List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Eritrea

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List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Eritrea
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Eritrea
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Eritrea
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Fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Eritrea
Yellow pog.svg Danakil Formation
Orange pog.svg
Blue pog.svg Antalo Limestone

This is a list of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Eritrea.


Group Formation Period Notes
Danakil Formation Pleistocene [1]
Oligocene [2]
Antalo Limestone Callovian-Tithonian [3]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ ETE Locality 1312, Afar Depression, Danakil - general at Fossilworks.org
  2. ^ Dogali Formation at Fossilworks.org
  3. ^ Antalo Limestone at Fossilworks.org

Further reading[]

  • E. Abbate, A. Albianelli A. Azzaroli, M. Benvenuti, B. Tesfamariam, P. Bruni, N. Cipriani, et al. 1998. A one-million-year-old Homo cranium from the Danakil (Afar) Depression of Eritrea. Nature 393:458-460
  • R. Jordan. 1971. Megafossilien des Jura aus dem Antalo-Kalk von Nord-Äthiopien [Jurassic megafossils from the Antalo Limestone of northern Ethiopia]. Beihefte zum Geologischen Jahrbuch 116:141-171
  • J. Shoshani, R. C. Walter, M. Abraha, S. Berhe, P. Tassy, W. J. Sanders, G. H. Marchant, Y. Libsekal, T. Ghirmai and D. Zinner. 2006. A proboscidean from the late Oligocene of Eritrea, a ‘‘missing link’’ between early Elephantiformes and Elephantimorpha, and biogeographic implications. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 103(46):17296-17301
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