The Lupata Group is an
Aptian
The Aptian is an age in the geologic timescale or a stage in the stratigraphic column. It is a subdivision of the Early or Lower Cretaceous Epoch or Series and encompasses the time from 121.4 ± 1.0 Ma to 113.0 ± 1.0 Ma (million years ago), a ...
geologic
group in the
Tete Province of
Mozambique and the
Northern Region of
Malawi. The group contains the
Dinosaur Beds
The Dinosaur Beds is a geological formation in Malawi whose strata date back to the Early Cretaceous. The age of the deposit is poorly constrained, but is likely to date from the Barremian to Aptian. Dinosaurs, turtles and crocodyliomorphs remain ...
, a fossiliferous unit in Malawi that has provided
dinosaur remains.
[Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607]
Fossil content
The following fossils have been reported from the formation:
CD-9, Mwakasyunguti
at Fossilworks
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* '' Karongasaurus gittelmani''
* ''Malawisaurus dixeyi
''Malawisaurus'' (meaning "Malawi lizard") is an extinct genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur. It is known from the Dinosaur Beds of northern Malawi, which probably date to the Aptian stage of the Early Cretaceous. The type species is ''M. di ...
''
* '' Malawisuchus mwakasyungutiensis''
* '' Platycheloides nyasae''
* '' aff. Araripesuchus sp.''
* Anura indet.
* Crocodylia indet.
* Theropoda indet.
* Titanosauridae indet.
* Teleostei indet.
See also
* List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
** List of stratigraphic units with indeterminate dinosaur fossils
References
Bibliography
* Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. {{ISBN, 0-520-24209-2
Further reading
* L. L. Jacobs, D. A. Winkler, Z.M. Kaufulu and W.R. Downs. 1990. The Dinosaur Beds of northern Malawi, Africa. National Geographic Research 6(2):196-204
* F. Dixey and W. C. Smith. 1929. The rocks of the Lupata Gorge and the north side of the Lower Zambezi. Geological Magazine 66(6):241-259
Geologic groups of Africa
Geologic formations of Malawi
Geologic formations of Mozambique
Lower Cretaceous Series of Africa
Cretaceous Mozambique
Aptian Stage
Mudstone formations
Sandstone formations
Shale formations
Marl formations
Fluvial deposits
Lacustrine deposits
Paleontology in Malawi
Paleontology in Mozambique
Formations
Formations