Farak Formation

Farak Formation
Stratigraphic range: Cenomanian
~99–94 Ma

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Farak Formation; Stratigraphic range: Cenomanian; ~99–94 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Type	Geological formation
Overlies	Echkar Formation
Location
Coordinates	16°06′N 5°24′E / 16.1°N 5.4°ECoordinates: 16°06′N 5°24′E / 16.1°N 5.4°E
Region	Africa
Country	Niger
Extent	Iullemmeden Basin
	Farak Formation (Niger)

The Farak Formation is a geological formation in Niger, central Africa.

Its strata date back to the Early Cenomanian. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.^[1]

Vertebrate paleofauna[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Early Cretaceous, Africa)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 571-573. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.

Young, Mark T.; Alexander K. Hastings; Ronan Allain, and Thomas J. Smith. 2017. Revision of the enigmatic crocodyliform Elosuchus felixi de Lapparent de Broin, 2002 from the Lower–Upper Cretaceous boundary of Niger: potential evidence for an early origin of the clade Dyrosauridae. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 179. 377–403.