Topic summary
Forest Sandstone
The Forest Sandstone is a geological formation in southern Africa, dating to roughly between 200 and 190 million years ago and covering the Hettangian to Sinemurianstages of the Jurassic Period in the Mesozoic Era. As its name suggests, it consists mainly of sandstone.
Fossils of the prosauropoddinosaurMassospondylus and the primitive sauropod Vulcanodon have been recovered from the Forest Sandstone.