List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Sudan
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This is a list of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Sudan.
Formation | Member | Period | Notes |
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Nubia Formation | Holocene | [1] | |
Abu Imama Formation | Middle Miocene | [2] | |
Wadi Milk Formation | Wadi Abu Hashim | Campanian-Maastrichtian | [3] |
Shendi Formation | Campanian | [4] | |
Wadi Howar Formation | Coniacian-Santonian | [5] | |
Abu Agag Formation | Turonian | [6] | |
Bentiu Formation | Barremian-Cenomanian | [7] | |
Abu Gabra Formation | Barremian-Aptian | [8] |
See also
References
- ^ Nubia Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Abu Imama Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Wadi Milk Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Shendi Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Wadi Howar Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Abu Agag Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Bentiu Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Abu Gabra Formation at Fossilworks.org
Further reading
- G. R. Demathieu and P. Wycisk. 1990. Tetrapod trackways from southern Egypt and northern Sudan. Journal of African Earth Sciences 10(3):435-443
- A. A. M. Eisawi, A. B. Ibrahim, O. B. A. Rahim and E. Schrank. 2012. Palynozonation of the Cretaceous to Lower Paleogene Strata of the Muglad Basin, Sudan. Palynology 36(2):191-207
- A. E. Marks and A. Mohammed-Ali. 1991. The Late Prehistory of the Eastern Sahel. Southern Methodist University Press, Dallas, TX
- J.-C. Rage and C. Werner. 1999. Mid-Cretaceous (Cenomanian) snakes from Wadi Abu Hashim, Sudan: The earliest snake assemblage. Palaeontologia Africana 35:85-110
- O. W. M. Rauhut. 1999. A dinosaur fauna from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of northern Sudan. Palaeontologia Africana 35:61-84
- K. A. O. Salih, D. C. Evans, R. Bussert, N. Klein, M. Nafi and J. Müller. 2016. First record of Hyposaurus (Dyrosauridae, Crocodyliformes) from the Upper Cretaceous Shendi Formation of Sudan. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 36(1):e1115408:1-9
- J. H. Schroeder. 1985. Sparry calcite cements in Miocene corals from Khor Eit (N.E. Sudan). Proceedings 5th International Coral Reef Symposium Tahiti 3:283-288
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Fossiliferous stratigraphic units of the countries and dependencies of Africa
- Algeria
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Cape Verde
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Republic of the Congo
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire)
- Kenya
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Rwanda
- São Tomé and Príncipe
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Swaziland
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Tunisia
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
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States with limited
recognition
recognition
- Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
- Somaliland