List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Zimbabwe

Fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Zimbabwe

Group	Formation	Period	Notes
	Gokwe Formation	Early Cretaceous	^[1]
	Kadsi Formation	Tithonian	^[2]
	Dande Sandstone	Middle-Late Jurassic	^[3]
	Mpandi Formation	Late Triassic-Early Jurassic	^[4]
Upper Karoo Group	Forest Sandstone/Vulcanodon Beds	Hettangian-Sinemurian	^[5]
	Pebbly Arkose Formation	Carnian	^[6]
	Angwa Sandstone	Ladinian	^[7]
	Nyamandhlovu Sandstone/Pasibas Sandstone	Late Triassic	^[8]
Beaufort Group	Madumabisa Mudstone	Capitanian	^[9]
Ecca Group		Wordian	^[10]
	Wankie Sandstone	Sakmarian-Kungurian	^[11]
Black Shale and Coal Group		Sakmarian	^[12]
Dwyka Group	Dwyka Formation Cycle 3	Sakmarian	^[13]

References

N. Bertram. 1971. A New Dinosaur Fossil Locality in the Kadsi River Area of the Zambesi Valley. Mennell Society Journal (Detritus) 6:20-21
G. Bond. 1973. The palaeontology of Rhodesia. Geological Survey of Rhodesia Bulletin 70:1-121
G. Bond. 1968. The flora of the Black Shale and Coal Group (K2) in the mid-Zambezi Basin. Arnoldia, National Museums of Southern Rhodesia Miscellaneous Publications 3:1-2
G. Bond, J. F. Wilson, and M. A. Raath. 1970. Upper Karroo pillow lava and a new sauropod horizon in Rhodesia. Nature 227:1339
E.S. Gaffney and M.C. McKenna. 1979. A Late Permian captorhinid from Rhodesia. American Museum Novitates (2688)1-15
B. G. Gardiner. 1962. Namaichthys schroederi Gürich and other Palaeozoic Fishes from South Africa. Palaeontology 5(1):9-21
D. Munyikwa. 1996. Description of the first dinosaurs trackway found in Zimbabwe. Arnoldia Zimbabwe 10(6):36-45
M. A. Raath. 1972. First record of dinosaur footprints from Rhodesia. Arnoldia 5(37):1-5
M. A. Raath, C. C. Smith, and G. Bond. 1970. A new Upper Karroo dinosaur fossil locality on the Lower Angwa River, Sipolilo District, Rhodesia. Arnoldia 4(35):1-10
E. F. Riek. 1974. A fossil insect from the Dwyka Series of Rhodesia. Palaeontologia Africana 17:15-17

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