Lists of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Africa

These lists of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Africa enumerate the rock layers which preserve the fossilized remains of ancient life in Africa by the modern countries wherein they are found.

Geographical atlas

Angola

Botswana

Cameroon

Dem. Rep.

of the Congo

Eritrea

Ethiopia

Ghana

Ivory

Coast

(Côte

d'Ivoire)

Malawi

Mauritania

Mozambique

Namibia

Seychelles

South Africa

Sudan

Western

Sahara

Zambia

Zimbabwe

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See also

Lists of fossiliferous stratigraphic units

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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

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