Kadzi Formation

Kadzi Formation
Stratigraphic range: Tithonian ~150–145 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Type	Geological formation
Lithology
Primary	Conglomeratic sandstone, silty mudstone
Location
Coordinates	16°18′S 30°48′E / 16.3°S 30.8°E / -16.3; 30.8
Approximate paleocoordinates	32°12′S 5°36′E / 32.2°S 5.6°E / -32.2; 5.6
Region	Mashonaland North
Country	Zimbabwe
Type section
Named for	Kadzi River
Kadzi Formation (Zimbabwe)

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.^[1] Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.^[2]

Indeterminate brachiosaurid remains present in Mashonaland North, Zimbabwe.^[2]

Dinosaurs
Genus	Species	Presence	Notes	Images
Barosaurus[2]	Barosaurus sp.[2]	Mashonaland North[2]
Brachiosaurus[2]	Brachiosaurus sp.[2]	Mashonaland North[2]
?Camarasaurus[2]	?Camarasaurus sp.[2]	Mashonaland North[2]
Dicraeosaurus[2]	Dicraeosaurus sp.[2]	Mashonaland North[2]

• 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

• 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

• 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