Earth:Gokwe Formation
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Short description: Gokwe Formation is an Early Cretaceous geologic formation in Zimbabwe
| 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. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation, although none have yet been referred to a specific genus.[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
- ↑ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
- ↑ Midlands at Fossilworks.org
Bibliography
- Weishampel, David B.; Peter Dodson, and Halszka Osmólska (eds.). 2004. The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, 1–880. Berkeley: University of California Press. Accessed 2019-02-21. ISBN:0-520-24209-2
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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