Kadzi Formation
| Kadzi Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Tithonian ~ | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Conglomeratic sandstone, silty mudstone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 16°18′S 30°48′E / 16.3°S 30.8°E |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 32°12′S 5°36′E / 32.2°S 5.6°E |
| Region | Mashonaland North |
| Country | Zimbabwe |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Kadzi River |
Kadzi Formation (Zimbabwe) | |
The Kadzi Formation is a geological formation in Zimbabwe whose strata date back to the Tithonian stage of the Late Jurassic. The conglomeratic sandstones and silty mudstones of the formation were deposited in an alluvial environment.[1] Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[2]
Vertebrate paleofauna
Indeterminate brachiosaurid remains present in Mashonaland North, Zimbabwe.[2]
| Dinosaurs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Presence | Notes | Images |
| Tornieria[3] | T. sp. | Mashonaland North[2] | Originally referred to Barosaurus | |
| Giraffatitan[3] | G. sp. | Mashonaland North[2] | Originally referred to Brachiosaurus | |
| ?Camarasaurus[2] | ?Camarasaurus sp.[2] | Mashonaland North[2] | ||
| Dicraeosaurus[2] | Dicraeosaurus sp.[2] | Mashonaland North[2] | ||
See also
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Zimbabwe
- Tendaguru Formation, contemporaneous Lagerstätte of Tanzania
References
- ^ Kadzi Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Weishampel et al., 2004, "Dinosaur distribution (Late Jurassic, Africa).", p.552
- ^ a b Mark B. Goodwin; Randall B. Irmis; Gregory P. Wilson; David G. DeMar Jr.; Keegan Melstrom; Cornelia Rasmussen; Balemwal Atnafu; Tadesse Alemu; Million Alemayehu; Samuel G. Chernet (2019). "The first confirmed sauropod dinosaur from Ethiopia discovered in the Upper Jurassic Mugher Mudstone". Journal of African Earth Sciences. 159 103571. Bibcode:2019JAfES.15903571G. doi:10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2019.103571.
Bibliography
- Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; Osmólska, Halszka (2004), The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, Berkeley: University of California Press, pp. 1–880, ISBN 0-520-24209-2, retrieved 21 February 2019
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Further reading
- M. A. Raath and J. S. McIntosh. 1987. Sauropod dinosaurs from the central Zambezi Valley, Zimbabwe, and the age of the Kadzi Formation. South African Journal of Geology 90(2):107-119
- 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. 1965. Some new fossil localities in the Karroo System of Rhodesia. Arnoldia, Series of Miscellaneous Publications, National Museum of Southern Rhodesia 2(11):1-4