Irhazer Shale


The Irhazer Shale or Irhazer II Formation is a Middle Jurassic geologic formation of the Irhazer Group in the Agadez Region of Niger. Fossil ornithopod tracks have been reported from the formation. The dinosaur Spinophorosaurus is known from the formation.

Description

As the overlying Tiouarèn Formation of the Irhazer Group, the formation previously had been assigned an Early Cretaceous age.

Fossil content

The following fossils were reported from the formation: