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List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Mali

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10 px Continental Terminal Formation
10 px Tamaguélelt Formation
10 px Teberemt Formation
10 px Continental intercalaire formation

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This is a list of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Mali.

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List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units

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FormationPeriodFossilsclass="unsortable" | Notes
Continental Terminal Formationstyle="background-color: {{period color|lutetian}};" | LutetianMoeritherium sp., Cubitostrea multicostataalign=center | [https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayCollResults?collection_no=136910 Tafidet] at Fossilworks.org
Tamaguélelt Formationstyle="background-color: {{period color|ypresian}};" | YpresianPalaeophis colossaeus, Phosphatosaurus gavialoides, Tilemsisuchus lavocati, Maliamia gigas, Numidotheriidae indet., Pliohyracidae indet., ?Proboscidea indet.align="center" | [https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayCollResults?collection_no=114961 Tamaguélelt] at Fossilworks.org[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayCollResults?collection_no=48097 Butte de Tamaguilelt] at Fossilworks.org[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayCollResults?collection_no=175262 Tamaguélelt 2] at Fossilworks.org{{Cite journal |last=Patterson |first=Colin |last2=Longbottom |first2=A. E. |date=1989-12-27 |title=An Eocene Amiid Fish from Mali, West Africa |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1445965 |journal=Copeia |volume=1989 |issue=4 |pages=827 |doi=10.2307/1445965 |issn=0045-8511}}
Teberemt Formationstyle="background-color: {{period color|paleocene}};" | PaleoceneAcleistochelys maliensis, Azabbaremys moragjonesi, Hyposaurus sp., Crocodylomorpha indet., Cubitostrea multicostata, Linthia sudanensis, Deltoidonautilus sp.align=center | [https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayCollResults?collection_no=83314 Samit, north of In Fargas] at Fossilworks.org[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayCollResults?collection_no=115411 Gao Trench locality 2] at Fossilworks.org
Continental Intercalaire Formationstyle="background-color: {{period color|berriasian}};" | Berriasiancf. Sarcosuchus sp., Crocodylia indet., Lithostrotia indet., Sauropoda indet., Testudines indet.align=center | [https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayCollResults?collection_no=25361 Lapparent site 30c, Tilemsi] at Fossilworks.org[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayCollResults?collection_no=60382 Mali12, Tilemsi Valley] at Fossilworks.org

See also

References

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Further reading

  • E. S. Gaffney, E. Roberts, F. Sissoko, M. L. Bouaré, L. Tapanila and M. A. O'Leary. 2007. Acleistochelys, a New Side-Necked Turtle (Pelomedusoides: Bothremydidae) from the Paleocene of Mali. American Museum Novitates 3549:1-24
  • E. S. Gaffney, R. T. J. Moody, and C. A. Walker. 2001. Azabbaremys, a new Side-Necked Turtle (Pelomedusoides: Bothremydidae) from the Paleocene of Mali. American Museum Novitates 3320:1-16
  • R. V. Hill, J. A. McCartney, E. Roberts, M. Bouaré, F. Sissoko and M. A. O'Leary. 2008. Dyrosaurid (Crocodyliformes: Mesoeucrocodylia) Fossils from the Upper Cretaceous and Paleogene of Mali: Implications for Phylogeny and Survivorship across the K/T Boundary. American Museum Novitates 3631:1-19
  • A. F. d. Lapparent. 1960. Les Dinosauriens du "Continental intercalaire" du Saharal central [The dinosaurs of the "Continental Intercalaire" of the central Sahara]. Mémoires de la Société géologique de France, nouvelle série 39(88A):1-57
  • M. A. O’Leary, E. M. Roberts, M. Bouare, F. Sissoko, and L. Tapanila. 2006. Malian Paenungulata (Mammalia: Placentalia): New African Afrotheres from the Early Eocene. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26(4):981-988
  • M. A. O'Leary, E. M. Roberts, J. J. Head, F. Sissoko, and M. L. Bouare. 2004. Titanosaurian (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) remains from the "Continental Intercalaire" of Mali. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24(4):923-930
  • J.-C. Rage. 1983. Palaeophis colossaeus nov. sp. (le plus grand Seprent connu?) de l’Eocène du Mali et le problème du genre chez les Palaeopheinae. Comptes Rendus à l’ Académie des Sciences, Paris, Sciences de la Terre et des Planètes 2(296):1741-1744

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