The Trans-Saharan seaway was a sea in the present-day Sahara in the Late Cretaceous period in present-day Libya, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria. It varied in size, but at its largest was about 3000 km2 and approximately 50 m deep. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

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