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.
Fossil content
The following fossils have been found in the formation:
Dinosaurs
Ornithopods
Sauropoda
Theropods
Thyreophorans
Crocodylomorphs
Mammals
See also
References
Bibliography
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