Assaouas Formation

The Assaouas Formation, also referred to as the Assaouas Sandstone (French: Grès d'Assaouas) is a Late Jurassic geologic formation in Niger. Fossil sauropod tracks have been reported from the formation.^[1]

Assaouas Formation
Stratigraphic range: Middle Jurassic
Type	Geological formation
Unit of	Agadez Group
Underlies	Irhazer Shale
Lithology
Primary	Sandstone
Location
Coordinates	17.9°N 7.1°E / 17.9; 7.1
Approximate paleocoordinates	9.2°N 2.6°E / 9.2; 2.6
Region	Agadez
Country	Niger
Type section
Named for	Assaouas, Agadez
Assaouas Formation (Niger)

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
  • List of stratigraphic units with sauropodomorph tracks
    • Sauropod tracks
• Lists of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Africa
  • List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Niger
• Geology of Niger