Ganigobis, near Tses Station (Carboniferous of Namibia)

Also known as Ganikobis

Where: Namibia (25.9° S, 18.0° E: paleocoordinates 60.1° S, 45.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Ganigobis Formation (Dwyka Tillite Group), Gzhelian (303.7 - 298.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; fine-grained, nodular, black, gray, carbonaceous shale

• Between the Tses and Mariental the tillite is overlain by a soft, dark grey or black, bituminous shale and it is in the lower portion of this that the fish fauna of Ganikobis is found. The fish occur in hard, black, fine-grained calcareous nodules, and no other fossils were found in association with them.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collection methods: Repository: Geological Survey of South Africa

Primary reference: B. G. Gardiner. 1962. Namaichthys Schroederi, Gürich and other Palaeozoic Fishes from South Africa. Palaeontology 5(1):9-21 [M. Clapham/P. Vazquez/S. Fasey]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 131078: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Priscilla Vazquez on 19.07.2012, edited by Sophie Fasey and Joseph Flannery-Sutherland

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Taxonomic list

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Osteichthyes
 Elonichthyiformes - Elonichthyidae
? Elonichthys sp.1, aff. Elonichthys "new genus"1
? Elonichthys sp.1 Giebel 1848 ray-finned fish
aff. Elonichthys "new genus"1 Giebel 1848 ray-finned fish
 Elonichthyiformes - Acrolepidae
Acrolepidae "new genus"1, Namaichthys sp.1, Namaichthys "new species"1, Namaichthys schroederi
Acrolepidae "new genus"1 Aldinger 1937 ray-finned fish
Namaichthys sp.1 Gürich 1923 ray-finned fish
Museum of the Geological Survey of Namibia, Windhoek
Namaichthys "new species"1 Gürich 1923 ray-finned fish
Namaichthys schroederi Gürich 1923 ray-finned fish
GSSA 7099
 Palaeonisciformes - Redfieldiidae
Helichthys longwae3, Helichthys loangwae3
Helichthys longwae3
"Helichthys longwae" (Nomen nudum)
Helichthys loangwae3 Range 1928
 Palaeonisciformes - Rhadinichthyidae
? Rhadinichthys sp.2
? Rhadinichthys sp.2 Traquair 1877
1Evans 2005; 2McLachlan and Anderson 1973; 3Range 1928