List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Eritrea

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List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Eritrea
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Eritrea
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Eritrea
Fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Eritrea
Danakil Formation
Dogali Formation
Antalo Limestone

This is a list of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Eritrea.


Group Formation Period Notes
Red Series Group Danakil Formation Pleistocene [1]
Dogali Formation Oligocene [2]
Antalo Limestone Callovian-Tithonian [3]

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  • E. Abbate, A. Albianelli A. Azzaroli, M. Benvenuti, B. Tesfamariam, P. Bruni, N. Cipriani, et al. 1998. A one-million-year-old Homo cranium from the Danakil (Afar) Depression of Eritrea. Nature 393:458-460
  • R. Jordan. 1971. Megafossilien des Jura aus dem Antalo-Kalk von Nord-Äthiopien [Jurassic megafossils from the Antalo Limestone of northern Ethiopia]. Beihefte zum Geologischen Jahrbuch 116:141-171
  • J. Shoshani, R. C. Walter, M. Abraha, S. Berhe, P. Tassy, W. J. Sanders, G. H. Marchant, Y. Libsekal, T. Ghirmai and D. Zinner. 2006. A proboscidean from the late Oligocene of Eritrea, a ‘‘missing link’’ between early Elephantiformes and Elephantimorpha, and biogeographic implications. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 103(46):17296-17301