Téjia Fm
Period:
Permian
Age Interval:
Upper Permian (1)
Province:
Iullemmeden Basin - Tim Mersoï Sub-basin
Type Locality and Naming
Lithology and Thickness
Brownish to reddish claystone and marl Formation with argillaceous and carbonaceous sandstones lenses. 0 to 30 m.
Lithology Pattern:
Continental marl
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Underlain by the Izégouande Fm.
Upper contact
Unconformably overlain by the Tamamaït Fm. May not always be present if the overlying formation of Tamamaït has eroded it.
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Upper Permian
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Wuchiapingian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.5
Beginning date (Ma):
256.89
Ending stage:
Wuchiapingian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.75
Ending date (Ma):
255.57
Depositional setting
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)