Shendi Formation

Shendi Formation
Stratigraphic range: Campanian–Maastrichtian
Type Geological formation
Lithology
Primary Sandstone, siltstone, mudstone
Location
Region Northern State
Country  Sudan

The Shendi Formation is a Late Cretaceous geologic formation. Indeterminate Theropod remains have been recovered from it.[1] As well as those of the dyrosaurid Hyposaurus. It consists of a lower unit of fine grained meandering channel sediments, separated by an erosive contact with overlying meandering to braided river channel sandstones.[2]

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References

  1. Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution" Pp. 517-607. in Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. ISBN 0-520-24209-2. " Pp. 517-607.
  2. Salih, Khalaf Allah O.; Evans, David C.; Bussert, Robert; Klein, Nicole; Nafi, Mutwakil; Müller, Johannes (2015-12-30). "First record ofHyposaurus(Dyrosauridae, Crocodyliformes) from the Upper Cretaceous Shendi Formation of Sudan". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 36 (1): e1115408. doi:10.1080/02724634.2016.1115408. ISSN 0272-4634.
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