List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Namibia

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.

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

List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units
Group Formation Period Notes
Etosha LimestoneEarly Pleistocene[1]
Tsondab SandstoneMio-Pliocene[2]
Andoni FormationLanghian[1]
Elisabeth Bay FormationAquitanian-Burdigalian[3]
Buntfeldschuch FormationPriabonian[4]
Langental FormationBartonian-Priabonian[5]
Eocliff LimestoneBartonian[6]
Black Crow LimestoneYpresian-Lutetian[7][8]
Etendeka GroupEtjo SandstoneEarly Jurassic[9]
Karoo SupergroupOmingonde FormationAnisian-Ladinian[10]
"Ecca" GroupGai-As FormationKungurian-Wordian[11]
Huab FormationArtinskian-Kungurian[12]
Ecca GroupWhitehill FormationArtinskian-Kungurian[13]
Dwyka GroupGanigobis FormationSakmarian[14]
Gzhelian[15]
Nama GroupNomtsas FormationEdiacaran-Cambrian[16]
Urusis FormationEdiacaran-Cambrian[17]
Kuibis QuartziteEdiacaran[18]
Naldaus/Nudaus FormationEdiacaran[19]
Zaris FormationEdiacaran[20]
Dabis FormationEdiacaran[21]

See also

References
  1. 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

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