List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units

Formation	Period	Fossils	Notes
Continental Terminal Formation	Lutetian	Moeritherium sp., Cubitostrea multicostata	^[1]
Tamaguélelt Formation	Ypresian	Palaeophis colossaeus, Phosphatosaurus gavialoides, Tilemsisuchus lavocati, Maliamia gigas, Numidotheriidae indet., Pliohyracidae indet., ?Proboscidea indet.	^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]
Teberemt Formation	Paleocene	Acleistochelys maliensis, Azabbaremys moragjonesi, Hyposaurus sp., Crocodylomorpha indet., Cubitostrea multicostata, Linthia sudanensis, Deltoidonautilus sp.	^[6]^[7]
Continental Intercalaire Formation	Berriasian	cf. Sarcosuchus sp., Crocodylia indet., Lithostrotia indet., Sauropoda indet., Testudines indet.	^[8]^[9]

References

E. S. Gaffney, E. Roberts, F. Sissoko, M. L. Bouaré, L. Tapanila and M. A. O'Leary. 2007. Acleistochelys, a New Side-Necked Turtle (Pelomedusoides: Bothremydidae) from the Paleocene of Mali. American Museum Novitates 3549:1-24
E. S. Gaffney, R. T. J. Moody, and C. A. Walker. 2001. Azabbaremys, a new Side-Necked Turtle (Pelomedusoides: Bothremydidae) from the Paleocene of Mali. American Museum Novitates 3320:1-16
R. V. Hill, J. A. McCartney, E. Roberts, M. Bouaré, F. Sissoko and M. A. O'Leary. 2008. Dyrosaurid (Crocodyliformes: Mesoeucrocodylia) Fossils from the Upper Cretaceous and Paleogene of Mali: Implications for Phylogeny and Survivorship across the K/T Boundary. American Museum Novitates 3631:1-19
A. F. d. Lapparent. 1960. Les Dinosauriens du "Continental intercalaire" du Saharal central [The dinosaurs of the "Continental Intercalaire" of the central Sahara]. Mémoires de la Société géologique de France, nouvelle série 39(88A):1-57
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M. A. O'Leary, E. M. Roberts, J. J. Head, F. Sissoko, and M. L. Bouare. 2004. Titanosaurian (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) remains from the "Continental Intercalaire" of Mali. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24(4):923-930
J.-C. Rage. 1983. Palaeophis colossaeus nov. sp. (le plus grand Seprent connu?) de l’Eocène du Mali et le problème du genre chez les Palaeopheinae. Comptes Rendus à l’ Académie des Sciences, Paris, Sciences de la Terre et des Planètes 2(296):1741-1744

v t e Fossiliferous stratigraphic units of the countries and dependencies of Africa
Sovereign states	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe
Territories and dependencies	Îles Éparses / Mayotte / Réunion France Pantelleria / Pelagie Islands Italy Madeira Portugal Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla / Plazas de soberanía Spain Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha UK Socotra Yemen Western Sahara¹
States with limited recognition	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Somaliland
¹ Unclear sovereignty

List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units

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References

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