List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

This is a list of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

GroupFormationPeriodNotes
Albertine GroupNyabusosi FormationGelasian[1]
Nyakabingo FormationPiacenzian[2]
Semliki GroupLusso BedsPliocene[3]
Sinda BedsLate Miocene-Pliocene[4]
Landana FormationThanetian-Ypresian[5]
Lualaba GroupCenomanian[6]
Kwango GroupLate Jurassic[7]
Upper Lukuga GroupTransition FormationKungurian[8]
Couches de houille FormationSakmarian-Artinskian[9]
Lower Lukuga GroupSchistes noires FormationAsselian-Sakmarian[10]
Schistes noirs de Walikale FormationAsselian[11]
Ecca GroupAsselian[12]
Fossiliferous stratigraphic units in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Albertine Group
Semliki Group
Sinda Beds
Landana Formation
Lualaba Group
Kwango Group
Permian

See also

References
  1. Nyabusosi Formation at Fossilworks.org
  2. Nyakabingo Formation at Fossilworks.org
  3. ETE Locality 1170, Senga 5A at Fossilworks.org
  4. Sinda Mohari at Fossilworks.org
  5. Landana Formation at Fossilworks.org
  6. Lualaba Group at Fossilworks.org
  7. Kwango Group at Fossilworks.org
  8. Transition Formation at Fossilworks.org
  9. Couches de houille Formation at Fossilworks.org
  10. Schistes noirs Formation at Fossilworks.org
  11. Schistes noirs de Walikale Formation at Fossilworks.org
  12. Makoi strip of (Kivu) Valley at Fossilworks.org

Further reading
  • R. Aoki. 1992. Fossil crocodilians from the late Tertiary strata in the Sinda Basin, eastern Zaire. African Study Monographs 17:67-85
  • O. A. Hoeg and M.N. Bose. 1960. The Glossopteris flora of the Belgian Congo, with a note on some fossil plants from the Zambesi [sic] Basin (Mozambique). Annales du Musee Royal du Congo Belge 32:1-99
  • A. K. Miller. 1951. Tertiary nautiloids of west-coastal Africa. Annales du Museé du Congo Belge Tervuren, Sciences Géologiques 8:1-88
  • P. P. Pavlakis. 1990. Plio-Pleistocene Hippopotamidae from the Upper Semliki. Virginia Museum of Natural History Memoir 1:203-223
  • P. Pruvost. 1934. Description d'un insecte fossile des couches de la Lukuga (Kivu). Memoires de l'Institut geologique de l'Universite de Louvain 9(4):1-8
  • W. E. Swinton. 1948. A Cretaceous pterosaur from the Belgian Congo. Bulletin de la Société Belge de Géologie, de Paléontologie, et d'Hydrologie 57:234-238
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