Assaouas Formation Explained

Assaouas Formation
Type:Geological formation
Age:Middle Jurassic
Period:Middle Jurassic
Prilithology:Sandstone
Namedfor:Assaouas, Agadez
Region:Agadez
Country: Niger
Coordinates:17.9°N 7.1°W
Paleocoordinates:9.2°N 2.6°W
Unitof:Agadez Group
Underlies:Irhazer Shale

The Assaouas Formation, also referred to as the Assaouas Sandstone (French: Grès d'Assaouas) is a Late Jurassic geologic formation in Niger. Fossil sauropod tracks have been reported from the formation.[1]

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  1. Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.