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.
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List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units Group Formation Period Notes Etosha Limestone Early Pleistocene Pickford et al., 2009, p.98 Tsondab Sandstone Mio-Pliocene Pickford, 2014, p.72 Andoni Formation Langhian Elisabeth Bay Formation Aquitanian-Burdigalian Elisabeth Bay Formation at Fossilworks.org Buntfeldschuch Formation Priabonian Buntfeldschuch Formation at Fossilworks.org Langental Formation Bartonian-Priabonian Langetal Formation at Fossilworks.org Eocliff Limestone Bartonian Pickford, 2015, p.215 Black Crow Limestone Ypresian-Lutetian Pickford, 2018a, p.48Pickford, 2018b, p.26 Etendeka Group Etjo Sandstone Early Jurassic Etjo Sandstone at Fossilworks.org Karoo Supergroup Omingonde Formation Anisian-Ladinian Omingonde Formation at Fossilworks.org "Ecca" Group Gai-As Formation Kungurian-Wordian Gai-As Formation at Fossilworks.org Huab Formation Artinskian-Kungurian Huab Formation at Fossilworks.org Ecca Group Whitehill Formation Artinskian-Kungurian Whitehill Formation at Fossilworks.org Dwyka Group Ganigobis Formation Sakmarian Dwyka Group at Fossilworks.org Gzhelian Ganigobis Formation at Fossilworks.org Nama Group Nomtsas Formation Ediacaran-Cambrian Nomtsas Formation at Fossilworks.org Urusis Formation Ediacaran-Cambrian Urusis Formation at Fossilworks.org Kuibis Quartzite Ediacaran Kuibis Quartzite at Fossilworks.org Naldaus/Nudaus Formation Ediacaran Naldaus Formation at Fossilworks.org Zaris Formation Ediacaran Zaris Formation at Fossilworks.org Dabis Formation Ediacaran Dabis Formation at Fossilworks.org
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
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