| Batoka Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Early Jurassic ~ | |
 Batoka basalt flows at Siyakobvu, Kariba District, Zimbabwe | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Unit of | Upper Karoo Group, Karoo Supergroup |
| Overlies | Forest Sandstone Formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Basalt |
| Location | |
| Region | Zambezi River valley |
| Country |  Botswana  Zambia  Zimbabwe |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Batoka Gorge, Zambezi River |
| Named by | G.W. Lamplugh |
The Batoka Formation is a geological formation in the Zambezi valley in Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe. It is predominantly a volcanic unit comprising mainly basalts.[1] It was formerly thought to contain sand stones containing the dinosaur Vulcanodon, however this was shown to be in error resulting from interpreting folding of the rocks as separate layers, with the sandstone layers actually being from the underlying Forest Sandstone.[2]
- ^ David B. Weishampel; et al. (2004). Dinosaur distribution (Early Jurassic, Africa) (2nd ed.). Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 535–536. ISBN 978-0-520-24209-8.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ Viglietti, Pia A.; Barrett, Paul M.; Broderick, Tim J.; Munyikwa, Darlington; MacNiven, Rowan; Broderick, Lucy; Chapelle, Kimberley; Glynn, Dave; Edwards, Steve (January 2018). "Stratigraphy of the Vulcanodon type locality and its implications for regional correlations within the Karoo Supergroup". Journal of African Earth Sciences. 137: 149–156. Bibcode:2018JAfES.137..149V. doi:10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2017.10.015. ISSN 1464-343X.