Kadzi Formation Explained

Kadzi Formation
Type:	Geological formation
Age:	Tithonian ~
Period:	Tithonian
Prilithology:	Conglomeratic sandstone, silty mudstone
Namedfor:	Kadzi River
Region:	Mashonaland North
Coordinates:	-16.3°N 30.8°W
Paleocoordinates:	-32.2°N 5.6°W

The Kadzi Formation is a geological formation in Zimbabwe whose strata date back to the Tithonian stage of the Late Jurassic. The conglomeratic sandstones and silty mudstones of the formation were deposited in an alluvial environment.^[1] Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.^[2]

Vertebrate paleofauna

Indeterminate brachiosaurid remains present in Mashonaland North, Zimbabwe.

Dinosaurs
Genus	Species	Presence	Notes	Images
Barosaurus	Barosaurus sp.	Mashonaland North
Brachiosaurus	Brachiosaurus sp.	Mashonaland North
?Camarasaurus	?Camarasaurus sp.	Mashonaland North
Dicraeosaurus	Dicraeosaurus sp.	Mashonaland North

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Zimbabwe
  • Mpandi Formation
  • Forest Sandstone
  • Gokwe Formation
• Tendaguru Formation, contemporaneous Lagerstätte of Tanzania

References

Bibliography

Further reading

• M. A. Raath and J. S. McIntosh. 1987. Sauropod dinosaurs from the central Zambezi Valley, Zimbabwe, and the age of the Kadzi Formation. South African Journal of Geology 90(2):107-119
• N. Bertram. 1971. A New Dinosaur Fossil Locality in the Kadsi River Area of the Zambesi Valley. Mennell Society Journal (Detritus) 6:20-21
• G. Bond. 1965. Some new fossil localities in the Karroo System of Rhodesia. Arnoldia, Series of Miscellaneous Publications, National Museum of Southern Rhodesia 2(11):1-4

Notes and References

1. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=displayStrata&geological_group=&formation=Kadzi&group_formation_member=Kadzi Kadzi Formation
2. Weishampel et al., 2004, "Dinosaur distribution (Late Jurassic, Africa).", p.552