Wadi Milk Formation

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Wadi Milk Formation
Stratigraphic range: ?Albian - Cenomanian[1]
Type Geological formation
Location
Country  Sudan

The Wadi Milk Formation is a geological formation in Sudan whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1]

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[edit] Vertebrate paleofauna

[edit] Ornithischians

Ornithischians of the Wadi Milk Formation
Taxa Presence Notes Images

Genus:

  1. Indeterminate remains.[1]
  1. Geographically present in Northern Province, Sudan.[1]
Ouranosaurus

Genus:

  1. Indeterminate remains.[1]
  1. Geographically present in Northern Province, Sudan.[1]

Genus:

  1. Indeterminate remains.[1]
  1. Geographically present in Northern Province, Sudan.[1]

Genus:

  1. cf. Ouranosaurus sp.[1]
  1. Geographically present in Northern Province, Sudan.[1]

[edit] Saurischians

Sauropods of the Wadi Milk Formation
Taxa Presence Notes Images

Family:

  1. Indeterminate remains.[1]
  1. Geographically present in Northern Province, Sudan.[1]
Example of some Dicraeosaurids.

Genus:

  1. Indeterminate remains.[1]
  1. Geographically present in Northern Province, Sudan.[1]
  1. "(= Titanosauridae indet.)"[1]
Theropods of the Wadi Milk Formation
Taxa Presence Notes Images

Genus:

  1. Bahariasaurus sp.[1]
  1. Geographically present in Northern Province, Sudan.[1]
Carcharodontosaurus
Carcharodontosaurus

Family:

  1. Indeterminate remains.[1]
  1. Geographically present in Northern Province, Sudan.[1]

Genus:

  1. Carcharodontosaurus sp.[1]
  1. Geographically present in Northern Province, Sudan.[1]

Genus:

  1. Indeterminate remains.[1]
  1. Geographically present in Northern Province, Sudan.[1]

Genus:

  1. Indeterminate remains.[1]
  1. Geographically present in Northern Province, Sudan.[1]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Late Cretaceous, Africa)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 604-605. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.


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