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| 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
- 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.