List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Ethiopia

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Fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Ethiopia

Amba Aradam Formation

Konso Formation

Mush Valley

This is a list of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Ethiopia.

List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units

Group	Formation	Period	Notes
	Bouri Formation	Middle Pleistocene	^[1]
	Konso Formation	Gelasian - Calabrian	^[2]
Gadeb Plain Group	Mio Goro Formation	Gelasian-Calabrian	^[3]
Gadeb Plain Group	Gadeb Formation	Piacenzian-Gelasian	^[4]
Awash Group	Wehaietu Formation	Pliocene-Holocene	^[5]
	Meadura Formation	Quaternary	^[6]
	Matabaietu Formation	Zanclean-Pleistocene	^[7]
	Hadar Formation	Zanclean-Gelasian	^[8]
	Sagantole Formation	Miocene-Pleistocene	^[9]
	Chorora Formation	Serravallian-Tortonian	^[10]
	Adu Asa Formation	Late Miocene	^[11]
Omo Group	Omo Kibish Formation	Late Pleistocene	^[12]
	Kalam Formation	Early Pleistocene	^[13]
	Shungura Formation	Pliocene-Gelasian	^[14]
	Mursi Formation	Zanclean	^[15]
	Usno Formation	Pliocene	^[16]
Fejej Basalts	Fejej Formation	Zanclean-Pleistocene	^[17]
	Mush Valley	Early Miocene	^[18]^[19]
	Chilga Formation	Chattian	^[20]
	Amba Aradam Formation	Early Aptian	^[21]
	Mugher Mudstone	Tithonian	^[22]
	Antalo Limestone	Callovian-Kimmeridgian	^[23]^[24]
	Adigrat Sandstone	Late Triassic-Oxfordian	^[25]
	Enticho Sandstone	Late Ordovician	^[26]

References

^ Bouri Formation at Fossilworks.org
^ Nagaoka, S., Katoh, S., Woldegabriel, G., Sato, H.P., Nakaya, H., Beyene, Y., & Suwa, G. (2005). Lithostratigraphy and sedimentary environments of the hominid-bearing Pliocene-Pleistocene Konso Formation in the southern Main Ethiopian Rift, Ethiopia. Paleogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 216, 333-357.
^ Mio Goro Formation at Fossilworks.org
^ Gadeb Formation at Fossilworks.org
^ Wehaietu Formation at Fossilworks.org
^ Meadura Formation at Fossilworks.org
^ Matabaietu Formation at Fossilworks.org
^ Hadar Formation at Fossilworks.org
^ Sagantole Formation at Fossilworks.org
^ Chorora Formation at Fossilworks.org
^ Adu Asa Formation at Fossilworks.org
^ "The Oldest Homo Sapiens: Fossils Push Human Emergence Back To 195,000 Years Ago". ScienceDaily. Retrieved 2018-04-13.
^ Kalam Formation at Fossilworks.org
^ Shungura Formation at Fossilworks.org
^ Mursi Formation at Fossilworks.org
^ Usno Formation at Fossilworks.org
^ Fejej Formation at Fossilworks.org
^ Pan, A. D., Currano, E. D., Jacobs, B. F., Feseha, M., Tabor, N., & Herendeen, P. S. (2012). Fossil Newtonia (Fabaceae: Mimoseae) Seeds from the Early Miocene (22–21 Ma) Mush Valley in Ethiopia. International Journal of Plant Sciences, 173(3), 290–296. https://doi.org/10.1086/663967
^ Ellen D. Currano, Bonnie F. Jacobs, Rosemary T. Bush, Alice Novello, Mulugeta Feseha, Friðgeir Grímsson, Francesca A. McInerney, Lauren A. Michel, Aaron D. Pan, Samuel R. Phelps, Pratigya Polissar, Caroline A.E. Strömberg, Neil J. Tabor, Ecological dynamic equilibrium in an early Miocene (21.73 Ma) forest, Ethiopia,Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, Volume 539,2020,109425,ISSN 0031-0182, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2019.109425.
^ Chilga at Fossilworks.org
^ Amba Aradam Formation at Fossilworks.org
^ Mugher Mudstone at Fossilworks.org
^ Antalo Limestone at Fossilworks.org
^ Lerouge, F.; Aerts, R. (2019). Fossil evidence of Dogu'a Tembien's environmental past. In: Geo-Trekking in Ethiopia's Tropical Mountains, the Dogu'a Tembien District. SpringerNature. ISBN 978-3-030-04954-6.
^ Adigrat Sandstone at Fossilworks.org
^ Lewin, A., Meinhold, G., Hinderer, M., Dawit, E. L., & Bussert, R. (2018). Provenance of sandstones in Ethiopia during Late Ordovician and Carboniferous–Permian Gondwana glaciations: Petrography and geochemistry of the Enticho Sandstone and the Edaga Arbi Glacials. Sedimentary Geology, 375, 188–202. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.SEDGEO.2017.10.006

