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 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 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

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

Bibliography

• Pickford, Martin. 2018a. Zegdoumyidae (Rodentia, Mammalia) from the Middle Eocene of Black Crow, Namibia : taxonomy, dental formula. Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia 18. 48–63. Accessed 2018-08-26.
• Pickford, Martin. 2018b. Freshwater aquatic and aquaphile vertebrates from Black Crow (Ypresian/Lutetian, Namibia) and their palaeoenvironmental significance. Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia 18. 26–37. Accessed 2018-08-26.
• Pickford, Martin. 2015. Bothriogenys (Anthracotheriidae) from the Bartonian of Eoridge, Namibia. Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia 16. 215–222. Accessed 2018-08-26.
• Pickford, Martin. 2014. New Ratite Eggshells from the Miocene of Namibia. Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia 15. 70–90. Accessed 2018-08-26.
• Pickford, Martin et al. 2009. Mio-Plio-Pleistocene geology and palaeobiology of Etosha Pan, Namibia. Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia 14. 95–139. Accessed 2018-08-26.

Further reading

• Mocke, Helke. 2018. The Fossil Collections from the Sperrgebiet at the National Earth Science Museum, Geological Survey of Namibia. Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia 18. 124–131. Accessed 2018-08-26.