This is a list of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Senegal.
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units
Formation | Period | Fossils | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Lumachelle Formation | Lutetian | Ostrea cf. maradensis, Ostrea reili, ?Moeritherium sp., Condylarthra indet. | [1] |
Taiba Formation | Early Lutetian | Carcharias koerti, Galeocerdo latidens, Lamna obliqua, Macrorhizodus praecursor, Chiloscyllium aff. meraense, Abdounia sp., Burnhamia sp., Coupatezia sp., Cylindracanthus sp., Dasyatis sp., Rhinobatos sp., ?Brachycarcharias sp., Prorastomidae indet., Protocetidae indet. | [2] |
Nandoumari Formation | Cambrian Stage 2 | Aldanella attleborensis, Chancelloria sp., Eiffelia sp., Glomospira sp., Hemisphaerammina sp., Tolypammina sp., Turritellella sp., ?Sorosphaera sp., Echinodermata indet. | [3] |
See also
References
- ^ M'Bodione Dadere at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Taiba Ndiaye at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Walidiala Valley at Fossilworks.org
Further reading
- S. J. Culver, J. E. Repetski, J. Pojeta, Jr. and D. Hunt. 1996. Early and Middle (?) Cambrian metazoan and protistan fossils from West Africa. Journal of Paleontology 70(1):1-6
- A. Gorodiski and R. Lavocat. 1953. Premiere decouverte de Mammiferes dans le Tertiaire (Lutetien) du Senegal. Comptes Rendus sommaires de la Societe geologique de France 15:315-317
- L. Hautier, R. Sarr, R. Tabuce, F. Lihoreau, S. Adnet, D. P. Domning, M. Samb and P. M. Hameh. 2012. First prorastomid sirenian from Senegal (Western Africa) and the Old World origin of sea cows. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32(5):1218-1222
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