Dinosaur Beds
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Unit ofLupata Group
Sub-unitsLower Member, Upper Member
UnderliesUnconformity with Pliocene Chiwondo Beds
| Dinosaur Beds | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Unit of | Lupata Group |
| Sub-units | Lower Member, Upper Member |
| Underlies | Unconformity with Pliocene Chiwondo Beds |
| Overlies | Precambrian metamorphic basement |
| Thickness | Upper member is 210 m (690 ft) thick in vicinity of CD-9 locality |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone, siltstone, mudstone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 10°17′S 34°02′E / 10.28°S 34.04°E |
| Region | Northern Region |
| Country | Malawi |
| Extent | Karonga District |
  Dinosaur Beds (Malawi) | |
The Dinosaur Beds is a geological formation in Malawi whose strata date back to the Early Cretaceous. The age of the deposit is poorly constrained, but is likely to date from the Barremian to Aptian.[1] Dinosaurs, turtles and crocodylomorphs remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[2] It is correlated with the Galula Formation in Tanzania. It consists of two members, a lower unfossiliferous member consisting of deep red stained sandstones, and an upper fossiliferous member consisting of white sands and grey to red mudstones and siltstones. The upper member is 210 m thick in the vicinity of the CD-9 locality.[3]