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[1] Bouri Formation at Fossilworks.org

[2] Nagaoka, S., Katoh, S., Woldegabriel, G., Sato, H.P., Nakaya, H., Beyene, Y., & Suwa, G. (2005). Lithostratigraphy and sedimentary environments of the hominid-bearing Pliocene-Pleistocene Konso Formation in the southern Main Ethiopian Rift, Ethiopia. Paleogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 216, 333-357.

[3] Mio Goro Formation at Fossilworks.org

[4] Gadeb Formation at Fossilworks.org

[5] Wehaietu Formation at Fossilworks.org

[6] Meadura Formation at Fossilworks.org

[7] Matabaietu Formation at Fossilworks.org

[8] Hadar Formation at Fossilworks.org

[9] Sagantole Formation at Fossilworks.org

[10] Chorora Formation at Fossilworks.org

[11] Adu Asa Formation at Fossilworks.org

[12] "The Oldest Homo Sapiens: Fossils Push Human Emergence Back To 195,000 Years Ago". ScienceDaily. Retrieved 2018-04-13.

[13] Kalam Formation at Fossilworks.org

[14] Shungura Formation at Fossilworks.org

[15] Mursi Formation at Fossilworks.org

[16] Usno Formation at Fossilworks.org

[17] Fejej Formation at Fossilworks.org

[18] Pan, A. D., Currano, E. D., Jacobs, B. F., Feseha, M., Tabor, N., & Herendeen, P. S. (2012). Fossil Newtonia (Fabaceae: Mimoseae) Seeds from the Early Miocene (22–21 Ma) Mush Valley in Ethiopia. International Journal of Plant Sciences, 173(3), 290–296. https://doi.org/10.1086/663967

[19] Ellen D. Currano, Bonnie F. Jacobs, Rosemary T. Bush, Alice Novello, Mulugeta Feseha, Friðgeir Grímsson, Francesca A. McInerney, Lauren A. Michel, Aaron D. Pan, Samuel R. Phelps, Pratigya Polissar, Caroline A.E. Strömberg, Neil J. Tabor, Ecological dynamic equilibrium in an early Miocene (21.73 Ma) forest, Ethiopia,Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, Volume 539,2020,109425,ISSN 0031-0182, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2019.109425.

[20] Chilga at Fossilworks.org

[21] Amba Aradam Formation at Fossilworks.org

[22] Mugher Mudstone at Fossilworks.org

[23] Antalo Limestone at Fossilworks.org

[lerouge&aerts-24] Lerouge, F.; Aerts, R. (2019). Fossil evidence of Dogu'a Tembien's environmental past. In: Geo-Trekking in Ethiopia's Tropical Mountains, the Dogu'a Tembien District. SpringerNature. ISBN 978-3-030-04954-6.

[25] Adigrat Sandstone at Fossilworks.org

[26] Lewin, A., Meinhold, G., Hinderer, M., Dawit, E. L., & Bussert, R. (2018). Provenance of sandstones in Ethiopia during Late Ordovician and Carboniferous–Permian Gondwana glaciations: Petrography and geochemistry of the Enticho Sandstone and the Edaga Arbi Glacials. Sedimentary Geology, 375, 188–202. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.SEDGEO.2017.10.006

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v t e Fossiliferous stratigraphic units of the countries and dependencies of Africa
Sovereign states	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe
Territories and dependencies	Îles Éparses / Mayotte / Réunion France Pantelleria / Pelagie Islands Italy Madeira Portugal Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla / Plazas de soberanía Spain Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha UK Socotra Yemen Western Sahara¹
States with limited recognition	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Somaliland
¹ Unclear sovereignty

List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Ethiopia

List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units

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References

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