Major fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Niger
Kalambaina Formation
Dukamaje Formation
In Beceten Formation
Tegama Group (Echkar & Elrhaz Formations)
Assaouas Formation
Irhazer Group (Tiourarén & Irhazer Formations)
Moradi Formation
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This is a list of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Niger.
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Kalambaina Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Dukamaje Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Farin Doutchi Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ In Beceten Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Zoo Baba Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Alanlara Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Echkar Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Elrhaz Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Tagrezou Sandstone at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Assaous Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Tiourarén Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Irhazer Shale at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Irhazer II Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Moradi Formation at Fossilworks.org
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