List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Namibia

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Major fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Namibia
Elisabeth Bay Formation
Langental Formation
Etjo Sandstone
Omingonde Formation
Huab & Gai-As Formations
Whitehill Formation
Ganigobis Formation
Nama Group

Fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Namibia are not as numerous as in neighboring South Africa, but several formations have provided unique fossil assemblages, particularly the Ediacaran fauna of the Vendian to Cambrian Nama Group, fossil fish in the Carboniferous to Permian Ganigobis Formation and Eocene Langental Formation, typical Permian Gondwanan biota in the Huab, Gai-As and Whitehill Formations, Early Triassic therapsids in the Omingonde Formation, Early Jurassic dinosaur trackways in the Etjo Sandstone and Early Miocene mammals and reptiles in the Elisabeth Bay Formation.


List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units

Group Formation Period Notes
Etosha Limestone Early Pleistocene
Tsondab Sandstone Mio-Pliocene
Andoni Formation Langhian
Elisabeth Bay Formation Aquitanian-Burdigalian
Buntfeldschuch Formation Priabonian
Langental Formation Bartonian-Priabonian
Eocliff Limestone Bartonian
Black Crow Limestone Ypresian-Lutetian
Etendeka Group Etjo Sandstone Early Jurassic
Karoo Supergroup Omingonde Formation Anisian-Ladinian
"Ecca" Group Gai-As Formation Kungurian-Wordian
Huab Formation Artinskian-Kungurian
Ecca Group Whitehill Formation Artinskian-Kungurian
Dwyka Group Ganigobis Formation Sakmarian
Gzhelian
Nama Group Nomtsas Formation Ediacaran-Cambrian
Urusis Formation Ediacaran-Cambrian
Kuibis Quartzite Ediacaran
Naldaus/Nudaus Formation Ediacaran
Zaris Formation Ediacaran
Dabis Formation Ediacaran

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Pickford et al., 2009, p.98
  2. ^ Pickford, 2014, p.72
  3. ^ Elisabeth Bay Formation at Fossilworks.org
  4. ^ Buntfeldschuch Formation at Fossilworks.org
  5. ^ Langetal Formation at Fossilworks.org
  6. ^ Pickford, 2015, p.215
  7. ^ Pickford, 2018a, p.48
  8. ^ Pickford, 2018b, p.26
  9. ^ Etjo Sandstone at Fossilworks.org
  10. ^ Omingonde Formation at Fossilworks.org
  11. ^ Gai-As Formation at Fossilworks.org
  12. ^ Huab Formation at Fossilworks.org
  13. ^ Whitehill Formation at Fossilworks.org
  14. ^ Dwyka Group at Fossilworks.org
  15. ^ Ganigobis Formation at Fossilworks.org
  16. ^ Nomtsas Formation at Fossilworks.org
  17. ^ Urusis Formation at Fossilworks.org
  18. ^ Kuibis Quartzite at Fossilworks.org
  19. ^ Naldaus Formation at Fossilworks.org
  20. ^ Zaris Formation at Fossilworks.org
  21. ^ Dabis Formation at Fossilworks.org

Bibliography

  • Pickford, Martin (2018a), "Zegdoumyidae (Rodentia, Mammalia) from the Middle Eocene of Black Crow, Namibia : taxonomy, dental formula" (PDF), Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia, 18: 48–63, retrieved 2018-08-26
  • Pickford, Martin (2018b), "Freshwater aquatic and aquaphile vertebrates from Black Crow (Ypresian/Lutetian, Namibia) and their palaeoenvironmental significance" (PDF), Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia, 18: 26–37, retrieved 2018-08-26
  • Pickford, Martin (2015), "Bothriogenys (Anthracotheriidae) from the Bartonian of Eoridge, Namibia" (PDF), Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia, 16: 215–222, retrieved 2018-08-26
  • Pickford, Martin (2014), "New Ratite Eggshells from the Miocene of Namibia" (PDF), Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia, 15: 70–90, retrieved 2018-08-26
  • Pickford, Martin (2009), "Mio-Plio-Pleistocene geology and palaeobiology of Etosha Pan, Namibia" (PDF), Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia, 14: 95–139, retrieved 2018-08-26

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