Gokwe Formation

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 / -18.2; 28.9Coordinates: 18°12′S 28°54′E / 18.2°S 28.9°E / -18.2; 28.9
Approximate paleocoordinates 36°06′S 4°54′E / 36.1°S 4.9°E / -36.1; 4.9
Region Midlands
Country  Zimbabwe
Type section
Named for Gokwe region

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

References

  1. ↑ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
  2. ↑ Midlands at Fossilworks.org

Bibliography

  • Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp.  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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