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Abgada Formation
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Abgada Fm base reconstruction

Abgada Fm


Period: 
Paleogene

Age Interval: 


Province: 
Western Africa: Benue

Type Locality and Naming

Synonym:


Lithology and Thickness


Lithology Pattern: 
Sandstone


Relationships and Distribution

Lower contact

This is the bottom formation.

Upper contact

Regional extent


GeoJSON

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Fossils


Age 


Age Span: 

    Beginning stage: 
Thanetian

    Fraction up in beginning stage: 
0.7

    Beginning date (Ma): 
56.97

    Ending stage: 
Ypresian

    Fraction up in the ending stage: 
0.2

    Ending date (Ma):  
54.41

Depositional setting


Depositional pattern:  


Additional Information


Compiler:  

Rebecca Bobick (and Wen Du), modified from