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List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Niger

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10 px Kalambaina Formation
10 px Dukamaje Formation
10 px In Beceten Formation
10 px Tegama Group (Echkar & Elrhaz Formations)
10 px Assaouas Formation
10 px Irhazer Group (Tiourarén & Irhazer Formations)
10 px Moradi Formation

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This is a list of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Niger.

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List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units

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GroupFormationPeriodclass="unsortable" | Notes
Kalambaina Formationstyle="background-color: {{period color|thanetian}};" | Thanetianalign=center | [https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=&formation=Kalambaina&group_formation_member=Kalambaina Kalambaina Formation] at Fossilworks.org
Dukamaje Formationstyle="background-color: {{period color|maastrichtian}};" | Maastrichtianalign=center | [https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=&formation=Dukamaje&group_formation_member=Dukamaje Dukamaje Formation] at Fossilworks.org
Majias GroupFarin Doutchi Formationstyle="background-color: {{period color|maastrichtian}};" | Maastrichtianalign=center | [https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=Majias&formation=Farin%20Doutchi&group_formation_member=Farin%20Doutchi Farin Doutchi Formation] at Fossilworks.org
In Beceten Formationstyle="background-color: {{period color|santonian}};" | Late Coniacian-Santonianalign=center | [https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=&formation=In%20Beceten&group_formation_member=In%20Beceten In Beceten Formation] at Fossilworks.org
Zoo Baba Formationstyle="background-color: {{period color|turonian}};" | Late Cenomanian-Early Turonianalign=center | [https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=&formation=Zoo%20Baba&group_formation_member=Zoo%20Baba Zoo Baba Formation] at Fossilworks.org
Alanlara Formationstyle="background-color: {{period color|cenomanian}};" | Early Cenomanianalign=center | [https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=&formation=Alanlara&group_formation_member=Alanlara Alanlara Formation] at Fossilworks.org
rowspan=2 | Tegama GroupEchkar Formationstyle="background-color: {{period color|cenomanian}};" | Late Albian-Early Cenomanianalign=center | [https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=Tegama&formation=Echkar&group_formation_member=Echkar Echkar Formation] at Fossilworks.org
Elrhaz Formationstyle="background-color: {{period color|albian}};" | Late Aptian-Early Albianalign=center | [https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=&formation=Elrhaz&group_formation_member=Elrhaz Elrhaz Formation] at Fossilworks.org
Téfidet GroupTagrezou Sandstonestyle="background-color: {{period color|aptian}};" | Early Berriasian-Cenomanianalign=center | [https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=T%E9fidet&formation=Tagrezou%20Sandstone&group_formation_member=Tagrezou%20Sandstone Tagrezou Sandstone] at Fossilworks.org
Agadez GroupAssaouas Formationstyle="background-color: {{period color|tithonian}};" | Late Jurassicalign=center | [https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=Agadez&formation=Assaous&group_formation_member=Assaous Assaous Formation] at Fossilworks.org
rowspan=2 | Irhazer GroupTiourarén Formationstyle="background-color: {{period color|bathonian}};" | Bathonianalign=center | [https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=Irhazer&formation=Tiourar%E9n&group_formation_member=Tiourar%E9n Tiourarén Formation] at Fossilworks.org
Irhazer Shale or
Irhazer II Formation		style="background-color: {{period color|bajocian}};" | Middle Jurassicalign=center | [https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=Irhazer&formation=Irhazer%20Shales&group_formation_member=Irhazer%20Shales Irhazer Shale] at Fossilworks.org[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=Irhazer&formation=Irhazer%20II&group_formation_member=Irhazer%20II Irhazer II Formation] at Fossilworks.org
Izégouandane GroupMoradi Formationstyle="background-color: {{period color|changhsingian}};" | Changhsingianalign=center | [https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayCollResults?geological_group=Iz%E9gouandane&formation=Moradi Moradi Formation] at Fossilworks.org

See also

References

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Further reading

  • R. Damiani, C. A. Sidor, J. S. Steyer, R. M. H. Smith, H. C. E. Larsson, A. Maga, and O. Ide. 2006. The Vertebrate Fauna of the Upper Permian of Niger. V. The Primitive Temnospondyl Saharastega moradiensis. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26(3):559-572
  • 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
  • T. Lingham-Soliar. 1998. A new mosasaur Pluridens walkeri from the Upper Cretaceous, Maastrichtian of the Iullemmeden Basin, southwest Niger. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18(4):709-707
  • C. Meister, K. Alazouma, J. Lang, B. Mathey, and A. Pascal. 1994. Nouvelles données sur les ammonites du Niger oriental (Ténéré, Afrique occidentale) dans le cadre de la transgression du Cénomanien-Turonien. Geobios 27:189-219
  • A. K. Miller. 1951. Tertiary nautiloids of west-coastal Africa. Annales du Museé du Congo Belge Tervuren, Sciences Géologiques 8:1-88
  • K. Remes, F. Ortega, I. Fierro, U. Joger, R. Kosma, J. M. M. Ferrer, Project, Niger Project, O. A. Ide and A. Maga. 2009. A new basal sauropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic of Niger and the early evolution of Sauropoda. PLoS One 4(9):e6924:1-13
  • A. d. Ricqlès and P. Taquet. 1982. La Faune de Vertébrés du Permien Supérieur du Niger I. Le Captorhinomorphe Moradisaurus grandis (Reptilia, Cotylosauria) - Le Crâne. Annales de Paléontologie 68(1):33-106
  • J. S. Steyer, R. Damiani, C. A. Sidor, F. R. O'Keefe, H. C. E. Larsson, A. Maga, and O. Ide. 2006. The Vertebrate Fauna of the Upper Permian of Niger. IV. Nigerpeton ricqlesi (Temnospondyli: Cochleosauridae), and the Edopoid Colonization of Gondwana. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26(1):18-28
  • P. M. Zaborski and N.J. Morris. 1999. The Late Cretaceous ammonite genus Libycoceras in the Iullemmeden Basin (West Africa) and its palaeogeographical significance. Cretaceous Research 20:63-79

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