Sundays River Formation

Sundays River Formation
Stratigraphic range: Lower Cretaceous
Type Geological formation
Unit of Uitenhage Group
Overlies Kirkwood Formation
Location
Region Africa
Country South Africa
Type section
Named for Sundays River

The Sundays River Formation is a Lower Cretaceous geological formation. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation, although none have yet been referred to a specific genus.[1]

Skull of Leptocleidus capensis (Andrews, 1911) from the Sundays River Formation

See also

Footnotes

  1. Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.

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