Chenini Member

{{Short description|Geological formation in Tunisia}}

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| name = Chenini Member

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| type = Member

| age = Late Aptian-Early Albian
~{{fossil range|115|109}}

| period = Albian

| prilithology = Sandstone

| otherlithology = Conglomerate, mudstone

| namedfor = Chenini

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| location = Sahara Desert

| region = Tataouine

| country = {{flag|Tunisia}}

| coordinates = {{coord|33.2|N|10.3|E|display=inline,title}}

| paleocoordinates = {{coord|15.9|N|10.3|E|display=inline}}

| unitof = Aïn el Guettar Formation

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| underlies = Oum ed Diab Member

| overlies = Douiret Formation

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| map = {{Location map+ | Tunisia

| relief = 1

| width = 250

| float = center

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{{Location map~ | Tunisia

| lat_deg = 33.2

| lon_deg = 10.3

| mark = Green pog.svg

| marksize = 12

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The Chenini Member is a geological member of the Ain el Guettar Formation in Tunisia, whose strata date back to the Late Aptian to Early Albian stages of the Cretaceous period.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayCollResults?collection_no=125935 Bateun el Hmaima] at Fossilworks.org[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayCollResults?collection_no=67203 Bir Miteur, RH 45] at Fossilworks.org The lithology consists of coarse sandstones with occasional conglomerates and mudstones.{{Cite journal|last1=Benton|first1=Michael J.|last2=Bouaziz|first2=Samir|last3=Buffetaut|first3=Eric|last4=Martill|first4=David|last5=Ouaja|first5=Mohamed|last6=Soussi|first6=Mohamed|last7=Trueman|first7=Clive|date=April 2000|title=Dinosaurs and other fossil vertebrates from fluvial deposits in the Lower Cretaceous of southern Tunisia|journal=Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology|volume=157|issue=3–4|pages=227–246|doi=10.1016/s0031-0182(99)00167-4|bibcode=2000PPP...157..227B |issn=0031-0182|url=http://doc.rero.ch/record/14838/files/PAL_E1974.pdf }} Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Early Cretaceous, Africa)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 571-573. {{ISBN|0-520-24209-2}}.