Teekloof Formation

Geology

Group: Beaufort

Members: unnamed (6), Hoedemaker (22), Oukloof (3), Oukloof/Steenkamp (1), Poortjie (8), Steenkampsvlakte (1)

Lithologies: not reported (12), claystone (3), mudstone (19), siltstone (23), sandstone (2), lime mudstone (1)

Paleoenvironments: terrestrial indet. (15), carbonate indet. (1), fluvial indet. (5), fine channel fill (1), dry floodplain (1), "floodplain" (1), crevasse splay (17)

Age range: base of the Capitanian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 264.28000 to 254.14000 Ma
Collections

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51South Africa (224582)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51South Africa (Northern Cape) (176246 190040)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51South Africa (Western Cape) (171638 171639 176245 241292)
Capitanian - Wuchiapingian264.28 - 254.14South Africa (Western Cape) (176922)
Capitanian - Wuchiapingian264.28 - 254.14South Africa (22662)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14South Africa (Northern Cape) (86275 190565 190567 190568 193000)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14South Africa (Western Cape) (22661 84714 86276 86278 86279 86280 86282 86284 86285 86286 86296 86297 86298 86299 86300 86301 86302 86303 174392 174736 185746 190045 190331 190556)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14South Africa (Eastern Cape) (144682 174622)
Lopingian259.51 - 251.902South Africa (Aberdeen Plain) (223844)