Continental Terminal Formation

The Continental Terminal Formation is a geological formation in West Africa that was deposited during the Palaeogene to Quaternary Periods (Eocene to Pleistocene Epochs).^[1][2]

Continental Terminal Formation
Stratigraphic range: ?Eocene to Pleistocene ~56–1 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type	Geological formation
Overlies	Tamaguélelt Formation
Area	Sahara Desert
Thickness	up to
Lithology
Primary	Sandstone
Location
Continental Terminal Formation (Africa)

Description

The formation outcrops in the West African countries of Mali, Nigeria, Niger, Benin, Togo, the Ivory Coast, Mauritania, Senegal, and Chad.^[1][2]

Fossil content

Proboscideans from the Continental Teriminal Formation
Genus	Species	Material	Notes	Member	Images
Moeritherium	M.sp[3]		An early Proboscidean		Moeritherium

Bivalves from the Continental Teriminal Formation
Genus	Species	Material	Notes	Member	Images
Cubitostrea	C. multicostata[3]