Mpandi Formation Explained

Mpandi Formation
Type:	Geological formation
Age:	Late Triassic-Early Jurassic
Period:	Late Triassic
Prilithology:	Sandstone
Region:	Matabeleland South
Coordinates:	-22.2°N 29.5°W
Paleocoordinates:	-36.6°N 3.4°W

The Mpandi Formation is a geological formation in Zimbabwe. It dates back to the Late Triassic to Early Jurassic.^[1]

Fossil content

Other fossils

• Massospondylus sp.
• Rauisuchidae indet.

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Zimbabwe
• Geology of Zimbabwe
• Beaufort Group
• Pebbly Arkose Formation

Further reading

• D. Munyikwa. 1997. Faunal analysis of Karoo-aged sediments in the northern Limpopo Valley, Zimbabwe. Arnoldia Zimbabwe 10(13):129-140

Notes and References

1. Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Late Triassic, Africa)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 528–529. .