Sikoum, section 3, unit IIIe (Cretaceous of Cameroon)

Where: Cameroon (3.9° N, 10.0° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 10.7° S, 9.1° E (Wright 2013)

• 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 94776: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 11.03.2010

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
"Lopatinia lens" = Pseudocucullaea lens
"Lopatinia lens" = Pseudocucullaea lens Solger 1903 clam
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Trigonarca camerunensis
Trigonarca camerunensis Riedel 1933 clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Pecten sp.
Pecten sp. Müller 1776 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
Pseudolimea sp.
Pseudolimea sp. Douglas and Arkell 1932 file clam
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
"Plicatula cf. multiplicata" = Plicatula locardi, Plicatula cf. decipiens
"Plicatula cf. multiplicata" = Plicatula locardi Thomas and Peron 1890 scallop
Plicatula cf. decipiens Coquand 1862 scallop
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp.
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Carditida - Carditidae
Cardita beaumonti
Cardita beaumonti d'Archiac and Haime 1854 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Granocardium kruschi
Granocardium kruschi Riedel 1933 cockle
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina sp.
Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Anofia sp.
Anofia sp. Reyment 1955 venus clam
Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Acteonellidae
"Actaeonella cf. cylindrica" = Acteonella
"Actaeonella cf. cylindrica" = Acteonella snail
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithiidae indet.
Cerithiidae indet. Fleming 1822 cerith snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella sp., Turritella alternans, Turritella arduissima, Turritella (Haustator) nodosa
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
Turritella alternans Roemer 1841 turret shell
Turritella arduissima Riedel 1933 turret shell
Turritella (Haustator) nodosa Roemer 1841 turret shell
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Strepsidura gracilis
Strepsidura gracilis Riedel 1933 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Volutilithes cf. pseudocostata, Volutilithes guillemaini, Volutomorpha similis, Volutomorpha aspera
Volutilithes cf. pseudocostata Noetling 1896 volute
Volutilithes guillemaini Riedel 1933 volute
Volutomorpha similis Riedel 1933 volute
Volutomorpha aspera Dall 1907 volute
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Scalaturris riedeli
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Pugnellus bilobatus, "Pugnellus fraasi" = Gymnarus fraasi, "Pugnellus ex gr. incertus" = Bizarrus incertus
"Pugnellus fraasi" = Gymnarus fraasi Riedel 1933 snail
"Pugnellus ex gr. incertus" = Bizarrus incertus Riedel 1933 snail
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
"Solarium sp." = Trochus (Solarium)
"Solarium sp." = Trochus (Solarium) top snail
Reptilia
 Pterosauria -
Pterosauria indet.