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Revision as of 05:31, 5 January 2025

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
Type	Geological formation
Area	Sahara Desert
Thickness	up to
Lithology
Primary	Sandstone
Location
Continental 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).

Fossil Content

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

Bivalves from the Continental Teriminal Formation
Genus	Species	Material	Notes	Member	Images
Cubitostrea	C. multicostata

References

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.
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.