Babouri Village (Cretaceous to of Cameroon)

Also known as Babouri-Figuil, Ba Bouri; Brillanceausuchus babouriensis type

Where: Nord, Cameroon (9.8° N, 13.8° E: paleocoordinates 3.3° S, 4.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Valanginian to Valanginian (139.8 - 125.0 Ma)

• Babouri-Figuil basin

•Early Cretaceous, probably Barremian

•from Tchouatcha et al. 2021: "the geodynamic evolution of the Babouri-Figuil and Mayo Oulo-Lere basins is summarized in four main phases: with firstly the formation of ditches during the Valanginian - Hauterivian transition; secondly, the filling of the ditches during the Hauterivian-Barremian stratigraphic section; thirdly, the folding of the deposits in the Maestrichtian and finally distension in the Cenozoic."

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 1987-1988

Collection methods: quarrying,

Primary reference: J.-G. Michard, F. de Broin, M. Brunet and J. Hell. 1990. Le plus ancien crocodilien néosuchien spécialisé à caractères “eusuchiens” du continent Africain (Crétacé inférieur, Cameroun). Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences Paris, Série II 311:365-371 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 123467: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 23.01.2012

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Loricata - Paralligatoridae
Brillanceausuchus babouriensis n. gen. n. sp. Michard et al. 1990 crocodilian
BBR 201 - holotype (skull and partial postcranial skeleton); paratypes: BBR 203, 242, 245, 246 and 296 (cranial fragments), BBR 291 (vertebrae and osteoderms), BBR 298 (cranial table and portion of mandible), BBR 310 (portions of the snout and dentary), BBR 227 and 231 (teeth), and BBR 216 (dorsal vertebra); topotypes - BBR 201-331