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Kirkwood Formation

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Kirkwood Formation
Stratigraphic range: Lower Cretaceous
Map showing the location of the formation
TypeGeological formation
Unit ofUitenhage Group
UnderliesSundays River Formation
OverliesEnon Formation
Location
RegionAfrica
CountrySouth Africa
Type section
Named forKirkwood, Eastern Cape

The Kirkwood Formation is a geological formation in Eastern Cape and Western Cape provinces, South Africa whose strata date back to the Early Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1]

Vertebrate paleofauna

See also

References

  1. ^ Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Early Cretaceous, Africa)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 571-573. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
  2. ^ "Table 4.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 76.
  3. ^ "Table 13.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 270.
  4. ^ a b c Blair W. McPhee, Philip D. Mannion, William J. de Klerk & Jonah N. Choiniere (2016)[2015] High diversity in the sauropod dinosaur fauna of the Lower Cretaceous Kirkwood Formation of South Africa: Implications for the Jurassic–Cretaceous transition. Cretaceous Research 59: 228–248 doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2015.11.006 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0195667115301142
  5. ^ "Table 16.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 345.