Koum_Formation

Koum Formation

Koum Formation

Geological formation in Cameroon

The Koum Formation is a geological formation in the North Province of Cameroon, western Africa.

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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

The following fossils have been found in the formation:[1]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.571-573
  2. [2]
    Bertin, Tor (2010). "A Catalogue of Material and Review of the Spinosauridae". PalArch's Journal of Vertebrate Palaeontology. 7 (4): 01–39. ISSN 1567-2158.

Bibliography

  • 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

  • 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
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