Echkar Formation

The Echkar Formation is a geological formation comprising sandstones and claystones in the Agadez Region of Niger, central Africa.

Description

Its strata date back to the Late Albian to Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian stages, about 100-95 million years ago). Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.

Fossil content

Vertebrates

Fish

Dinosaurs

Ornithischians

Sauropods

Theropods

Reptiles

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
• Lists of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Africa
• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Niger
• Geology of Niger

References

Bibliography

Further reading

• A. F. d. Lapparent. 1953. Gisements de Dinosauriens dans le "Continental intercalaire" d'In Abangarit (Sahara méridional) [Dinosaur localities in the "Continental Intercalaire" of In Abangarit (southern Sahara)]. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences à Paris 236:1905-1906
• P. C. Sereno, J. A. Wilson, and J. L. Conrad. 2004. New dinosaurs link southern landmasses in the mid-Cretaceous. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 271(1546):1325-1330