The Lupata Group is an
Aptian
The Aptian is an age (geology), age in the geologic timescale or a stage (stratigraphy), stage in the stratigraphic column. It is a subdivision of the Early Cretaceous, Early or Lower Cretaceous epoch (geology), Epoch or series (stratigraphy), S ...
geologic
group in the
Tete Province of
Mozambique and the
Northern Region of
Malawi. The group contains the
Dinosaur Beds, a fossiliferous unit in Malawi that has provided
dinosaur remains.
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Fossil content
The following fossils have been reported from the formation:
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at Fossilworks.org
* '' Karongasaurus gittelmani''
* '' Malawisaurus dixeyi''
* '' Malawisuchus mwakasyungutiensis''
* '' Platycheloides nyasae''
* '' aff. Araripesuchus sp.''
* Anura indet.
* Crocodylia indet.
* Theropoda indet.
* Titanosauridae indet.
* Teleostei indet.
See also
* List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
** List of stratigraphic units with indeterminate dinosaur fossils
References
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
* L. L. Jacobs, D. A. Winkler, Z.M. Kaufulu and W.R. Downs. 1990. The Dinosaur Beds of northern Malawi, Africa. National Geographic Research 6(2):196-204
* F. Dixey and W. C. Smith. 1929. The rocks of the Lupata Gorge and the north side of the Lower Zambezi. Geological Magazine 66(6):241-259
Geologic groups of Africa
Cretaceous Malawi
Lower Cretaceous Series of Africa
Cretaceous Mozambique
Aptian Stage
Mudstone groups
Sandstone groups
Shale groups
Marl groups
Fluvial deposits
Lacustrine deposits
Paleontology in Malawi
Paleontology in Mozambique
Formations
Formations