Bushveld Sandstone
Geological formation of the Stormberg Group in Transvaal, South Africa / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Bushveld Sandstone is a geological formation dating to roughly between 201 and 189 million years ago and covering the Carnian to Norian stages. The Bushveld Sandstone is found in Transvaal, South Africa , and is a member of the Stormberg Group. As its name suggests, it consists mainly of sandstone. Fossils of the prosauropod dinosaur Massospondylus have been recovered from the Bushveld Sandstone.[1]
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Stratigraphic range: Hettangian-Sinemurian ~201–189 Ma | |
Type | Geological formation |
Unit of | Stormberg Group |
Lithology | |
Primary | Sandstone |
Location | |
Coordinates | 22.8°S 29.3°E / -22.8; 29.3 |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 37.9°S 4.7°E / -37.9; 4.7 |
Region | Mpumalanga, Limpopo |
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The Bushveld Sandstone was thought to be Late Triassic age, but was considered to be temporally correlative to the Clarens Formation by Smith et al. (1993).[2]