List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Fossiliferous stratigraphic units in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Albertine Group
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Semliki Group
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Sinda Beds
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Landana Formation
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Lualaba Group
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Kwango Group
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Permian
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This is a list of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Group | Formation | Period | Notes |
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Albertine Group | Nyabusosi Formation | Gelasian | [1] |
Nyakabingo Formation | Piacenzian | [2] | |
Semliki Group | Lusso Beds | Pliocene | [3] |
Sinda Beds | Late Miocene-Pliocene | [4] | |
Landana Formation | Thanetian-Ypresian | [5] | |
Lualaba Group | Cenomanian | [6] | |
Kwango Group | Late Jurassic | [7] | |
Upper Lukuga Group | Transition Formation | Kungurian | [8] |
Couches de houille Formation | Sakmarian-Artinskian | [9] | |
Lower Lukuga Group | Schistes noires Formation | Asselian-Sakmarian | [10] |
Schistes noirs de Walikale Formation | Asselian | [11] | |
Ecca Group | Asselian | [12] | |
See also
References
- ↑ Nyabusosi Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ↑ Nyakabingo Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ↑ ETE Locality 1170, Senga 5A at Fossilworks.org
- ↑ Sinda Mohari at Fossilworks.org
- ↑ Landana Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ↑ Lualaba Group at Fossilworks.org
- ↑ Kwango Group at Fossilworks.org
- ↑ Transition Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ↑ Couches de houille Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ↑ Schistes noirs Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ↑ Schistes noirs de Walikale Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ↑ Makoi strip of (Kivu) Valley at Fossilworks.org
Further reading
- R. Aoki. 1992. Fossil crocodilians from the late Tertiary strata in the Sinda Basin, eastern Zaire. African Study Monographs 17:67-85
- O. A. Hoeg and M.N. Bose. 1960. The Glossopteris flora of the Belgian Congo, with a note on some fossil plants from the Zambesi [sic] Basin (Mozambique). Annales du Musee Royal du Congo Belge 32:1-99
- A. K. Miller. 1951. Tertiary nautiloids of west-coastal Africa. Annales du Museé du Congo Belge Tervuren, Sciences Géologiques 8:1-88
- P. P. Pavlakis. 1990. Plio-Pleistocene Hippopotamidae from the Upper Semliki. Virgia Museum of Natural History Memior 1:203-223
- P. Pruvost. 1934. Description d'un insecte fossile des couches de la Lukuga (Kivu). Memoires de l'Institut geologique de l'Universite de Louvain 9(4):1-8
- W. E. Swinton. 1948. A Cretaceous pterosaur from the Belgian Congo. Bulletin de la Société Belge de Géologie, de Paléontologie, et d'Hydrologie 57:234-238
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