The Koum Formation is a geological formation in the North Province of Cameroon, western Africa.
| Koum Formation | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
  Koum Formation (Cameroon) | |
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 edit
The 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 edit
References edit
Bibliography edit
- Weishampel, David B.; Peter Dodson, and Halszka Osmólska (eds.). 2004. The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, 1–880. Berkeley: University of California Press. Accessed 2019-02-21. ISBN 0-520-24209-2
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