List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Mozambique
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This is a list of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Mozambique.
Group | Formation | Period | Notes |
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Maputo Formation | Late Aptian | [1] | |
Lupata Group | Aptian | [2] | |
Lebombo Formation | Middle Jurassic | [3] | |
Lower Karoo Formation | Wordian | [4] |
See also
- Lists of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Africa
- Geology of Mozambique
References
Further reading
- F. Dixey and W. C. Smith. 1929. The rocks of the Lupata Gorge and the north side of the Lower Zambezi. Geological Magazine 66(6):241-259
- P. Doyle. 1987. Early Cretaceous belemnites from southern Mozambique. Palaeontology 30(2):311-317
- J.V.L. Rennie. 1937. Fossils from the Lebombo Volcanic Formation. Boletim dos Servicos de Industria, Minas e Geologia. Serie de Geologia e Minas - Memorias e Comunicacoes (1)13-24
- J. F. Verniers, P.P. Jordan, R.V. Paulis, L. Frasca-Spada, and F.R. DeBrock. 1989. The Karoo graben of Metangula, northern Mozambique. Journal of African Earth Sciences 9:137-158
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Fossiliferous stratigraphic units of the countries and dependencies of Africa
- Algeria
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Cape Verde
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Republic of the Congo
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire)
- Kenya
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Rwanda
- São Tomé and Príncipe
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Swaziland
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Tunisia
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
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States with limited
recognition
recognition
- Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
- Somaliland