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The Shendi Formation is a Late Cretaceous geologic formation of the Atbara-Shendi Basin in northern Sudan.[1] Indeterminate theropod remains have been recovered from it.[2] As well as those of the dyrosaurid Hyposaurus. It consists of a lower unit of fine grained meandering channel sediments, separated by an erosive contact with overlying meandering to braided river channel sandstones.[3]
Shendi Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: Maastrichtian ~ | |
Type | Geological formation |
Sub-units | Umm Ali & Kabushiya members |
Underlies | Hudi Chert |
Overlies | Precambrian basement |
Thickness | 63 m (207 ft) |
Lithology | |
Primary | Sandstone |
Other | Siltstone, mudstone |
Location | |
Coordinates | 16.7°N 33.4°E |
Region | River Nile State |
Country | ![]() |
Extent | Atbara-Shendi Basin |
Type section | |
Named for | Shendi |
The formation overlies Precambrian basement and is overlain by the Hudi Chert.[1] The total thickness of the formation amounts to 63 metres (207 ft).[4]
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