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Geological formation in Western Africa
Continental Terminal Formation
Stratigraphic range: ?Eocene to Pleistocene
~56–1 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
TypeGeological formation
AreaSahara Desert
Thicknessup to
Lithology
PrimarySandstone
Location
Continental Terminal Formation is located in AfricaContinental Terminal FormationContinental Terminal FormationContinental Terminal FormationContinental Terminal FormationContinental 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).

Description

The formation outcrops in the West African countries of Mali , Nigeria, Niger, Benin, Togo, the Ivory Coast, Mauritania, Senegal, and Chad.

Fossil content

Proboscideans from the Continental Teriminal Formation
Genus Species Material Notes Member Images
Moeritherium M.sp An early Proboscidean
Moeritherium
Bivalves from the Continental Teriminal Formation
Genus Species Material Notes Member Images
Cubitostrea C. multicostata

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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 (1983) (in French). 6 (1): 45–60. doi:10.1016/0899-5362(87)90106-0.
  3. ^ "PBDB Collection". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2025-01-05.
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