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List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Tanzania

List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Tanzania is located in Tanzania
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Tanzania
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Tanzania
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Tanzania
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Tanzania
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Tanzania
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Tanzania
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Tanzania
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Tanzania
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Tanzania
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Tanzania
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Tanzania
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Tanzania
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Major fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Tanzania
Olduvai Formation
Peninj Gorge Group
Pemba Formation
Wembere-Manonga Formation
Nsungwe Formation
Kilwa Group and Kingongo Marl
Galula Formation
Tendaguru Formation
Tanga Limestone
Manda Formation
Middle Tanga Formation
Hatambulo Formation
Map of the Ruhuhu Basin with
Manda Formation in orange
Usili Formation in blue
Ruhuhu Formation in green

This is a list of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Tanzania.


List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units

Group Formation Period Notes
Mbuga Clays Formation Pleistocene-Holocene [1][2]
Peninj Gorge Humbu Formation Gelasian-Calabrian [3]
Sambu Lavas Formation Zanclean-Calabrian [4]
Vogel River Olduvai Formation Pleistocene [5]
Zanclean-Gelasian [6]
Upper Laetolil Beds Zanclean [7]
Mikindani Formation Messinian-Pliocene [8]
Wembere-Manonga Formation Miocene-Pliocene [9]
Pemba Formation Early-Middle Miocene [10]
Masingini Formation Early Miocene [11]
Pugu Formation Early Miocene [12]
Red Sandstone Nsungwe Formation Late Oligocene [13]
Galula Formation Aptian-Campanian [14]
Kilwa Kivinje Formation Selandian [15]
Nangurukuru Formation Santonian-late Campanian [16]
Lindi Formation early Cenomanian-late Turonian [17]
Kingongo Marl early Cenomanian [18]
Tendaguru Formation Oxfordian-Berriasian [19]
Tanga Limestone Bathonian [20]
Songea Manda Formation Anisian [21]
Usili Formation Lopingian [22]
Ruhuhu Formation Wordian-Capitanian [23][24][25]
Beaufort Middle Tanga Formation Lopingian [26]
Karoo Hatambulo Formation Wordian-Changhsingian [27]

See also

References

  1. ^ Mbuga Clays Formation at Fossilworks.org
  2. ^ Mbuga Yellow Clays Formation at Fossilworks.org
  3. ^ Hubu Formation at Fossilworks.org
  4. ^ Sambu Lavas Formation at Fossilworks.org
  5. ^ Olduvai Formation at Fossilworks.org
  6. ^ Vogel River Series at Fossilworks.org
  7. ^ Upper Laetolil Beds at Fossilworks.org
  8. ^ Mikindani Formation at Fossilworks.org
  9. ^ Wembere-Manonga Formation at Fossilworks.org
  10. ^ Pemba Formation at Fossilworks.org
  11. ^ Masingini Formation at Fossilworks.org
  12. ^ Pugu Formation at Fossilworks.org
  13. ^ Nsungwe Formation at Fossilworks.org
  14. ^ Galula Formation at Fossilworks.org
  15. ^ Kivinje Formation at Fossilworks.org
  16. ^ Nangurukuru Formation at Fossilworks.org
  17. ^ Lindi Formation at Fossilworks.org
  18. ^ Kingongo Marl at Fossilworks.org
  19. ^ Tendaguru Formation at Fossilworks.org
  20. ^ Tanga Limestone at Fossilworks.org
  21. ^ Manda Formation at Fossilworks.org
  22. ^ Usili Formation at Fossilworks.org
  23. ^ Ruhuhu Formation at Fossilworks.org
  24. ^ Ruhuhu Beds at Fossilworks.org
  25. ^ Ruhuhu Coalfield at Fossilworks.org
  26. ^ Middle Tanga Formation at Fossilworks.org
  27. ^ Hatambulo Formation at Fossilworks.org

Further reading

Hatambulo Formation
Kilwa Group
Kingongo Marl
Mikindani Formation
  • Reuter, M.; Bosellini, F. R.; Budd, A. F.; Coric, S.; Piller, W. E.; Harzhauser, M. (2019), "High coral reef connectivity across the Indian Ocean is revealed 6–7 Ma ago by a turbid-water scleractinian assemblage from Tanzania (Eastern Africa)", Coral Reefs, x
Olduvai Formation
  • Leakey, M. D.; Roe, D. A. (1994), Olduvai Gorge: Excavations in Beds III, IV, and the Masek Beds, 1968-71, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 1–5
  • Tobias, P. V (1991), Olduvai Gorge, Parts I-Iv: The Skulls, Endocasts, and Teeth of Homo habilis, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 1–4
  • Gentry, A. W.; Gentry, A. (1978), "Fossil Bovidae (Mammalia) of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Part I", Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History, 29: 289–446
  • Hay, R. L (1976), Geology of the Olduvai Gorge, University of California Press, Berkeley, pp. x
  • Greenwood, P. H.; Todd, E. J. (1970), "Fish remains from Olduvai", Fossil Vertebrates of Africa, 2: 225–241
Pemba Formation
Peninj Gorge Group
  • Geraads, D (1987), "La faune des depots pleistocenes de Ouest du lac Natron (Tanzanie) interpretation biostratigraphique", Sci.Geol.Bulletin, 40: 167–184, doi:10.3406/sgeol.1987.1758
  • Ndessokia, P (1987), "Paleofauna composition and paleoenvironment of Peninj (Morita Nane Site) in West Lake Natron Basin, northern Tanzania", Sci.Geol.Bulletin, 40: 203–208, doi:10.3406/sgeol.1987.1760
  • Isaac, G (1967), The stratigraphy of the Peninj group:early middle Pleistocene formations west of Lake Natron. In: Background to evolution in Africa, x, pp. 229–257
  • Isaac, G (1965), "The stratigraphy of the Peninj beds and the provenance of the Natron australopithecine mandible", Quaternaria, 7: 101–113
Pugu Formation
  • Schluter, T (1997), Geology of East Africa, x, pp. 1–484
Tanga Limestone
Wembere-Manonga Formation
  • Van Damme, D.; Gautier, A. (1997), Late Cenozoic Freshwater Mollusks of the Wembere-Manonga Formation, Manonga Valley, Tanzania. In T. Harrison (ed.), Neogene Paleontology of the Manonga Valley, Tanzania, Plenum Press, New York and London, pp. 351–360
  • Harrison, T.; Mbago, M. L. (1997), Introduction: Paleontological and Geological Research in the Manonga Valley, Tanzania. In T. Harrison (ed.), Neogene Paleontology of the Manonga Valley, Tanzania, Plenum Press, New York and London, pp. 1–32
Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fossiliferous_stratigraphic_units_in_Tanzania