Shendi Formation
| Shendi Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Maastrichtian ~ | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Sub-units | Umm Ali & Kabushiya members |
| Underlies | Hudi Chert |
| Overlies | Precambrian basement |
| Thickness | 63 m (207 ft) |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone |
| Other | Siltstone, mudstone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 16°42′N 33°24′E / 16.7°N 33.4°E |
| Region | River Nile State |
| Country |  Sudan |
| Extent | Atbara-Shendi Basin |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Shendi |
  Shendi Formation (Sudan) | |
The Shendi Formation is a Late Cretaceous geologic formation of the Atbara-Shendi Basin in northern Sudan.[1] Indeterminate theropod remains have been recovered from it.[2] As well as those of the dyrosaurid Hyposaurus. It consists of a lower unit of fine grained meandering channel sediments, separated by an erosive contact with overlying meandering to braided river channel sandstones.[3]
The formation overlies Precambrian basement and is overlain by the Hudi Chert.[1] The total thickness of the formation amounts to 63 metres (207 ft).[4]
Paleofauna
[edit]- Hyposaurus[2]
- Theropoda indet.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Eltayib et al., 2018, p.2
- ^ a b c Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution" Pp. 517-607. in Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. ISBN 0-520-24209-2. " Pp. 517-607.
- ^ Salih, Khalaf Allah O.; Evans, David C.; Bussert, Robert; Klein, Nicole; Nafi, Mutwakil; Müller, Johannes (2015-12-30). "First record ofHyposaurus(Dyrosauridae, Crocodyliformes) from the Upper Cretaceous Shendi Formation of Sudan". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 36 (1): e1115408. doi:10.1080/02724634.2016.1115408. ISSN 0272-4634.
- ^ Eltayib et al., 2018, p.3
Bibliography
[edit]- Eltayib, Sadam H.M.A.; Al-Imam, Omar A. O.; Hamza, J. Adam; Salim, Mudathir A. (2018), "Sedimentary Environments and Lithofacies Distribution of Upper Shendi Formation, Central Sudan", International Journal of Geology, Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, 6: 1–9