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Kadzi, Guruve District, Mashonaland Central, Zimbabwe

FormationKadzi
Age:152 - 145 Ma
Late Jurassic
IntervalTithonian
Lithologysandstone/mudstone
Number of Collections4
Number of Occurrences13

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
KadziGuruve District, Mashonaland Central, ZimbabweKadzi
KadziGuruve District, Mashonaland Central, ZimbabweKadzi
KadziGuruve District, Mashonaland Central, ZimbabweKadzi
KadziGuruve District, Mashonaland Central, ZimbabweKadzi

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Plantae
kingdom
1Plantae152.1 - 145 Ma
Late Jurassic
Ceratosauria
suborder
4.3Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Velocipes : Ceratosauria152.1 - 145 Ma
Late Jurassic
Brachiosaurus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Brachiosauridae : Brachiosaurus152.1 - 145 Ma
Late Jurassic
Camarasaurus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Camarasauridae : Camarasaurus152.1 - 145 Ma
Late Jurassic
Dicraeosaurus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Dicraeosauridae : Dicraeosaurus152.1 - 145 Ma
Late Jurassic
Barosaurus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Diplodocidae : Barosaurus152.1 - 145 Ma
Late Jurassic
Amphicoelias sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Amphicoelias152.1 - 145 Ma
Late Jurassic
Sauropoda
unranked clade
99Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Sauropoda152.1 - 145 Ma
Late Jurassic
Titanosauria
unranked clade
99Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Titanosauria152.1 - 145 Ma
Late Jurassic

References

Bertram N. (1971) A New Dinosaur Fossil Locality in the Kadsi River Area of the Zambesi Valley, Mennell Society Journal (Detritus) 6, 20-21
Raath M. A., McIntosh J. S. (1987) Sauropod dinosaurs from the central Zambezi Valley, Zimbabwe, and the age of the Kadzi Formation, South African Journal of Geology 90 2, 107-119
Carrano M. T., Benson R. B. J., et al (2012) The phylogeny of Tetanurae (Dinosauria: Theropoda), Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 10 2, 211-300 doi:10.1080/14772019.2011.630927
Mannion P. D., Upchurch P., et al (2019) Taxonomic affinities of the putative titanosaurs from the Late Jurassic Tendaguru Formation of Tanzania: phylogenetic and biogeographic implications for eusauropod dinosaur evolution, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 185 3, 784-909 doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zly068/5300162
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!
 
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