Earth:Gokwe Formation
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| Gokwe Formation Stratigraphic range: Early Cretaceous | |
|---|---|
| Type | Geological formation |
| Sub-units | White Sandstone Member |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone |
| Other | Limestone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | [ ⚑ ] : 18°12′S 28°54′E / 18.2°S 28.9°E |
| Paleocoordinates | [ ⚑ ] 36°06′S 4°54′E / 36.1°S 4.9°E |
| Region | Midlands |
| Country | Zimbabwe |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Gokwe region |
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The Gokwe Formation is an Early Cretaceous geologic formation in Zimbabwe. Remains of an indeterminate abelisaurid theropod dinosaur, represented by teeth and vertebrae, are known from the formation.[1] Sediments of the formation may have been laid down in a small shallow lake, carried by intermittent floods from a land surface surrounding the lake on which aeolian transport of sand took place. More likely the animals died on a dry lake bed, and their bones were exposed to a period of desiccation, later floods would scatter the fragments and incorporate them in sediment.[2]
See also
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
- List of stratigraphic units with indeterminate dinosaur fossils
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Zimbabwe
- Geology of Zimbabwe
References
- ↑ Souza-Júnior, André Luis de; Candeiro, Carlos Roberto dos Anjos; Vidal, Luciano da Silva; Brusatte, Stephen Louis; Mortimer, Mickey (2023-07-05). "Abelisauroidea (Theropoda, Dinosauria) from Africa: a review of the fossil record". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 63: e202363019. doi:10.11606/1807-0205/2023.63.019. ISSN 1807-0205. https://www.revistas.usp.br/paz/article/view/177016.
- ↑ Midlands at Fossilworks.org
Bibliography
- Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; Osmólska, Halszka (2004), The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, Berkeley: University of California Press, pp. 1–880, ISBN 0-520-24209-2, https://books.google.com/books?id=vtZFDb_iw40C, retrieved 2019-02-21
Further reading
- G. Bond and K. Bromley. 1970. Sediments with the remains of dinosaurs near Gokwe, Rhodesia. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 8:313-327
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