Ecca Gr
Period:
Carboniferous, Permian
Age Interval:
latest Carboniferous-early Permian
Province:
Karoo Basin
Type Locality and Naming
Karoo Basin
Consists of the upward succession of the Prince Albert Fm (deep-marine), Whitehill Fm and Collingham Fm (deep-marine turbidites), Ripon Fm (deep-water clastics), Fort Brown Fm (distal deltaic) and Waterford Fm (delta front).
Synonym:
Lithology and Thickness
Lithology Pattern:
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Gzhelian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.44
Beginning date (Ma):
301.57
Ending stage:
Roadian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.7
Ending date (Ma):
270.76
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