Wadi Milk Formation
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Wadi Milk Formation (Sudan)
The Wadi Milk Formation is a geological formation in Sudan whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous. Originally, the formation was thought to be Albian to Cenomanian, later research has provided dating to the Campanian to Maastrichtian.[1] Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[2] It stretches from the lower Wadi Al-Malik across the Wadi Muqaddam into the Bayuda Desert.[3]
Vertebrate paleofauna
Ornithischians
Ornithischians | |||
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Taxa | Presence | Images | |
Euornithopoda[2] (indeterminate remains) | Northern Province, Sudan.[2] | ||
Iguanodontia[2] (indeterminate remains) | Northern Province, Sudan.[2] | ||
Ornithopoda[2] (indeterminate remains) | Northern Province, Sudan.[2] | ||
cf. Ouranosaurus[2] (indeterminate remains) | Northern Province, Sudan.[2] | ![]() |
Saurischians
Sauropods | ||||
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Taxa | Presence | Notes | Images | |
Dicraeosauridae[2] (indeterminate remains) | Northern Province, Sudan.[2] | ![]() | ||
Lithostrotia[2] (indeterminate remains) | Northern Province, Sudan.[2] | "(= Titanosauridae indet.)"[2] |
Theropods | |||
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Taxa | Presence | Images | |
Bahariasaurus[2]
| Northern Province, Sudan.[2] | ![]() | |
Carcharodontosauridae[2] (indeterminate remains) | Northern Province, Sudan.[2] | ||
Carcharodontosaurus[2] | Northern Province, Sudan.[2] | ![]() | |
Dromaeosauridae[2] (indeterminate remains) | Northern Province, Sudan.[2] | ![]() | |
Theropoda[2] (indeterminate remains) | Northern Province, Sudan.[2] |
See also
References
- ^ Wadi Abu Hashim at Fossilworks.org
- ^ 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 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.
- ^ Oliver W.M.Rauhut, A Dinosaur Fauna from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of Northern Sudan. In: Palaeontologie africaine,35,61-84(1999)