This is a list of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Senegal.
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List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units Formation Period Fossils Notes Lumachelle Formation Lutetian Ostrea cf. maradensis, Ostrea reili, ?Moeritherium sp., Condylarthra indet. M'Bodione Dadere at Fossilworks.org Taiba Formation Early Lutetian Carcharias koerti, Galeocerdo latidens, Lamna obliqua, Macrorhizodus praecursor, Chiloscyllium aff. meraense, Abdounia sp., Burnhamia sp., Coupatezia sp., Cylindracanthus sp., Dasyatis sp., Rhinobatos sp., ?Brachycarcharias sp., Prorastomidae indet., Protocetidae indet. Taiba Ndiaye at Fossilworks.org Nandoumari Formation Cambrian Stage 2 Aldanella attleborensis, Chancelloria sp., Eiffelia sp., Glomospira sp., Hemisphaerammina sp., Tolypammina sp., Turritellella sp., ?Sorosphaera sp., Echinodermata indet. Walidiala Valley at Fossilworks.org
See also Lists of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Africa List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Cape Verde List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Guinea List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Mali List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Mauritania Geology of Senegal
References
Further reading S. J. Culver, J. E. Repetski, J. Pojeta, Jr. and D. Hunt. 1996. Early and Middle (?) Cambrian metazoan and protistan fossils from West Africa. Journal of Paleontology 70(1):1-6 A. Gorodiski and R. Lavocat. 1953. Premiere decouverte de Mammiferes dans le Tertiaire (Lutetien) du Senegal. Comptes Rendus sommaires de la Societe geologique de France 15:315-317 L. Hautier, R. Sarr, R. Tabuce, F. Lihoreau, S. Adnet, D. P. Domning, M. Samb and P. M. Hameh. 2012. First prorastomid sirenian from Senegal (Western Africa) and the Old World origin of sea cows. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32(5):1218-1222