List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Zimbabwe

This is a list of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Zimbabwe.

Group	Formation	Period	Notes
	Gokwe Formation	Early Cretaceous	[1]
	Kadsi Formation	Tithonian	[2]
	Dande Sandstone	Middle-Late Jurassic	[3]
	Mpandi Formation	Late Triassic-Early Jurassic	[4]
Upper Karoo Group	Forest Sandstone/Vulcanodon Beds	Hettangian-Sinemurian	[5]
	Pebbly Arkose Formation	Carnian	[6]
	Angwa Sandstone	Ladinian	[7]
	Nyamandhlovu Sandstone/Pasibas Sandstone	Late Triassic	[8]
Beaufort Group	Madumabisa Mudstone	Capitanian	[9]
Ecca Group		Wordian	[10]
	Wankie Sandstone	Sakmarian-Kungurian	[11]
Black Shale and Coal Group		Sakmarian	[12]
Dwyka Group	Dwyka Formation Cycle 3	Sakmarian	[13]

Fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Zimbabwe
Cretaceous
Jurassic
Triassic
Permian

See also

• Lists of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Africa
  • List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Botswana
  • List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Mozambique
  • List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in South Africa
  • List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Zambia
• Geology of Zimbabwe

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