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fossil
A fossil (from Classical Latin , ) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age. Examples include bones, shells, exoskeletons, stone imprints of animals or microbes, objects preserved ...
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stratigraphic unit
A stratigraphic unit is a volume of rock of identifiable origin and relative age range that is defined by the distinctive and dominant, easily mapped and recognizable petrographic, lithologic or paleontologic features (facies) that characterize ...
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South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the ...
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Lists of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Africa
These lists of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Africa enumerate the rock layers which preserve the fossilized remains of ancient life in Africa by the modern countries wherein they are found.
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List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Botswana
This is a list of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Botswana.
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* Lists of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Africa
** List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Namibia
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List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Lesotho
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List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Madagascar
Several fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Madagascar have provided fossils, most notably the Maastrichtian Maevarano Formation and the Jurassic Isalo III Formation. The oldest fossil-bearing formations date to ages before the break-up of Mada ...
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List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Mozambique
This is a list of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Mozambique.
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* Lists of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Africa
** List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Madagascar
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List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Namibia
Fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Namibia are not as numerous as in neighboring South Africa, but several formations have provided unique fossil assemblages, particularly the Ediacaran fauna of the Vendian to Cambrian Nama Group, fossil fish ...
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List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Zimbabwe
This is a list of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Zimbabwe.
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* Lists of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Africa
** List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Botswana
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List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Antarctica
This is a list of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Antarctica.
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* Geology of Antarctica
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Geology of South Africa
The geology of South Africa is highly varied including cratons, greenstone belts, large impact craters as well as orogenic belts. The geology of the country is the base for a large mining sector that extracts gold, diamonds, iron and coal from wor ...
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South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the ...
Fossiliferous stratigraphic units
Fossil
A fossil (from Classical Latin , ) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age. Examples include bones, shells, exoskeletons, stone imprints of animals or microbes, objects preserved ...