| Gokwe Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Early Cretaceous | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Sub-units | White Sandstone Member |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone |
| Other | Limestone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 18°12′S28°54′E / 18.2°S 28.9°E |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 36°06′S4°54′E / 36.1°S 4.9°E |
| Region | Midlands |
| Country | Zimbabwe |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Gokwe region |
  Gokwe Formation (Zimbabwe) | |
The Gokwe Formation is an Early Cretaceous geologic formation in Zimbabwe. Remains of an indeterminate abelisaurid theropod dinosaur, represented by teeth and vertebrae, are known from the formation. [1] Sediments of the formation may have been laid down in a small shallow lake, carried by intermittent floods from a land surface surrounding the lake on which aeolian transport of sand took place. More likely the animals died on a dry lake bed, and their bones were exposed to a period of desiccation, later floods would scatter the fragments and incorporate them in sediment. [2]