List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Zimbabwe

This is a list of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Zimbabwe.

GroupFormationPeriodNotes
Gokwe FormationEarly Cretaceous[1]
Kadsi FormationTithonian[2]
Dande SandstoneMiddle-Late Jurassic[3]
Mpandi FormationLate Triassic-Early Jurassic[4]
Upper Karoo GroupForest Sandstone/Vulcanodon BedsHettangian-Sinemurian[5]
Pebbly Arkose FormationCarnian[6]
Angwa SandstoneLadinian[7]
Nyamandhlovu Sandstone/Pasibas SandstoneLate Triassic[8]
Beaufort GroupMadumabisa MudstoneCapitanian[9]
Ecca GroupWordian[10]
Wankie SandstoneSakmarian-Kungurian[11]
Black Shale and Coal GroupSakmarian[12]
Dwyka GroupDwyka Formation
Cycle 3		Sakmarian[13]
Fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Zimbabwe
Cretaceous
Jurassic
Triassic
Permian

See also

References
  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
  • 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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