Shendi Formation

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Shendi Formation
Stratigraphic range: Maastrichtian
~70–66  Ma
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Type Geological formation
Sub-unitsUmm Ali & Kabushiya members
Underlies Hudi Chert
Overlies Precambrian basement
Thickness63 m (207 ft)
Lithology
Primary Sandstone
Other Siltstone, mudstone
Location
Coordinates 16°42′N33°24′E / 16.7°N 33.4°E / 16.7; 33.4
Region River Nile State
Country Sudan
Extent Atbara-Shendi Basin
Type section
Named for Shendi
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Shendi Formation (Sudan)

The Shendi Formation is a Late Cretaceous geologic formation of the Atbara-Shendi Basin in northern Sudan. [1] Indeterminate theropod remains have been recovered from it. [2] As well as those of the dyrosaurid Hyposaurus . It consists of a lower unit of fine grained meandering channel sediments, separated by an erosive contact with overlying meandering to braided river channel sandstones. [3]

Contents

The formation overlies Precambrian basement and is overlain by the Hudi Chert. [1] The total thickness of the formation amounts to 63 metres (207 ft). [4]

Paleofauna

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References

  1. 1 2 Eltayib et al., 2018, p.2
  2. 1 2 3 Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution" Pp. 517-607. in Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. ISBN   0-520-24209-2. " Pp. 517-607.
  3. ↑ Salih, Khalaf Allah O.; Evans, David C.; Bussert, Robert; Klein, Nicole; Nafi, Mutwakil; Müller, Johannes (2015-12-30). "First record ofHyposaurus(Dyrosauridae, Crocodyliformes) from the Upper Cretaceous Shendi Formation of Sudan". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 36 (1): e1115408. doi:10.1080/02724634.2016.1115408. ISSN   0272-4634.
  4. ↑ Eltayib et al., 2018, p.3

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