List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Lesotho

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Lesotho is located in Lesotho
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Lesotho
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Lesotho
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Lesotho
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Lesotho
class=notpageimage|
Fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Lesotho
Cyan pog.svg
Blue pog.svg Clarens Formation
Pink ff0080 pog.svg Elliot Formation
Red pog.svg Molteno Formation

This is a list of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Lesotho.


Group Formation Period Notes
Drakensberg Group Pliensbachian [1]
Stormberg Group Clarens Formation Sinemurian [2]
Elliot Formation Carnian-Sinemurian [3]
Molteno Formation Carnian-Norian [4]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Drakensberg Group at Fossilworks.org
  2. ^ Clarens Formation at Fossilworks.org
  3. ^ Elliot Formation at Fossilworks.org
  4. ^ Molteno Formation at Fossilworks.org

Further reading[]

  • F. Knoll. 2010. A primitive sauropodomorph from the upper Elliot Formation of Lesotho. Geological Magazine 147(6):814-829
  • P. Ellenberger. 1970. Paleontological levels of first appearance of primorid mammals in South Africa and their ichnology. Establishment of detailed stratigraphic zones in the Lesotho Stormberg (South Africa) (Upper to Jurassic Triassic) [The paleontological levels of the primordial 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: SH 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
Retrieved from ""