Galula
Description
Source: Wikipédia
The Galula Formation is a geological formation located south of Lake Rukwa in Tanzania, part of the Red Sandstone Group of the Rukwa Rift Basin. Along with the unconformably overlying Oligocene Nsungwe Formation. It is divided into two members, the lower Mtuka Member and the upper Namba Member.
The age of the deposit is poorly constrained, with the Mtuka Member likely being Aptian to Cenomanian in age, while the Namba Member being Cenomanian to Campanian in age based on Geomagnetic reversals. It is correlated with the Dinosaur Beds of Malawi.
The formation is fossiliferous, with Dinosaurs and Crocodyliformes being known from the formation.
Découvertes
Source: The Paleobiology Database
Site(s) correspondant(s) à cette formation: 3
TZ-07, Rukwa Valley : Mbeya - ? 12458 12461 17230 63147 Mbeya district, SW Tanzania, 20 km W of Mbeya- Namba 2 : Mbeya - ? 51095 55378 25 km south of Lake Rukwa in the Galula Study Area, Namba Member, Galula Formation, Rukwa Rift Basin, southwestern Tanzania (locality coordinates on file at Ohio University and with the Tanzania Antiquities Unit).
- Locality RRBP 2004–06 : Mbeya - ? 67939 The quarry is roughly 20 kilometers south of Lake Rukwa
Publication(s)
La base comprend 7 publication(s).
Source: The Paleobiology Database
- ↑1 2 D. W. Krause, M. D. Gottfried, and P. M. O.'Connor, E. M. Roberts. 2003. A Cretaceous mammal from Tanzania. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 48(3):321-330
- ↑1 M. D. Gottfried, P. M. O'Connor, and F. D. Jackson, E. M. Roberts, R. Chami. 2004. Dinosaur eggshell from the Red Sandstone Group of Tanzania. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24(2):494-497 (https://doi.org/10.1671/0272-4634(2004)024[0494:deftrs]2.0.co;2)
- ↑1 P. M. O'Connor, M. D. Gottfried, and N. J. Stevens, E. M. Roberts, S. Ngasala, S. Kapilima, R. Chami. 2006. A new vertebrate fauna from the Cretaceous Red Sandstone Group, Rukwa Rift Basin, southwestern Tanzania. Journal of African Earth Sciences 44:277-288 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2005.11.022)
- ↑1 E. Gorscak, P. M. O'Connor, and E. M. Roberts, N. J. Stevens. 2017. The second titanosaurian (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the middle Cretaceous Galula Formation, southwestern Tanzania, with remarks on African titanosaurian diversity. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 37(4):e1343250:1-22 (https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2017.1343250)
- ↑1 2 J. J. W. Sertich and P. M. O'Connor. 2014. A new crocodyliform from the middle Cretaceous Galula Formation, southwestern Tanzania. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34(3):576-596 (https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2013.819808)
- ↑1 E. Gorscak, P. M. O'Connor, and N. J. Stevens, E. M. Roberts. 2014. The basal titanosaurian Rukwatitan bisepultus (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the middle Cretaceous Galula Formation, Rukwa Rift Basin, southwestern Tanzania. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34(5):1133-1154 (https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2014.845568)
- ↑1 2 E. Gorscak and P. M. O'Connor. 2019. A new African titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from the middle Cretaceous Galula Formation (Mtuka Member), Rukwa Rift Basin, southwestern Tanzania. PLoS ONE 14(2):e0211412:1-54 (https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0211412)