| 词条 | Chenini Member |
| 释义 |
| name = Chenini Member | image = | caption = | type = Member | age = Late Aptian-Early Albian ~{{fossil range|115|109}} | period = Albian | prilithology = Sandstone | otherlithology = Conglomerate, mudstone | namedfor = Chenini | namedby = | location = Sahara Desert | region = Tataouine | country = {{flag|Tunisia}} | coordinates = {{coord|33.2|N|10.3|E|display=inline,title}} | paleocoordinates = {{coord|15.9|N|10.3|E|display=inline}} | unitof = Aïn el Guettar Formation | subunits = | underlies = Oum ed Diab Member | overlies = Douiret Formation | thickness = | extent = | area = | map = {{Location map+ | Tunisia | relief = 1 | width = 250 | float = center | places = | lat_deg = 33.2 | lon_deg = 10.3 | mark = Green pog.svg | marksize = 12 }} | map_caption = }} The Chenini Member is a geological member of the Aïn el Guettar Formation in Tunisia, whose strata date back to the Late Aptian to Early Albian stages of the Cretaceous period.[1][2] The lithology consists of coarse sandstones with occasional conglomerates and mudstones.[3] Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[4] Vertebrate paleofaunaThe Chenini Member during the Early Cretaceous period was a marsh-like habitat with swamps and plenty of water. The most famous dinosaur discoveries made here include Carcharodontosaurus and Spinosaurus.
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References1. ^Bateun el Hmaima at Fossilworks.org 2. ^Bir Miteur, RH 45 at Fossilworks.org 3. ^{{Cite journal|last=Benton|first=Michael J.|last2=Bouaziz|first2=Samir|last3=Buffetaut|first3=Eric|last4=Martill|first4=David|last5=Ouaja|first5=Mohamed|last6=Soussi|first6=Mohamed|last7=Trueman|first7=Clive|date=April 2000|title=Dinosaurs and other fossil vertebrates from fluvial deposits in the Lower Cretaceous of southern Tunisia|url=http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0031018299001674|journal=Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology|volume=157|issue=3-4|pages=227–246|doi=10.1016/s0031-0182(99)00167-4|issn=0031-0182}} 4. ^1 2 3 Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Early Cretaceous, Africa)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 571-573. {{ISBN|0-520-24209-2}}. 5. ^Buffetaut, E & Ouaja, M (2002) A new specimen of Spinosaurus (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from the Lower Cretaceous of Tunisia, with remarks on the evolutionary history of the Spinosauridae. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 173: 415–421. {{DOI|10.2113/173.5.415}} 6. ^BENTON, M. J., BOUAZIZ, S., BUFFETAUT, E., MARTILL, D. M., OUAJA, M., SOUSSI, M. & TRUEMAN, C. (2000): Dinosaurs and other fossil vertebrates from fluvial deposits in the Lower Cretaceous of southern Tunisia. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 157: 227–246. Further reading
9 : Geologic formations of Tunisia|Cretaceous System of Africa|Albian Stage|Aptian Stage|Sandstone formations|Fluvial deposits|Paludal deposits|Paleontology in Tunisia|Tataouine Governorate |
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