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Kirkwood Formation

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Type
  
Geological formation

Country
  
South Africa

Named for
  
Kirkwood

Underlies
  
Sundays River Formation

Unit of
  
Uitenhage Group

Region
  
Africa

Overlies
  
Enon Formation

Kirkwood Formation

The Kirkwood Formation is a geological formation in Eastern Cape and Western Cape provinces, South Africa whose strata date back to the Early Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.

Vertebrate paleofauna

  • Nqwebasaurus thwazi - "Partial skeleton."
  • Algoasaurus bauri - "Dorsal vertebra, femur, ungual."
  • Diplodocinae indet.
  • Brachiosauridae indet.
  • Eusauropoda indet. (non-neosauropod or non-titanosauriform macronarian)
  • Paranthodon africanus - "Partial skull, teeth, adult."
  • References

    Kirkwood Formation Wikipedia


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