Shendi Formation

The Shendi Formation is a Late Cretaceous geologic formation of the Atbara-Shendi Basin in northern Sudan.^[1] Indeterminate theropod remains have been recovered from it.^[2] As well as those of the dyrosaurid Hyposaurus. It consists of a lower unit of fine grained meandering channel sediments, separated by an erosive contact with overlying meandering to braided river channel sandstones.^[3]

Shendi Formation
Stratigraphic range: Maastrichtian ~70–66 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Type	Geological formation
Sub-units	Umm Ali & Kabushiya members
Underlies	Hudi Chert
Overlies	Precambrian basement
Thickness	63 m (207 ft)
Lithology
Primary	Sandstone
Other	Siltstone, mudstone
Location
Coordinates	16.7°N 33.4°E / 16.7; 33.4
Region	River Nile State
Country	Sudan
Extent	Atbara-Shendi Basin
Type section
Named for	Shendi
Shendi Formation (Sudan)

The formation overlies Precambrian basement and is overlain by the Hudi Chert.^[1] The total thickness of the formation amounts to 63 metres (207 ft).^[4]

Paleofauna

• Hyposaurus^[2]
• Theropoda indet.^[2]

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
  • List of stratigraphic units with indeterminate dinosaur fossils