Wadi Milk Formation

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The Wadi Milk Formation is a geological formation in Sudan whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous. Originally, the formation was thought to be Albian to Cenomanian, later research has provided dating to the Campanian to Maastrichtian.[1] Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[2] It stretches from the lower Wadi Al-Malik across the Wadi Muqaddam into the Bayuda Desert.[3]

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Wadi Milk Formation
Stratigraphic range: Campanian-Maastrichtian
TypeGeological formation
Unit ofAsh Shamaliyah
Sub-unitsWadi Abu Hashim Member
Lithology
PrimarySandstone
OtherSiltstone
Location
Coordinates20.0°N 30.0°E / 20.0; 30.0
Approximate paleocoordinates4.4°N 24.7°E / 4.4; 24.7
Country Sudan
ExtentWadi Al-Malik-Bayuda Desert
Type section
Named forWadi Al-Malik
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Wadi Milk Formation (Sudan)
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Vertebrate paleofauna

Ornithischians

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Ornithischians
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Euornithopoda[2] (indeterminate remains) Northern Province, Sudan.[2]
Iguanodontia[2] (indeterminate remains) Northern Province, Sudan.[2]
Ornithopoda[2] (indeterminate remains) Northern Province, Sudan.[2]
cf. Ouranosaurus[2] (indeterminate remains) Northern Province, Sudan.[2]
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Saurischians

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Sauropods
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Dicraeosauridae[2] (indeterminate remains) Northern Province, Sudan.[2]
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Lithostrotia[2] (indeterminate remains) Northern Province, Sudan.[2] "(= Titanosauridae indet.)"[2]
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Bahariasaurus[2]
  • Bahariasaurus sp.[2]
Northern Province, Sudan.[2]
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Carcharodontosauridae[2] (indeterminate remains) Northern Province, Sudan.[2] Some specimens are similar to the genus Carcharodontosaurus.[4]
Dromaeosauridae[2] (indeterminate remains) Northern Province, Sudan.[2]
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Theropoda[2] (indeterminate remains) Northern Province, Sudan.[2]
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