Abu Agag Formation
Geological formation in Egypt and Sudan
Abu Agag Formation (Egypt)
The Abu Agag Formation is a Turonian geologic formation in Egypt and Sudan. Indeterminate fossil ornithischian tracks have been reported from the formation.[1]
Description
The formation comprises intercalated sandstones and highly bioturbated sand- and siltstone layers which are horizontal and wavy bedded. Horizontally laminated and thin bedded fine-grained sandstones as well as flaser- and ripple cross-lamination characterize a low-energy environment within this fluvial succession.
Fossil content
The following fossils have been reported from the formation:[2][3]
- Paranthodon africanus
- Planolites sp.
- Rhynchosauroides sp.
- cf. Rotodactylus sp.
- Scoyenia sp.
- Spirodesmos sp.
- Dinosauria indet.
- ?Ornithischia indet.
See also
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
- List of stratigraphic units with indeterminate dinosaur fossils
References
Bibliography
- Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; Osmólska, Halszka (2004), The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, Berkeley: University of California Press, pp. 1–880, ISBN 0-520-24209-2, retrieved 2019-02-21