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Lake Kariba Island 126/127, Kariba District, Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe
Lat/Long (Decimal) | -16.8083,28.275 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | stated in text |
Given Location | Mashonaland North, Zimbabwe |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Kariba District, Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Lake Kariba Island 126/127 | Raath M. A. (1972) | Forest Sandstone | Uppermost Forest Sandstone, and likely to be Sinemurian–Pliensbachian (Viglietti et al. 2017) beds were unnamed in the original papers, but were subsequently referred to as the "Vulcanodon Beds". Beds are described as "very near the Trias-Jurassic boundary, probably tending towards the lowermost Jurassic" | sandstone | 199.3 - 182.7 Ma Early Jurassic |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Vulcanodon karibaensis species | Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Vulcanodon : Vulcanodon karibaensis | 199.3 - 182.7 Ma Early Jurassic |
References
Raath M. A. (1972) Fossil vertebrate studies in Rhodesia: a new dinosaur (Reptilia: Saurischia) from near the Tria-Jurassic boundary, Arnoldia 5 31, 1-37 |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!