List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Tanzania

Major fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Tanzania

Group	Formation	Period	Notes
	Mbuga Clays Formation	Pleistocene-Holocene	^[1]^[2]
Peninj Gorge	Humbu Formation	Gelasian-Calabrian	^[3]
Peninj Gorge	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]
Red Sandstone	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]

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v t e Fossiliferous stratigraphic units of the countries and dependencies of Africa
Sovereign states	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe
Territories and dependencies	Îles Éparses / Mayotte / Réunion France Pantelleria / Pelagie Islands Italy Madeira Portugal Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla / Plazas de soberanía Spain Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha UK Socotra Yemen Western Sahara¹
States with limited recognition	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Somaliland
¹ Unclear sovereignty