List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Western Sahara

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Fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Western Sahara
Samlat Formation
Aridal Formation
Frasnian Formation
Spanish Sahara Formation

This is a list of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Western Sahara.

Formation	Period	Notes
Samlat Formation	Priabonian
Aridal Formation	Bartonian
Frasnian Formation	Frasnian
Spanish Sahara Formation	Middle Devonian

See also

• Lists of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Africa
  • List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Mauritania

Further reading

• S. Adnet, H. Cappetta, and R. Tabuce. 2010. A Middle–Late Eocene vertebrate fauna (marine fish and mammals) from southwestern Morocco; preliminary report: age and palaeobiogeographical implications. Geological Magazine 147(6):860-870
• C.h. J. Burton and N. Eldredge. 1974. Two new subspecies of Phacops rana (Trilobita) from the middle Devonian of north-west Africa. Palaeontology 17(2):349-363
• P. D. Gingerich and S. Zouhri. 2015. New fauna of archaeocete whales (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the Bartonian middle Eocene of southern Morocco. Journal of African Earth Sciences 111:273-286
• A. L. Rode and B. S. Lieberman. 2004. Using GIS to unlock the interactions between biogeography, environment, and evolution in middle and Late Devonian brachiopods and bivalves. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 211(3-4):345-359
• S. Zouhri, P. D. Gingerich, N. Elboudali, S. Sebti, A., Noubhani, M. Rahali and S. Meslouh. 2014. New marine mammal faunas (Cetacea and Sirenia) and sea level change in the Samlat Formation, Upper Eocene, near Ad-Dakhla in southwestern Morocco. Comptes Rendus Palevol