List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Namibia explained

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

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See also

• Lists of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Africa
  • List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Angola
  • List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Botswana
  • List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in South Africa
  • List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Zambia
• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Uruguay
• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Antarctica
• Geology of Namibia

References

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Notes and References

1. Pickford et al., 2009, p.98
2. Pickford, 2014, p.72
3. https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=&formation=Elisabeth%20Bay&group_formation_member=Elisabeth%20Bay Elisabeth Bay Formation
4. https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=&formation=Buntfeldschuch&group_formation_member=Buntfeldschuch Buntfeldschuch Formation
5. https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=&formation=Langetal&group_formation_member=Langetal Langetal Formation
6. Pickford, 2015, p.215
7. Pickford, 2018a, p.48
8. Pickford, 2018b, p.26
9. https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=Etendeka&formation=Etjo%20Sandstone&group_formation_member=Etjo%20Sandstone Etjo Sandstone
10. https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=Karoo&formation=Omingonde&group_formation_member=Omingonde Omingonde Formation
11. https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=&formation=Gai-As&group_formation_member=Gai-As Gai-As Formation
12. https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=%22Ecca%22&formation=Huab&group_formation_member=Huab Huab Formation
13. https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=Ecca&formation=Whitehill&group_formation_member=Whitehill Whitehill Formation
14. https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=&formation=Dwyka&group_formation_member=Dwyka Dwyka Group
15. https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=Dwyka%20Tillite&formation=Ganigobis&group_formation_member=Ganigobis Ganigobis Formation
16. https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=Nama&formation=Nomtsas&group_formation_member=Nomtsas Nomtsas Formation
17. https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=&formation=Urusis&group_formation_member=Urusis Urusis Formation
18. https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=Nama&formation=Kuibis%20Quartzite&group_formation_member=Kuibis%20Quartzite Kuibis Quartzite
19. https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=Nama&formation=Naldaus&group_formation_member=Naldaus Naldaus Formation
20. https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=Nama&formation=Zaris&group_formation_member=Zaris Zaris Formation
21. https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=&formation=Dabis&group_formation_member=Dabis Dabis Formation