Beaufort Gr
Period:
Triassic, Permian
Age Interval:
Late Permian-Early Triassic
Province:
Karoo Basin
Type Locality and Naming
It consists of five formations, in ascending order: Koonap Fm, Middleton Fm, Balfour Fm, Katberg Fm, Burgersdorp Fm.
Synonym:
Lithology and Thickness
Lithology Pattern:
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Upper contact
Regional extent
Karoo Basin
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Middle Permian (early-mid Kazanian = Roadian) to early-Middle Triassic (mid-Anisian)
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Roadian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.35
Beginning date (Ma):
272.56
Ending stage:
Anisian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.6
Ending date (Ma):
243.56
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
Rebecca Bobick (and Wen Du), modified from Fig. 2. from Catuneanu, O., et al.,"The Karoo basins of south-central Africa", Journal of African Earth Sciences 43 (2005), 211-254