The Koum Formation is a geological formation in the North Province of Cameroon, western Africa.
Koum Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: Aptian-Albian ~ | |
Type | Geological formation |
Sub-units | Mbissirri Member, Grés de Gaba Member |
Lithology | |
Primary | Sandstone |
Other | Claystone, siltstone, conglomerate |
Location | |
Coordinates | 8°18′N 14°30′E / 8.3°N 14.5°E |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 8°06′S 5°00′E / 8.1°S 5.0°E |
Region | Nord |
Country | Cameroon |
Extent | Koum Basin |
Its strata date back to the Aptian and Albian stages of the Early Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1]
Vertebrate paleofauna
editThe following fossils have been found in the formation:[1]
- Baryonychinae indet.[2]
- Theropod indet.
- Theropod tracks
- Sauropod indet.
- Sauropod tracks
- ?Thyreophora indet.
- Ouranosaurus sp.
- Euornithopod tracks
- Araripesuchus sp.
- Abelodon abeli
See also
editReferences
editBibliography
edit- Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; Osmólska, Halszka (2004), The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, Berkeley: University of California Press, pp. 1–880, ISBN 0-520-24209-2, retrieved 2019-02-21
Further reading
edit- J. D. Congleton. 1990. Vertebrate Paleontology of the Koum Basin, Northern Cameroon, and Archosaurian Paleobiogeography in the Early Cretaceous. Department of Geology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas xv-245
- L. J. Flynn and M. Brunet. 1989. Early Cretaceous vertebrates from Cameroon. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 9(3, suppl.):21A