Assaouas Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: Middle Jurassic | |
Type | Geological formation |
Unit of | Agadez Group |
Underlies | Irhazer Shale |
Lithology | |
Primary | Sandstone |
Location | |
Coordinates | 17°54′N 7°06′E / 17.9°N 7.1°E / 17.9; 7.1 |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 9°12′N 2°36′E / 9.2°N 2.6°E / 9.2; 2.6 |
Region | Agadez |
Country | Niger |
Type section | |
Named for | Assaouas, Agadez |
Assaouas Formation (Niger) |
The Assaouas Formation, also referred to as the Assaouas Sandstone (French: Grès d'Assaouas) is a Late Jurassic geologic formation in Niger. Fossil sauropod tracks have been reported from the formation.
See also
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
- Lists of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Africa
- Geology of Niger
References
- Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
Bibliography
- Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; Osmólska, Halszka (2004), The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, Berkeley: University of California Press, pp. 1–880, ISBN 0-520-24209-2, retrieved 2019-02-21
Further reading
- L. Ginsburg, A. F. d.e. Lapparent, B. Loiret and P. Taquet. 1966. Empreintes de pas de Vertébrés tétrapodes dans le séries continentales à l’Ouest d’Agadès (République du Niger) . Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, Série D 263:28-31