Upper Karroo Sandstone Formation

Upper Karroo Sandstone Formation
Type Geological formation

The Upper Karroo Sandstone Formation is a geological formation dating to roughly between 200 and 175 million years ago and covering part of the Early Jurassic. The Upper Karroo Sandstone Formation is found in Zimbabwe and is a member of the Karoo Supergroup. As its name suggests, it consists partly of sandstone. Fossils of the prosauropod dinosaur Massospondylus have been recovered from the Upper Karroo Sandstone.

Vertebrate fauna

Sauropodomorphs

Sauropodomorphs of the Upper Karroo Sandstone Formation
Taxa Presence Notes Images

Genus:

  1. M. carinatus[1]
  1. Geographically located in Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe.[1]
Massospondylus

References

  1. 1 2 3 Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Early Jurassic, Africa)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 535–536. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.


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