Kadzi Formation

The Kadzi Formation is a geological formation in Zimbabwe whose strata date back to the Tithonian stage of the Late Jurassic. The conglomeratic sandstones and silty mudstones of the formation were deposited in an alluvial environment. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.

Kadzi Formation
Stratigraphic range: Tithonian ~
Type	Geological formation
Lithology
Primary	Conglomeratic sandstone, silty mudstone
Location
Coordinates	16.3°S 30.8°E / -16.3; 30.8
Approximate paleocoordinates	32.2°S 5.6°E / -32.2; 5.6
Region	Mashonaland North
Country	Zimbabwe
Type section
Named for	Kadzi River
Kadzi Formation (Zimbabwe)

Vertebrate paleofauna

Indeterminate brachiosaurid remains present in Mashonaland North, Zimbabwe.

Dinosaurs
Genus	Species	Presence	Notes	Images
Barosaurus	Barosaurus sp.	Mashonaland North
Brachiosaurus	Brachiosaurus sp.	Mashonaland North
?Camarasaurus	?Camarasaurus sp.	Mashonaland North
Dicraeosaurus	Dicraeosaurus sp.	Mashonaland North

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Zimbabwe
  • Mpandi Formation
  • Forest Sandstone
  • Gokwe Formation
• Tendaguru Formation, contemporaneous Lagerstätte of Tanzania

References

Bibliography

• Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; Osmólska, Halszka (2004), The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, Berkeley: University of California Press, pp. 1–880, ISBN 0-520-24209-2, retrieved 21 February 2019

Further reading

• M. A. Raath and J. S. McIntosh. 1987. Sauropod dinosaurs from the central Zambezi Valley, Zimbabwe, and the age of the Kadzi Formation. South African Journal of Geology 90(2):107-119
• N. Bertram. 1971. A New Dinosaur Fossil Locality in the Kadsi River Area of the Zambesi Valley. Mennell Society Journal (Detritus) 6:20-21
• G. Bond. 1965. Some new fossil localities in the Karroo System of Rhodesia. Arnoldia, Series of Miscellaneous Publications, National Museum of Southern Rhodesia 2(11):1-4