List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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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
- Lists of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Africa
- Geology of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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. Virginia Museum of Natural History Memoir 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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Fossiliferous stratigraphic units of the countries and dependencies of Africa
- Algeria
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Cape Verde
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Republic of the Congo
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire)
- Kenya
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Rwanda
- São Tomé and Príncipe
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Swaziland
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Tunisia
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
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States with limited
recognition
recognition
- Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
- Somaliland