Dinosaur Beds

Dinosaur Beds
Stratigraphic range: Early Cretaceous
Type Geological formation
Location
Region Africa

The Dinosaur Beds is a geological formation in Malawi whose strata date back to the Early Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1]

Vertebrate paleofauna

Malawisaurus dixeyi - "Skull elements, teeth, vertebrae, limb elements osteoderms, of several individuals."[2]

See also

References

  1. Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Early Cretaceous, Africa)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 571-573. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
  2. "Table 13.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 269.


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