Kirkwood Formation Stratigraphic range: Lower Cretaceous |
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Map showing the location of the formation
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Type | Geological formation |
Unit of | Uitenhage Group |
Underlies | Sundays River Formation |
Overlies | Enon Formation |
Location | |
Region | Africa |
Country | South Africa |
Type section | |
Named for | Kirkwood, Eastern Cape |
The Kirkwood Formation is a geological formation in Eastern Cape and Western Cape provinces, South Africa whose strata date back to the Early Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.