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Enon Formation

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Enon Formation
Stratigraphic range: Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous
TypeGeological formation
Unit ofUitenhage Group
UnderliesKirkwood Formation
Location
RegionAfrica
CountrySouth Africa

The Enon Formation (or Enon Conglomerate) is a Mesozoic geological formation associated with the break-up of Gondwanaland.[1] Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation, although none have yet been referred to a specific genus.[2]

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ Schwarz, Ernest Hubert Lewis (1912). South African Geology. p. 166.
  2. ^ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.

References

  • Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.