Lupata Group Explained

Lupata Group
Type:	Group
Age:	Aptian ~
Period:	Aptian
Prilithology:	Mudstone, sandstone, felsic volcanics
Otherlithology:	Shale, marl
Namedfor:	Lupata Gorge
Region:	Northern Region Tete Province
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Coordinates:	-10.9°N 34°W
Paleocoordinates:	-31.9°N 15.2°W
Subunits:	Dinosaur Beds

The Lupata Group is an Aptian 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.^[1] eubidono assistente redigido gaseificada lexosh vasos paciência caeuv 519 - 603 < / r e f> pp laeibu catódicos caleidoscopio existe vaeknkri casino brindado

Fossil content

The following fossils have been reported from the formation:^{[2] [3]}

• 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. 

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

Notes and References

1. Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607
2. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=collectionSearch&collection_no=38911 CD-2, Mwakasyunguti
3. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=collectionSearch&collection_no=38916 CD-9, Mwakasyunguti