Assaouas Formation

Assaouas Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late 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; 7.1Coordinates: 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

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.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.

Bibliography

  • Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp.  ISBN 0-520-24209-2

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) [Tetrapod vertebrate footprints in the continental series west of Agadez (Republic of Niger)]. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences à Paris, Série D 263:28-31
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