Sikoum, section 2, unit IIe (Cretaceous of Cameroon)

Where: Cameroon (3.9° N, 10.0° E: paleocoordinates 8.8° S, 2.9° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Logbadjeck Formation, Early/Lower Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; marl

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. J. Ntamak-Nida, B. Ketchemen-Tandia, R. V. Ewane, J. P. Lissock, and P. Courville. 2006. Nouvelles données sur les Mollusques et autres macro-organismes campaniens de Sikoum (Centre-Est du sous bassin de Douala-Cameroun): intérêts bio-chronologiques et paléo-écologiques. Africa Geoscience Review 13(4):385-394 [R. Butler/R. Butler]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 209676: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 09.05.2020

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Collignoniceratidae
"Texanites cf. quinquenodosus" = Texanites (Texanites) quinquenodosus
"Texanites cf. quinquenodosus" = Texanites (Texanites) quinquenodosus Redtenbacher 1837 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae
Desmophyllites cf. diphylloides Forbes 1846 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Nostoceratidae
? Nostoceratidae indet. Hyatt 1894 ammonite
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella harborti Riedel 1933 turret shell
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Strepsidura gracilis Riedel 1933 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Volutomorpha horrida Riedel 1933 volute
Volutilithes guillemaini Riedel 1933 volute
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
"Pugnellus incertus" = Bizarrus incertus Riedel 1933 snail
Chenopus neubaueri Riedel 1933 snail
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Trigonarca camerunensis Riedel 1933 clam
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
"Lopatinia lens" = Pseudocucullaea lens
"Lopatinia lens" = Pseudocucullaea lens Solger 1903 clam