Koum Formation

Koum Formation Stratigraphic range: Aptian-Albian ~125–100 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
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 / 8.3; 14.5Coordinates: 8°18′N 14°30′E / 8.3°N 14.5°E / 8.3; 14.5
Approximate paleocoordinates	8°06′S 5°00′E / 8.1°S 5.0°E / -8.1; 5.0
Region	Nord
Country	Cameroon
Extent
Koum Formation (Cameroon)

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

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]

• ?Spinosauridae indet.
• Theropod indet.
• Theropod tracks
• Sauropod indet.
• Sauropod tracks
• ?Thyreophora indet.
• Ouranosaurus sp.
• Euornithopod tracks
• Araripesuchus wegeneri
• Abelodon abeli

See also[]

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations

References[]

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