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Geological formation in Western Africa
Continental Terminal Formation Stratigraphic range: ?Eocene to Pleistocene
~56–1 Ma
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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).
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 |
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| Bivalves from the Continental Teriminal Formation | |||||
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| 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.
- ^ "PBDB Collection". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2025-01-05.