Abrahamskraal Formation

Abrahamskraal Formation
Stratigraphic range: Wordian-Capitanian ~268–259 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Hill with outcropping Teekloof and Abrahamskraal Formations
Type	Geological formation
Unit of	Beaufort Group
Sub-units	Tapinocephalus Assemblage Zone, Eodicynodon Assemblage Zone
Underlies	Teekloof Formation
Overlies	Ecca Group
Thickness	up to 2,565 m (8,415 ft)
Lithology
Primary	Mudstone, sandstone
Other	Siltstone
Location
Coordinates	31°24′S 23°06′E / 31.400°S 23.100°E / -31.400; 23.100
Approximate paleocoordinates	59°54′S 38°54′W / 59.9°S 38.9°W / -59.9; -38.9
Region	Northern, Western & Eastern Cape
Country	South Africa
Type section
Named for	Abrahams Kraal 29 (farm), 18 km south of Leeu-Gamka
Named by	A.W. Keyser, P.J. Rossouw & Lieuwe Dirk Boonstra
A simplified geological map of the outcrops of Karoo Supergroup rocks in Southern Africa. The Beaufort Group is represented by the yellow key on the map.

The Abrahamskraal Formation is a geological formation and is found in numerous localities in the Northern Cape, Western Cape, and the Eastern Cape of South Africa. It is the lowermost formation of the Adelaide Subgroup of the Beaufort Group, a major geological group that forms part of the greater Karoo Supergroup. It represents the first fully terrestrial geological deposits of the Karoo Basin. Outcrops of the Abrahamskraal Formation are found from the small town Middelpos in its westernmost localities, then around Sutherland, the Moordenaarskaroo north of Laingsburg, Williston, Fraserburg, Leeu-Gamka, Loxton, and Victoria West in the Western Cape and Northern Cape. In the Eastern Cape outcrops are known from Rietbron, north of Klipplaat and Grahamstown, and also southwest of East London.^[1][2]