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 GroupFossiliferous 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early Pleistocene | [1] | ||
| Mio-Pliocene | [2] | ||
| Langhian | [1] | ||
| Elisabeth Bay Formation | Aquitanian-Burdigalian | [3] | |
| Priabonian | [4] | ||
| Langental Formation | Bartonian-Priabonian | [5] | |
| Bartonian | [6] | ||
| Black Crow Limestone | Ypresian-Lutetian | [7][8] | |
| Etjo Sandstone | Early Jurassic | [9] | |
| Karoo Supergroup | Omingonde Formation | Anisian-Ladinian | [10] |
| "Ecca" Group | Gai-As Formation | Kungurian-Wordian | [11] |
| Huab Formation | Artinskian-Kungurian | [12] | |
| Ecca Group | Whitehill Formation | Artinskian-Kungurian | [13] |
| Dwyka Group | Ganigobis Formation | Sakmarian | [14] |
| Gzhelian | [15] | ||
| Nama Group | Ediacaran-Cambrian | [16] | |
| Ediacaran-Cambrian | [17] | ||
| Ediacaran | [18] | ||
| / | Ediacaran | [19] | |
| Ediacaran | [20] | ||
| Ediacaran | [21] |
See also[]
- Lists of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Africa
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Uruguay
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Antarctica
- Geology of Namibia
References[]
- ^ a b Pickford et al., 2009, p.98
- ^ Pickford, 2014, p.72
- ^ Elisabeth Bay Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Buntfeldschuch Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Langetal Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Pickford, 2015, p.215
- ^ Pickford, 2018a, p.48
- ^ Pickford, 2018b, p.26
- ^ Etjo Sandstone at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Omingonde Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Gai-As Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Huab Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Whitehill Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Dwyka Group at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Ganigobis Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Nomtsas Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Urusis Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Kuibis Quartzite at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Naldaus Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Zaris Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Dabis Formation at Fossilworks.org
Bibliography[]
- . 2018a. Zegdoumyidae (Rodentia, Mammalia) from the Middle Eocene of Black Crow, Namibia : taxonomy, dental formula. Communications of the 18. 48–63. Accessed 2018-08-26.
- . 2018b. Freshwater aquatic and aquaphile vertebrates from Black Crow (Ypresian/Lutetian, Namibia) and their palaeoenvironmental significance. Communications of the 18. 26–37. Accessed 2018-08-26.
- . 2015. Bothriogenys (Anthracotheriidae) from the Bartonian of Eoridge, Namibia. Communications of the 16. 215–222. Accessed 2018-08-26.
- . 2014. New Ratite Eggshells from the Miocene of Namibia. Communications of the 15. 70–90. Accessed 2018-08-26.
- . 2009. Mio-Plio-Pleistocene geology and palaeobiology of Etosha Pan, Namibia. Communications of the 14. 95–139. Accessed 2018-08-26.
Further reading[]
- . 2018. The Fossil Collections from the Sperrgebiet at the National Earth Science Museum, Geological Survey of Namibia. Communications of the 18. 124–131. Accessed 2018-08-26.
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- Fossiliferous stratigraphic units of Africa
- Paleontology in Namibia
- Geologic formations of Namibia