List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Lesotho
Appearance
This is a list of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Lesotho.
Group | Formation | Period | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Drakensberg Group | Drakensberg Formation | Pliensbachian | [1] |
Stormberg Group | Clarens Formation | Sinemurian | [2] |
Elliot Formation | Carnian-Sinemurian | [3] | |
Molteno Formation | Carnian-Norian | [4] |
See also
References
- ^ Drakensberg Group at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Clarens Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Elliot Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Molteno Formation at Fossilworks.org
Further reading
- P. Ellenberger. 1970. Les niveaux paléontologiques de première apparition des mammifères primoridaux en Afrique du Sud et leur ichnologie. Establissement de zones stratigraphiques detaillees dans le Stormberg du Lesotho (Afrique du Sud) (Trias Supérieur à Jurassique) [The paleontological levels of the first appearance of primordial mammals in southern Africa and their ichnology. Establishment of detailed stratigraphic zones in the Stormberg of Lesotho (southern Africa) (Upper Triassic to Jurassic). In: S. H. Haughton (ed.), Second Symposium on Gondwana Stratigraphy and Paleontology, International Union of Geological Sciences. Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Pretoria 343-370
- F. Ellenberger, P. Ellenberger, J. Fabre and C. Mendrez. 1963. Deux nouvelles dalles à pistes de Vertébrés fossiles découvertes au Basutoland (Afrique du Sud) [Two new sites of fossil vertebrate prints discovered in Basutoland (South Africa)]. Comptes Rendus de la Société géologique de France 1963:315-317
- F. Knoll. 2010. A primitive sauropodomorph from the upper Elliot Formation of Lesotho. Geological Magazine 147(6):814-829