List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Malawi

This is a list of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Malawi.

GroupFormationPeriodNotes
Chiwondo BedsPliocene-Holocene[1]
Lupata GroupDinosaur BedsAptian[2]
Chiweta BedsWuchiapingian[3]
Fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Malawi
Chiwondo Formation
Dinosaur Beds
Chiweta Beds

See also

References
  1. Chiwondo Formation at Fossilworks.org
  2. Dinosaur Beds at Fossilworks.org
  3. Chiweta Beds at Fossilworks.org

Further reading
  • T. G. Bromage, F. Schrenk, and Y.M. Juwayeyi. 1995. Paleobiogeography of the Malawi Rift: Age and vertebrate paleontology of the Chiwondo Beds, northern Malawi. Journal of Human Evolution 28:37-57
  • J. D. Clark and C.V. Haynes. 1970. An elephant butchery site at Mwaganda's Village, Karonga, Malawi, and its relevance for Paleolithic archaeology. Quaternaria 13:305-354
  • F. Dixey. 1925. The discovery of fossil reptiles. Annual Report of the Geological Survey Department for the Year 1924, Nyasaland Protectorate 1924:7
  • S. H. Haughton. 1926. On Karroo [sic] vertebrates from Nyasaland. Transactions of the Geological Society of South Africa 29:69-83
  • L. L. Jacobs, D. A. Winkler, Z.M. Kaufulu and W.R. Downs. 1990. The Dinosaur Beds of northern Malawi, Africa. National Geographic Research 6(2):196-204
  • O. Kullmar, O. Sandrock, R. Abel, F. Schrenk, T. Bromage and Y. Juwayeyi. 1999. The first Paranthropus from the Malawi Rift. Journal of Human Evolution 37:121-127
  • P. A. Meylan, B.S. Weig, and R. Wood. 1990. Fossil soft-shelled turtles of the Lake Turkana Basin,Africa. Copeia 1:508-528
  • F. Schrenk, T.G. Bromage, C.G. Betzler, U. Ring, and Y.M. Juwayeyi. 1993. Oldest Homo and Pliocene biogeography of the Malawi Rift. Nature 365:833-836
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