List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Tanzania
This is a list of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Tanzania.
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units[]
Group | Formation | Period | Notes |
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Pleistocene-Holocene | [1][2] | ||
Gelasian-Calabrian | [3] | ||
Zanclean-Calabrian | [4] | ||
Pleistocene | [5] | ||
Zanclean-Gelasian | [6] | ||
Zanclean | [7] | ||
Messinian-Pliocene | [8] | ||
Miocene-Pliocene | [9] | ||
Early-Middle Miocene | [10] | ||
Early Miocene | [11] | ||
Early Miocene | [12] | ||
Nsungwe Formation | Late Oligocene | [13] | |
Galula Formation | Aptian-Campanian | [14] | |
Selandian | [15] | ||
Santonian-late Campanian | [16] | ||
early Cenomanian-late Turonian | [17] | ||
early Cenomanian | [18] | ||
Tendaguru Formation | Oxfordian-Berriasian | [19] | |
Bathonian | [20] | ||
Manda Formation | Anisian | [21] | |
Usili Formation | Lopingian | [22] | |
Wordian-Capitanian | [23][24][25] | ||
Beaufort | Lopingian | [26] | |
Karoo | Wordian-Changhsingian | [27] |
See also[]
- Lists of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Africa
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Madagascar
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Malawi
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Mozambique
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Seychelles
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Zambia
- Geology of Tanzania
References[]
- ^ Mbuga Clays Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Mbuga Yellow Clays Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Hubu Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Sambu Lavas Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Olduvai Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Vogel River Series at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Upper Laetolil Beds at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Mikindani Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Wembere-Manonga Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Pemba Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Masingini Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Pugu Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Nsungwe Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Galula Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Kivinje Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Nangurukuru Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Lindi Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Kingongo Marl at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Tendaguru Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Tanga Limestone at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Manda Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Usili Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Ruhuhu Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Ruhuhu Beds at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Ruhuhu Coalfield at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Middle Tanga Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Hatambulo Formation at Fossilworks.org
Further reading[]
- Hatambulo Formation
- . 1987. Lithostratigraphic subdivision of the Karoo rocks of the Luwegu Basin (Tanzania) and their biostratigraphic classification based on microfloras, macrofloras, fossil woods and vertebrates. 76. 539-656.
- Kilwa Group
- Journal of African Earth Sciences 70. 36-57. ; ; ; ; ; ; ; , and . 2012. Lithostratigraphy, biostratigraphy and chemostratigraphy of Upper Cretaceous and Paleogene sediments from southern Tanzania: Tanzania Drilling Project Sites 27-35.
- Journal of African Earth Sciences 57. 47-69. ; ; ; ; ; ; ; , and . 2010. Lithostratigraphy, biostratigraphy and chemostratigraphy of Upper Cretaceous sediments from southern Tanzania: Tanzania drilling project sites 21-26.
- Kingongo Marl
- Cretaceous Research 87. 84-101. , and . 2018. An early Cenomanian ammonite fauna from near Lindi, Tanzania.
- Mikindani Formation
- Coral Reefs x. .. ; ; ; ; , and . 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).
- Olduvai Formation
- Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. , and . 1994. Olduvai Gorge: Excavations in Beds III, IV, and the Masek Beds, 1968-71, 1-5.
- Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. . 1991. Olduvai Gorge, Parts I-Iv: The Skulls, Endocasts, and Teeth of Homo habilis, 1-4.
- Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History 29. 289-446. , and . 1978. Fossil Bovidae (Mammalia) of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Part I.
- . 1976. Geology of the Olduvai Gorge, x. University of California Press, Berkeley.
- , and . 1970. Fish remains from Olduvai. 2. 225-241.
- Pemba Formation
- South African Journal of Science 104. 231-237. . 2008. Middle Miocene vertebrate fauna from Pemba Island, Tanzania.
- Peninj Gorge Group
- . 1987. La faune des depots pleistocenes de Ouest du lac Natron (Tanzanie) interpretation biostratigraphique. Sci.Geol.Bulletin 40. 167-184.
- . 1987. Paleofauna composition and paleoenvironment of Peninj (Morita Nane Site) in West Lake Natron Basin, northern Tanzania. Sci.Geol.Bulletin 40. 203-208.
- . 1967. The stratigraphy of the Peninj group:early middle Pleistocene formations west of Lake Natron. In: Background to evolution in Africa, 229-257. x.
- Quaternaria 7. 101-113. . 1965. The stratigraphy of the Peninj beds and the provenance of the Natron australopithecine mandible.
- Pugu Formation
- . 1997. Geology of East Africa, 1-484. x.
- Tanga Limestone
- . 1963. Corals and the correlation of the Tanga Limestone of Tanganyika. 9. 30-38.
- Wembere-Manonga Formation
- Plenum Press, New York and London. , and . 1997. Late Cenozoic Freshwater Mollusks of the Wembere-Manonga Formation, Manonga Valley, Tanzania. In T. Harrison (ed.), Neogene Paleontology of the Manonga Valley, Tanzania, 351-360.
- Plenum Press, New York and London. , and . 1997. Introduction: Paleontological and Geological Research in the Manonga Valley, Tanzania. In T. Harrison (ed.), Neogene Paleontology of the Manonga Valley, Tanzania, 1-32.
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- Fossiliferous stratigraphic units of Africa
- Paleontology in Tanzania
- Geologic formations of Tanzania