Major fossiliferous stratigraphic units in South Africa

Miocene

Permian

This is a list of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in South Africa.

Group	Formation	Period
	Third White Ash Formation	Late Pleistocene
	Rietputs Formation	Calabrian
Transvaal Group	Sterkfontein Formation	Pliocene-Pleistocene
Transvaal Group	Swartkrans Formation	Pliocene-Pleistocene
	Kromdraai Formation	Pliocene-Pleistocene
	Makapansgat Formation	Pliocene
	Elandsfontyn Formation	Miocene-Pliocene
	Bredasdorp Formation	Miocene
	Varswater Formation	Miocene
Alphard Group		Coniacian-Maastrichtian
	St Lucia Formation	Coniacian-Maastrichtian
	Mzamba Formation	Coniacian-Campanian
	Umzamba Formation	Coniacian-Campanian
	Mzinene Formation	Albian-Cenomanian
	Makatini Formation	Barremian-Albian
	Brenton Formation	Valanginian
	Mngazana Formation	Valanginian
	Umgazana Formation	Valanginian
Uitenhage Group	Sundays River Formation	Valanginian-Hauterivian
	Kirkwood Formation	Berriasian-Hauterivian
	Enon Formation	Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous
	Lisbon Formation	Early Jurassic
Drakensberg Group	Drakensberg Formation	Early Jurassic
Stormberg Group	Bushveld Sandstone	Hettangian-Sinemurian
	Clarens Formation	Early Jurassic
	Elliot Formation	Norian-Sinemurian
	Molteno Formation	Carnian
	Bosbokpoort Formation	Late Triassic
Beaufort Group Adelaide Subgroup	Balfour Formation	Changhsingian
Beaufort Group	Burgersdorp Formation	Triassic
	Katberg Formation	Triassic
	Normandien Formation	Induan
	Estcourt Formation	Permian
	Teekloof Formation	Permian
	Middleton Formation	Permian
	Koonap Formation	Permian
	Abrahamskraal Formation	Capitanian
Ecca Group	Waterford Formation	Permian
	Laingsburg Formation	Permian
	Pietermaritzburg Formation	Permian
	Whitehill Formation	Artinskian-Kungurian
	Vryheid Formation	Permian
	Volksrust Formation	Permian
	Emakwezini Formation	Permian
Dwyka Group	Ganigobis Formation	Gzhelian-Artinskian
Witteberg Group	Weltevrede Formation	Frasnian
	Waaipoort Shale	Mid-Late Devonian
	Witpoort Formation	Mid-Late Devonian
	Kweekvlei Shale	Mid-Late Devonian
	Blinkberg Sandstone	Mid-Late Devonian
	Driekuilen Sandstone	Mid-Late Devonian
	Wagen Drift Formation	Givetian
Bokkeveld Group	Waboomberg Formation	Middle Devonian
	Boplaas Formation	Devonian
	Tra-Tra Formation	Devonian
	Hexriver Formation	Devonian
	Voorstehoek Formation	Devonian
	Gamka Formation	Devonian
	Gydo Formation	Early Devonian
	Natal Formation	Devonian
Table Mountain Group	Cedarburg Formation	Hirnantian
Table Mountain Group	Soom Shale	Hirnantian

References

Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.

v t e Fossiliferous stratigraphic units of the countries and dependencies of Africa
Sovereign states	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe
Territories and dependencies	Îles Éparses / Mayotte / Réunion France Pantelleria / Pelagie Islands Italy Madeira Portugal Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla / Plazas de soberanía Spain Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha UK Socotra Yemen Western Sahara¹
States with limited recognition	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Somaliland
¹ Unclear sovereignty

Geology of South Africa

Geological formations

List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in South Africa

Palaeoarchaean	Bushveld Igneous Complex Fig Tree Formation Komatii Formation Moodies Group Onverwacht Group Transvaal Supergroup
Paleozoic	Carboniferous Dwyka Group Ganigobis Formation Devonian Bokkeveld Group Table Mountain Sandstone Permian Abrahamskraal Formation Balfour Formation Dwyka Group Ganigobis Formation Teekloof Formation Whitehill Formation Ordovician Soom Shale
Mesozoic	Cretaceous Uitenhage Group Buffelskloof Formation Enon Formation Kirkwood Formation Sundays River Formation Kalahari Deposits Jurassic Drakensberg Group Enon Formation Uitenhage Group Karoo Supergroup Beaufort Group Abrahamskraal Formation Balfour Formation Katberg Formation Middleton Formation Teekloof Formation Dwyka Group Ecca Group Whitehill Formation Stormberg Group Bushveld Sandstone Clarens Formation Elliot Formation Triassic Elliot Formation Katberg Formation Molteno Formation Normandien Formation
Cenozoic	Algoa Group

‎Tectonics and orogeny

Volcanism	List of volcanoes in South Africa Pilanesberg Pilanesberg Game Reserve Prince Edward Islands Diatremes Big Hole Finsch diamond mine Jagersfontein Mine Koffiefontein mine Barberton Greenstone Belt Drakensberg Karoo-Ferrar
Earthquakes	1620 Robben Island earthquake 1969 Tulbagh earthquake 2006 Mozambique earthquake 2014 Orkney earthquake
Impact craters	Kalkkop crater Morokweng impact structure Tswaing crater Vredefort impact structure
Meteorites	Bellsbank meteorite

‎Mineral deposits
Kimberlite Merensky Reef Witwatersrand Banket (mining term) Coal in South Africa Iron ore in Africa Platinum in Africa Titanium in Africa Uranium in Africa Minerals Council South Africa Department of Mineral Resources (South Africa) Department of Mineral Resources and Energy

Paleontology‎

Ordovician

Devonian

Carboniferous

Permian

Beaufort Group

Assemblages	Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone Daptocephalus Assemblage Zone Eodicynodon Assemblage Zone Pristerognathus Assemblage Zone Tapinocephalus Assemblage Zone Tropidostoma Assemblage Zone

Triassic

Assemblages	Cynognathus Assemblage Zone Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone

Jurassic

Cretaceous

Paleogene

Nummulite

Neogene

Pleistocene

Other

Research and administration‎

Geologists	Hans Merensky
Paleontologists	Andrew Geddes Bain Lieuwe Dirk Boonstra Charles Kimberlin Brain Robert Broom Alfred Brown Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan H. Basil S. Cooke Alfred W. Crompton Daniel Rossouw Kannemeyer Andre Keyser James Kitching John Talbot Robinson George William Stow Eduard Meine van Zinderen-Bakker

Regional articles
Geology of Cape Town

Other
Pothole (geology) Steep structure Swazian

See also

References