Kadsi Formation
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The Kadsi Formation is a geological formation in Zimbabwe
whose strata date back to the Late Jurassic
. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...
whose strata date back to the Late Jurassic
Late Jurassic
The Late Jurassic is the third epoch of the Jurassic Period, and it spans the geologic time from 161.2 ± 4.0 to 145.5 ± 4.0 million years ago , which is preserved in Upper Jurassic strata. In European lithostratigraphy, the name "Malm" indicates rocks of Late Jurassic age...
. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.
Vertebrate paleofauna
Indeterminate brachiosaurid remains present in Mashonaland North, Zimbabwe.| Dinosaur Dinosaur Dinosaurs are a diverse group of animals of the clade and superorder Dinosauria. They were the dominant terrestrial vertebrates for over 160 million years, from the late Triassic period until the end of the Cretaceous , when the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event led to the extinction of... s of the Kadsi Formation |
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Barosaurus Barosaurus Barosaurus ; Greek barys/βαρυς meaning 'heavy' and saurus/σαυρος meaning 'lizard', 'heavy lizard') was a giant, long-tailed, long-necked, plant-eating dinosaur closely related to the more familiar Diplodocus... |
Barosaurus sp. |
Geographically present in Mashonaland North, Zimbabwe. |
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Brachiosaurus Brachiosaurus Brachiosaurus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Jurassic Morrison Formation of North America. It was first described by Elmer S. Riggs in 1903 from fossils found in the Grand River Canyon of western Colorado, in the United States. Riggs named the dinosaur Brachiosaurus altithorax,... |
Brachiosaurus sp. |
Geographically present in Mashonaland North, Zimbabwe. |
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?Camarasaurus Camarasaurus Camarasaurus meaning 'chambered lizard', referring to the hollow chambers in its vertebrae was a genus of quadrupedal, herbivorous dinosaurs. It was the most common of the giant sauropods to be found in North America... |
?Camarasaurus sp. |
Geographically present in Mashonaland North, Zimbabwe. |
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Dicraeosaurus Dicraeosaurus Dicraeosaurus is a genus of small diplodocoid sauropod dinosaur. It was named for the spines on the back of the neck. The first fossil was described by paleontologist Werner Janensch in 1914.Unlike most diplodocoids, Dicraeosaurus had a large head with a relatively short and wide neck... |
Dicraeosaurus sp. |
Geographically present in Mashonaland North, Zimbabwe. |
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Janenschia Janenschia Janenschia was a large sauropod from Late Jurassic Africa , and therefore the earliest known titanosaur. Originally thought to be a species of the diplodocid Tornieria/Barosaurus , it was later found to be a distantly related titanosaur. So far, it is only known from Tanzania... |
Janenschia sp. |
Geographically present in Mashonaland North, Zimbabwe. |
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