Fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Mozambique

Maputo Formation

Lebombo Formation

Lower Karoo Formation

Group	Formation	Period	Notes
	Maputo Formation	Late Aptian	^[1]
Lupata Group		Aptian	^[2]
	Lebombo Formation	Middle Jurassic	^[3]
	Lower Karoo Formation	Wordian	^[4]

References

F. Dixey and W. C. Smith. 1929. The rocks of the Lupata Gorge and the north side of the Lower Zambezi. Geological Magazine 66(6):241-259
P. Doyle. 1987. Early Cretaceous belemnites from southern Mozambique. Palaeontology 30(2):311-317
J.V.L. Rennie. 1937. Fossils from the Lebombo Volcanic Formation. Boletim dos Servicos de Industria, Minas e Geologia. Serie de Geologia e Minas - Memorias e Comunicacoes (1)13-24
J. F. Verniers, P.P. Jordan, R.V. Paulis, L. Frasca-Spada, and F.R. DeBrock. 1989. The Karoo graben of Metangula, northern Mozambique. Journal of African Earth Sciences 9:137-158

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States with limited recognition	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Somaliland
¹ Unclear sovereignty

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