The Pebbly Arkose Formation is a
Late Triassic geologic
formation
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found in southern Africa.
Geology
Description
The formation comprises mainly coarse, arkosic
sandstones.
Extent
The Pebbly Arkose Formation is found in
Botswana,
Zambia and
Zimbabwe, in the Mid-Zambezi, Mana Pools, Cabora Bassa and Limpopo basins.
Deposition
Age
Stratigraphy
The Pebbly Arkose Formation is part of the
Upper Karoo Group, overlies the Escarpment formation (in the Mid-Zambezi and Limpopo basins) and the
Angwa Sandstone Formation
The Angwa Sandstone is a geological formation of the mid-Triassic Cabora Bassa Basin and Mana Pools Basin of southern Africa, consisting mainly of sandstone.
Description Stratigraphy
The Angwa Sandstone is the lowest formation in the Upper Karoo ...
(in the Mana Pools and Cabora Bassa Basins) and underlies the
Forest Sandstone Formation
The Forest Sandstone is a geological formation in southern Africa, dating to roughly between 200 and 190 million years ago and covering the Hettangian to Sinemurian stages of the Jurassic Period in the Mesozoic Era. As its name suggests, it ...
.
The Pebbly Arkose has been correlated to the
Elliot Formation of the Great Karroo Basin, South Africa
Mpandi Formation
The Mpandi Formation is a geological formation in Zimbabwe. It dates back to the Late Triassic to Early Jurassic.Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Late Triassic, Africa)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osm ...
of the Thuli Basin in Botswana and Zimbabwe.
Fossil content
Flora
Vertebrate fauna
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
* Molteno Formation
The Molteno Formation is a geological formation found in several localities in Lesotho and South Africa. It lies mainly south of Maseru, near Burgersdorp, Aliwal North, Dordrecht, Molteno, and Elliot. It extends as far north as Matatiele in the ...
References
Bibliography
* {{cite book , editor-last=Weishampel , editor-first=David B. , editor-link=David B. Weishampel , editor-last2=Dodson , editor-first2=Peter , editor-link2=Peter Dodson , editor-last3=Osmólska , editor-first3=Halszka , editor-link3=Halszka Osmólska , year=2004 , title=The Dinosauria , edition=2nd , url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vtZFDb_iw40C , publisher=Berkeley: University of California Press , pages=1–880 , access-date=2019-02-21 , isbn=0-520-24209-2
Geologic formations of Botswana
Geologic formations of Zambia
Geologic formations of Zimbabwe
Triassic System of Africa
Carnian Stage
Sandstone formations
Alluvial deposits
Paleontology in Zimbabwe