List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Sudan

This is a list of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Sudan.

FormationMemberPeriodNotes
Nubia FormationHolocene[1]
Abu Imama FormationMiddle Miocene[2]
Wadi Milk FormationWadi Abu HashimCampanian-Maastrichtian[3]
Shendi FormationCampanian[4]
Wadi Howar FormationConiacian-Santonian[5]
Abu Agag FormationTuronian[6]
Bentiu FormationBarremian-Cenomanian[7]
Abu Gabra FormationBarremian-Aptian[8]
Fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Sudan
Nubia Formation
Abu Imama Formation
Wadi Milk Formation
Shendi Formation
Wadi Howar Formation
Bentiu & Abu Gabra Formations

See also

References
  1. Nubia Formation at Fossilworks.org
  2. Abu Imama Formation at Fossilworks.org
  3. Wadi Milk Formation at Fossilworks.org
  4. Shendi Formation at Fossilworks.org
  5. Wadi Howar Formation at Fossilworks.org
  6. Abu Agag Formation at Fossilworks.org
  7. Bentiu Formation at Fossilworks.org
  8. Abu Gabra Formation at Fossilworks.org

Further reading
  • G. R. Demathieu and P. Wycisk. 1990. Tetrapod trackways from southern Egypt and northern Sudan. Journal of African Earth Sciences 10(3):435-443
  • A. A. M. Eisawi, A. B. Ibrahim, O. B. A. Rahim and E. Schrank. 2012. Palynozonation of the Cretaceous to Lower Paleogene Strata of the Muglad Basin, Sudan. Palynology 36(2):191-207
  • A. E. Marks and A. Mohammed-Ali. 1991. The Late Prehistory of the Eastern Sahel. Southern Methodist University Press, Dallas, TX
  • J.-C. Rage and C. Werner. 1999. Mid-Cretaceous (Cenomanian) snakes from Wadi Abu Hashim, Sudan: The earliest snake assemblage. Palaeontologia Africana 35:85-110
  • O. W. M. Rauhut. 1999. A dinosaur fauna from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of northern Sudan. Palaeontologia Africana 35:61-84
  • K. A. O. Salih, D. C. Evans, R. Bussert, N. Klein, M. Nafi and J. Müller. 2016. First record of Hyposaurus (Dyrosauridae, Crocodyliformes) from the Upper Cretaceous Shendi Formation of Sudan. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 36(1):e1115408:1-9
  • J. H. Schroeder. 1985. Sparry calcite cements in Miocene corals from Khor Eit (N.E. Sudan). Proceedings 5th International Coral Reef Symposium Tahiti 3:283-288
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