Kandel Bouzou Fm
Period:
Cretaceous
Age Interval:
Upper Cretaceous (Upper Cenomanian – Lower Turonian) (7a)
Province:
East Niger Rift Basin - Termit Sub-basin
Type Locality and Naming
References: Faure, 1966, pages 98, 166; Fabre et al., 1983.
Equivalent(s): Zoo Baba Fm, Béréré Fm, Arentigué Fm
Lithology and Thickness
Laminated marine clays, with gray beige limestone levels and very fine sandstone bedded with limestone cement. 35 m.
Lithology Pattern:
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Underlying unit is the Farak Fm
Upper contact
Overlying unit is the Aschia-Tinamou Fm.
Regional extent
East Niger Rift Basin - Termit Sub-Basin - West
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Psamminopelta cf. subcircularia TAPPAN (common) and very rare Bolivina and very small Gastropods.
Age
Upper Cretaceous (Upper Cenomanian – Lower Turonian)
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Cenomanian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.5
Beginning date (Ma):
97.20
Ending stage:
Turonian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.5
Ending date (Ma):
91.65
Depositional setting
Marine
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
Jacques LeBlanc (2022), Stratigraphic Lexicon: The Sedimentary Formations of The Republic of Niger, Africa. Colnes Publishing (Tallin, Estonia), 365 pp. https://doi.org/10.47909/978-9916-9760-6-7 (or via https://sites.google.com/site/leblancjacques)