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Koum Formation

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Koum Formation
Stratigraphic range: Early Cretaceous
TypeGeological formation
Location
RegionAfrica

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

Its strata date back to the Early Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1]

Vertebrate paleofauna

  • Spinosaurus sp.[1]
  • ?Spinosauridae indet[1]
  • Theropod indet[1]
  • Theropod tracks[1]
  • Sauropod indet[1]
  • Sauropod tracks[1]
  • ?Thyreophora indet[1]
  • Ouranosaurus sp[1]
  • Euornithopod tracks[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Early Cretaceous, Africa)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 571-573. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.