List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Niger

This is a list of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Niger.


List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units edit

Group Formation Period Notes
Kalambaina Formation Thanetian [1]
Dukamaje Formation Maastrichtian [2]
Majias Group Farin Doutchi Formation Maastrichtian [3]
In Beceten Formation Late Coniacian-Santonian [4]
Zoo Baba Formation Late Cenomanian-Early Turonian [5]
Alanlara Formation Early Cenomanian [6]
Tegama Group Echkar Formation Late Albian-Early Cenomanian [7]
Elrhaz Formation Late Aptian-Early Albian [8]
Téfidet Group Tagrezou Sandstone Early Berriasian-Cenomanian [9]
Agadez Group Assaouas Formation Late Jurassic [10]
Irhazer Group Tiourarén Formation Bathonian [11]
Irhazer Shale or
Irhazer II Formation
Middle Jurassic [12][13]
Izégouandane Group Moradi Formation Changhsingian [14]

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References edit

Further reading edit

  • 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