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Forest Sandstone
Geologic formation in Southern Africa / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Forest Sandstone is a geological formation in southern Africa, dating to roughly between 200 and 190 million years ago and covering the Hettangian to Sinemurian stages of the Jurassic Period in the Mesozoic Era.[1] As its name suggests, it consists mainly of sandstone.
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Forest Sandstone | |
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Stratigraphic range: Hettangian-Sinemurian ~200–190 Ma | |
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Type | Geological formation |
Unit of | Karoo Supergroup Upper Karoo Group |
Underlies | Batoka Formation |
Overlies | Pebbly Arkose Formation |
Lithology | |
Primary | Sandstone |
Location | |
Coordinates | 20.0°S 28.4°E / -20.0; 28.4 |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 35.0°S 5.1°E / -35.0; 5.1 |
Region | South-central Africa |
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Named for | Forests of Nyamandlovu District, Zimbabwe |
Named by | A.M. MacGregor, Zimbabwe Geological Survey |
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Fossils of the prosauropod dinosaur Massospondylus and the primitive sauropod Vulcanodon have been recovered from the Forest Sandstone.