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List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Zambia

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List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Zambia is located in Zambia
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Zambia
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Zambia
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Zambia
Fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Zambia
Ntawere Formation
Madumabisa Mudstone
Luwumbu Coal

This is a list of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Zambia.


Group Formation Period Notes
Ntawere Formation Anisian [1]
Beaufort Group Madumabisa Mudstone Capitanian-Wuchiapingian [2]
Ecca Group Luwumbu Coal Guadalupian [3]

See also

References

Further reading

  • K. D. Angielczyk, J. S. Steyer, C. A. Sidor, R. H. H. Smith, R. L. Whatley and S. Tolan. 2014. Permian and Triassic Dicynodont (Therapsida: Anomodontia) Faunas of the Luangwa Basin, Zambia: Taxonomic Update and Implications for Dicynodont Biogeography and Biostratigraphy. In C. F. Kammerer, K. D. Angielczyk and J. Fröbisch (eds.), Early Evolutionary History of the Synapsida 93-138
  • A. R. Drysdall and J. W. Kitching. 1963. A re-examination of the Karroo [sic] succession and fossil localities of part of the Upper Luangwa Valley. Memoir of the Geological Survey of Northern Rhodesia 1:1-62
  • C. E. Gow. 2000. A Captorhinid with Multiple Tooth Rows from the Upper Permian of Zambia. Palaeontologia Africana 36:11-14
  • W.S. Lacey. 1974. Some new African Gondwana plants. Birbal Sahni Institute of Paleobotany Special Publication 2:34-41
  • M. S. Y. Lee, C. E. Gow, and J. W. Kitching. 1997. Anatomy and relationships of the pareiasaur Pareiasuchus nasicornis from the Upper Permian of Zambia. Palaeontology 40(2):307-335