| Chenini Member | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Late Aptian-Early Albian ~ | |
| Type | Member |
| Unit of | Aïn el Guettar Formation |
| Underlies | Oum ed Diab Member |
| Overlies | Douiret Formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone |
| Other | Conglomerate, mudstone |
| Location | |
| Location | Sahara Desert |
| Coordinates | 33°12′N 10°18′E / 33.2°N 10.3°E |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 15°54′N 10°18′E / 15.9°N 10.3°E |
| Region | Tataouine |
| Country |  Tunisia |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Chenini |
  Chenini Member (Tunisia) | |
The Chenini Member is a geological member of the Ain 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]
- ^ Bateun el Hmaima at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Bir Miteur, RH 45 at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Benton, Michael J.; Bouaziz, Samir; Buffetaut, Eric; Martill, David; Ouaja, Mohamed; Soussi, Mohamed; Trueman, Clive (April 2000). "Dinosaurs and other fossil vertebrates from fluvial deposits in the Lower Cretaceous of southern Tunisia" (PDF). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 157 (3–4): 227–246. Bibcode:2000PPP...157..227B. doi:10.1016/s0031-0182(99)00167-4. ISSN 0031-0182.
- ^ 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.