bulletin 70:1-121
  • G. Bond. 1968. The flora of the Black Shale and Coal Group (K2) in the mid-Zambezi Basin. Arnoldia, National Museums of Southern Rhodesia Miscellaneous Publications 3:1-2
  • G. Bond, J. F. Wilson, and M. A. Raath. 1970. Upper Karroo pillow lava and a new sauropod horizon in Rhodesia. Nature 227:1339
  • E.S. Gaffney and M.C. McKenna. 1979. A Late Permian captorhinid from Rhodesia. American Museum Novitates (2688)1-15
  • B. G. Gardiner. 1962. Namaichthys schroederi Gürich and other Palaeozoic Fishes from South Africa. Palaeontology 5(1):9-21
  • D. Munyikwa. 1996. Description of the first dinosaurs trackway found in Zimbabwe. Arnoldia Zimbabwe 10(6):36-45
  • M. A. Raath. 1972. First record of dinosaur footprints from Rhodesia. Arnoldia 5(37):1-5
  • M. A. Raath, C. C. Smith, and G. Bond. 1970. A new Upper Karroo dinosaur fossil locality on the Lower Angwa River, Sipolilo District, Rhodesia. Arnoldia 4(35):1-10
  • E. F. Riek. 1974. A fossil insect from the Dwyka Series of Rhodesia. Palaeontologia Africana 17:15-17
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