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List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Tanzania

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This is a list of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Tanzania.

List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units

See also Lists of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Africa List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in the Democratic Republic of the Congo List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Madagascar List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Malawi List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Mozambique List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Seychelles List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Zambia Geology of Tanzania

References

Further reading Hatambulo Formation Hankel, O (1987), "Lithostratigraphic subdivision of the Karoo rocks of the Luwegu Basin (Tanzania) and their biostratigraphic classification based on microfloras, macrofloras, fossil woods and vertebrates", Geologische Rundschau, 76 (2): 539–656, Bibcode:1987GeoRu..76..539H, doi:10.1007/BF01821091 Kilwa Group Berrocoso, Á J.; Huber, B. T.; MacLeod, K. G.; Petrizzo, M. R.; Lees, J. A.; Wendler, I.; Coxall, H.; Mweneinda, A. K.; Falzoni, H. Birch, J. M. Singano, S. Haynes, L. Cotton, J. Wendler, P. R. Bown, S. A. Robinson, and J. Gould, F. (2012), "Lithostratigraphy, biostratigraphy and chemostratigraphy of Upper Cretaceous and Paleogene sediments from southern Tanzania: Tanzania Drilling Project Sites 27-35", Journal of African Earth Sciences, 70: 36–57, Bibcode:2012JAfES..70...36J, doi:10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2012.05.006{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) Berrocoso, Á J.; MacLeod, K. G.; Huber, B. T.; Lees, J. A.; Wendler, I.; Bown, P. R.; Mweneinda, A. K.; Londoño, C. I.; Singano, J. M. (2010), "Lithostratigraphy, biostratigraphy and chemostratigraphy of Upper Cretaceous sediments from southern Tanzania: Tanzania drilling project sites 21-26", Journal of African Earth Sciences, 57 (1): 47–69, Bibcode:2010JAfES..57...47J, doi:10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2009.07.010 Kingongo Marl Kennedy, W. J.; Morris, N. J. (2018), "An early Cenomanian ammonite fauna from near Lindi, Tanzania", Cretaceous Research, 87: 84–101, Bibcode:2018CrRes..87...84K, doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2017.02.013 Mikindani Formation Reuter, M.; Bosellini, F. R.; Budd, A. F.; Coric, S.; Piller, W. E.; Harzhauser, M. (2019), "High coral reef connectivity across the Indian Ocean is revealed 6–7 Ma ago by a turbid-water scleractinian assemblage from Tanzania (Eastern Africa)", Coral Reefs, x Olduvai Formation Leakey, M. D.; Roe, D. A. (1994), Olduvai Gorge: Excavations in Beds III, IV, and the Masek Beds, 1968-71, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 1–5 Tobias, P. V (1991), Olduvai Gorge, Parts I-Iv: The Skulls, Endocasts, and Teeth of Homo habilis, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 1–4 Gentry, A. W.; Gentry, A. (1978), "Fossil Bovidae (Mammalia) of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Part I", Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History, 29: 289–446 Hay, R. L (1976), Geology of the Olduvai Gorge, University of California Press, Berkeley, pp. x Greenwood, P. H.; Todd, E. J. (1970), "Fish remains from Olduvai", Fossil Vertebrates of Africa, 2: 225–241 Pemba Formation Pickford, M (2008), "Middle Miocene vertebrate fauna from Pemba Island, Tanzania", South African Journal of Science, 104: 231–237 Peninj Gorge Group Geraads, D (1987), "La faune des depots pleistocenes de Ouest du lac Natron (Tanzanie) interpretation biostratigraphique", Sci.Geol.Bulletin, 40: 167–184, doi:10.3406/sgeol.1987.1758 Ndessokia, P (1987), "Paleofauna composition and paleoenvironment of Peninj (Morita Nane Site) in West Lake Natron Basin, northern Tanzania", Sci.Geol.Bulletin, 40: 203–208, doi:10.3406/sgeol.1987.1760 Isaac, G (1967), The stratigraphy of the Peninj group:early middle Pleistocene formations west of Lake Natron. In: Background to evolution in Africa, x, pp. 229–257 Isaac, G (1965), "The stratigraphy of the Peninj beds and the provenance of the Natron australopithecine mandible", Quaternaria, 7: 101–113 Pugu Formation Schluter, T (1997), Geology of East Africa, x, pp. 1–484 Tanga Limestone Thomas, H.D (1963), "Corals and the correlation of the Tanga Limestone of Tanganyika", Overseas Geology and Mineral Resources, 9: 30–38 Wembere-Manonga Formation Van Damme, D.; Gautier, A. (1997), Late Cenozoic Freshwater Mollusks of the Wembere-Manonga Formation, Manonga Valley, Tanzania. In T. Harrison (ed.), Neogene Paleontology of the Manonga Valley, Tanzania, Plenum Press, New York and London, pp. 351–360 Harrison, T.; Mbago, M. L. (1997), Introduction: Paleontological and Geological Research in the Manonga Valley, Tanzania. In T. Harrison (ed.), Neogene Paleontology of the Manonga Valley, Tanzania, Plenum Press, New York and London, pp. 1–32

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