Kirkwood Formation
| Kirkwood Formation Stratigraphic range: Lower Cretaceous | |
|---|---|
 Map showing the location of the formation | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Unit of | Uitenhage Group |
| Underlies | Sundays River Formation |
| Overlies | Enon Formation |
| Location | |
| Region | Africa |
| Country | South Africa |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Kirkwood, Eastern Cape |
The Kirkwood Formation is a geological formation in Eastern Cape and Western Cape provinces, South Africa whose strata date back to the Early Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1]
Vertebrate paleofauna
- Nqwebasaurus thwazi - "Partial skeleton."[2]
- Algoasaurus bauri - "Dorsal vertebra, femur, ungual."[3]
- Diplodocinae indet.[4]
- Brachiosauridae indet.[4]
- Eusauropoda indet. (non-neosauropod or non-titanosauriform macronarian)[4]
- Paranthodon africanus - "Partial skull, teeth, adult."[5]
See also
References
- ↑ Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Early Cretaceous, Africa)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 571-573. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
- ↑ "Table 4.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 76.
- ↑ "Table 13.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 270.
- 1 2 3 McPhee, Blair W.; Mannion, Philip D.; William; Choiniere, Jonah N. (2016). "High diversity in the sauropod dinosaur fauna of the Lower Cretaceous Kirkwood Formation of South Africa: Implications for the Jurassic–Cretaceous transition". Cretaceous Research. 59: 228–248. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2015.11.006.
- ↑ "Table 16.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 345.
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