List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

This is a list of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is located in Democratic Republic of the Congo
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Fossiliferous stratigraphic units in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Albertine Group
Semliki Group
Sinda Beds
Landana Formation
Lualaba Group
Kwango Group
Permian


Group Formation Period Notes
Albertine Group Nyabusosi Formation Gelasian [1]
Nyakabingo Formation Piacenzian [2]
Semliki Group Lusso Beds Pliocene [3]
Sinda Beds Late Miocene-Pliocene [4]
Landana Formation Thanetian-Ypresian [5]
Lualaba Group Cenomanian [6]
Kwango Group Late Jurassic [7]
Upper Lukuga Group Transition Formation Kungurian [8]
Couches de houille Formation Sakmarian-Artinskian [9]
Lower Lukuga Group Schistes noires Formation Asselian-Sakmarian [10]
Schistes noirs de Walikale Formation Asselian [11]
Ecca Group Asselian [12]

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  • R. Aoki. 1992. Fossil crocodilians from the late Tertiary strata in the Sinda Basin, eastern Zaire. African Study Monographs 17:67-85
  • O. A. Hoeg and M.N. Bose. 1960. The Glossopteris flora of the Belgian Congo, with a note on some fossil plants from the Zambesi [sic] Basin (Mozambique). Annales du Musee Royal du Congo Belge 32:1-99
  • A. K. Miller. 1951. Tertiary nautiloids of west-coastal Africa. Annales du Museé du Congo Belge Tervuren, Sciences Géologiques 8:1-88
  • P. P. Pavlakis. 1990. Plio-Pleistocene Hippopotamidae from the Upper Semliki. Virginia Museum of Natural History Memoir 1:203-223
  • P. Pruvost. 1934. Description d'un insecte fossile des couches de la Lukuga (Kivu). Memoires de l'Institut geologique de l'Universite de Louvain 9(4):1-8
  • W. E. Swinton. 1948. A Cretaceous pterosaur from the Belgian Congo. Bulletin de la Société Belge de Géologie, de Paléontologie, et d'Hydrologie 57:234-238