Farak Formation

Farak Formation
Stratigraphic range: Cenomanian

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Farak Formation; Stratigraphic range: Cenomanian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type	Geological formation
Overlies	Echkar Formation
Location
Region	Africa
Country	Niger

The Farak Formation is a geological formation in Niger, central Africa.

Its strata date back to the Early Cenomanian. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.^[1]

Vertebrate paleofauna

1 2 3 4 Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Early Cretaceous, Africa)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 571-573. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.

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