List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Niger

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Major fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Niger

Kalambaina Formation

Dukamaje Formation

In Beceten Formation

Tegama Group (Echkar & Elrhaz Formations)

Assaouas Formation

Irhazer Group (Tiourarén & Irhazer Formations)

Moradi Formation

This is a list of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Niger.

Group	Formation	Period	Notes
	Kalambaina Formation	Thanetian	^[1]
	Dukamaje Formation	Maastrichtian	^[2]
Majias Group	Farin Doutchi Formation	Maastrichtian	^[3]
	In Beceten Formation	Late Coniacian-Santonian	^[4]
	Zoo Baba Formation	Late Cenomanian-Early Turonian	^[5]
	Alanlara Formation	Early Cenomanian	^[6]
Tegama Group	Echkar Formation	Late Albian-Early Cenomanian	^[7]
Tegama Group	Elrhaz Formation	Late Aptian-Early Albian	^[8]
Téfidet Group	Tagrezou Sandstone	Early Berriasian-Cenomanian	^[9]
Agadez Group	Assaouas Formation	Late Jurassic	^[10]
Irhazer Group	Tiourarén Formation	Bathonian	^[11]
Irhazer Group	Irhazer Shale or Irhazer II Formation	Middle Jurassic	^[12]^[13]
Izégouandane Group	Moradi Formation	Changhsingian	^[14]

References

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A. F. d. Lapparent. 1960. Les Dinosauriens du "Continental intercalaire" du Saharal central [The dinosaurs of the "Continental Intercalaire" of the central Sahara]. Mémoires de la Société géologique de France, nouvelle série 39(88A):1-57
T. Lingham-Soliar. 1998. A new mosasaur Pluridens walkeri from the Upper Cretaceous, Maastrichtian of the Iullemmeden Basin, southwest Niger. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18(4):709-707
C. Meister, K. Alazouma, J. Lang, B. Mathey, and A. Pascal. 1994. Nouvelles données sur les ammonites du Niger oriental (Ténéré, Afrique occidentale) dans le cadre de la transgression du Cénomanien-Turonien. Geobios 27:189-219
A. K. Miller. 1951. Tertiary nautiloids of west-coastal Africa. Annales du Museé du Congo Belge Tervuren, Sciences Géologiques 8:1-88
K. Remes, F. Ortega, I. Fierro, U. Joger, R. Kosma, J. M. M. Ferrer, Project, Niger Project, O. A. Ide and A. Maga. 2009. A new basal sauropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic of Niger and the early evolution of Sauropoda. PLoS One 4(9):e6924:1-13
A. d. Ricqlès and P. Taquet. 1982. La Faune de Vertébrés du Permien Supérieur du Niger I. Le Captorhinomorphe Moradisaurus grandis (Reptilia, Cotylosauria) - Le Crâne. Annales de Paléontologie 68(1):33-106
J. S. Steyer, R. Damiani, C. A. Sidor, F. R. O'Keefe, H. C. E. Larsson, A. Maga, and O. Ide. 2006. The Vertebrate Fauna of the Upper Permian of Niger. IV. Nigerpeton ricqlesi (Temnospondyli: Cochleosauridae), and the Edopoid Colonization of Gondwana. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26(1):18-28
P. M. Zaborski and N.J. Morris. 1999. The Late Cretaceous ammonite genus Libycoceras in the Iullemmeden Basin (West Africa) and its palaeogeographical significance. Cretaceous Research 20:63-79

v t e Fossiliferous stratigraphic units of the countries and dependencies of Africa
Sovereign states	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe
Territories and dependencies	Îles Éparses / Mayotte / Réunion France Pantelleria / Pelagie Islands Italy Madeira Portugal Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla / Plazas de soberanía Spain Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha UK Socotra Yemen Western Sahara¹
States with limited recognition	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Somaliland
¹ Unclear sovereignty

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