Continental Terminal Formation
| Continental Terminal Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: ?Eocene to Pleistocene ~ | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Overlies | Tamaguélelt Formation |
| Area | Sahara Desert |
| Thickness | up to |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone |
| Location | |
Continental Terminal Formation (Africa) | |
The Continental Terminal Formation is a geological formation in West Africa that was deposited during the Palaeogene to Quaternary Periods (Eocene to Pleistocene Epochs).[1][2]
Description
The formation outcrops in the West African countries of Mali, Nigeria, Niger, Benin, Togo, the Ivory Coast, Mauritania, Senegal, and Chad.[1][2]
Fossil content
| Proboscideans from the Continental Teriminal Formation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Material | Notes | Member | Images |
| Moeritherium | M.sp[3] | An early Proboscidean | |||
| Bivalves from the Continental Teriminal Formation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Material | Notes | Member | Images |
| Cubitostrea | C. multicostata[3] | ||||
References
- ^ a b Lang, J.; Kogbe, C.; Alidou, S.; Alzouma, K.A.; Bellion, G.; Dubois, D.; Durand, A.; Guiraud, R.; Houessou, A.; de Klasz, I.; Romann, E.; Salard-Cheboldaeff, M.; Trichet, J. (1990). "The continental terminal in West Africa". Journal of African Earth Sciences (and the Middle East). 10 (1–2): 79–99. doi:10.1016/0899-5362(90)90048-J.
- ^ a b Conrad, Georges; Lappartient, Jean-René (1987). "Le 'continental terminal', sa place dans l'évolution géodynamique du bassin sénégalo-mauritanien durant le Cénozoïque". Journal of African Earth Sciences (in French). 6 (1): 45–60. doi:10.1016/0899-5362(87)90106-0.
- ^ a b "PBDB Collection". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2025-01-05.