| Bahariya Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Early Cenomanian[1] ~ | |
 Restoration of the environment and animals of the formation | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Underlies | El Heiz Fm., El Naqb Fm.[2] |
| Overlies | Basement[2] |
| Thickness | ≈100 m (330 ft)[2] |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone |
| Other | Mudstone, siltstone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 28°24′20″N 28°48′20″E / 28.40556°N 28.80556°E |
| Region | Western Desert |
| Country |  Egypt |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Bahariya Oasis |
| Named by | Said |
| Year defined | 1962 |
  Bahariya Formation (Egypt) | |
The Bahariya Formation (also transcribed as Baharija Formation) is a fossiliferous geologic formation dating back to the early Cenomanian, which outcrops within the Bahariya depression in Egypt, and is known from oil exploration drilling across much of the Western Desert where it forms an important oil reservoir.[1][3][4]
- ^ a b Catuneanu O., Khalifa M.A. & Wanas H.A. (2006). "Sequence stratigraphy of the Lower Cenomanian Bahariya Formation, Bahariya Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt" (PDF). Sedimentary Geology. 190 (1–4): 121–137. Bibcode:2006SedG..190..121C. doi:10.1016/j.sedgeo.2006.05.010.
- ^ a b c Catuneany et al., 2006, p.122
- ^ Weishampel, David B; et al (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Late Cretaceous, Africa)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 604. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
- ^ Macgregor D.S. & Moody R.T.G. (1998). "Mesozoic and Cenozoic petroleum systems of North Africa". In Macgregor D.S.; Moody R.T.G.; Clark-Lowes D.D. (eds.). Petroleum geology of North Africa. Special Publications. Vol. 132. Geological Society. pp. 201–216. ISBN 9781862390041.