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]