List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Namibia
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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 |
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Etosha Limestone | Early Pleistocene | [1] | |
Tsondab Sandstone | Mio-Pliocene | [2] | |
Andoni Formation | Langhian | [1] | |
Elisabeth Bay Formation | Aquitanian-Burdigalian | [3] | |
Buntfeldschuch Formation | Priabonian | [4] | |
Langental Formation | Bartonian-Priabonian | [5] | |
Eocliff Limestone | Bartonian | [6] | |
Black Crow Limestone | Ypresian-Lutetian | [7][8] | |
Etendeka Group | 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 | Nomtsas Formation | Ediacaran-Cambrian | [16] |
Urusis Formation | Ediacaran-Cambrian | [17] | |
Kuibis Quartzite | Ediacaran | [18] | |
Naldaus/Nudaus Formation | Ediacaran | [19] | |
Zaris Formation | Ediacaran | [20] | |
Dabis Formation | 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
- 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
Further reading
- Mocke, Helke (2018), "The Fossil Collections from the Sperrgebiet at the National Earth Science Museum, Geological Survey of Namibia" (PDF), Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia, 18: 124–131, retrieved 2018-08-26
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Fossiliferous stratigraphic units of the countries and dependencies of Africa
- Algeria
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Cape Verde
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Republic of the Congo
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire)
- Kenya
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Rwanda
- São Tomé and Príncipe
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Swaziland
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Tunisia
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
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States with limited
recognition
recognition
- Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
- Somaliland