The Logbadjeck Formation, also known as the Mungo River Formation, is a Late Cretaceous geologic formation in Cameroon. It is Turonian to Campanian in age, and represents a marine depositional environment.[1] Pterosaur fossils have been recovered from the formation.[2]
| Logbadjeck Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Late Turonian-early Campanian ~ | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Underlies | Logbaba Formation |
| Overlies | Mundeck Formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Shale, limestone, marl |
| Other | Siltstone, sandstone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 3°54′N 10°00′E / 3.9°N 10.0°E |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 8°48′S 41°24′W / 8.8°S 41.4°W |
| Region | Southwest Region |
| Country |  Cameroon |
| Extent | Douala Basin |
  Logbadjeck Formation (Cameroon) | |
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References edit
- ^ Anoh, Njoh Oliver; Petters, Sunday W. (November 2014). "Preliminary investigation of Late Turonian-Early Campanian shallow marine foraminifera of the Mungo River/Logbadjeck Formation, NW Douala Basin, Cameroon". Journal of African Earth Sciences. 99: 442–451. Bibcode:2014JAfES..99..442A. doi:10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2013.11.003. ISSN 1464-343X.
- ^ 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
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