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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

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References

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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