Eoridge (Eocene of Namibia)

Where: Sperrgebiet, Namibia (27.4° S, 15.6° E: paleocoordinates 32.3° S, 7.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

• Sallam and Seiffert (2016) argued for a late Oligocene age

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: spring; marl

• Freshwater palustral marls

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 2007

Primary reference: M. Pickford. 2015. Bothriogenys (Anthracotheriidae) from the Bartonian of Eoridge, Namibia. Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia 16:215-222 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 180197: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 11.07.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Testudines -
Testudines indet.
Testudines indet. Batsch 1788 turtle
Mammalia
 Hyracoidea - Titanohyracidae
Rupestrohyrax palustris n. gen. n. sp.1
Rupestrohyrax palustris n. gen. n. sp.1 Pickford 2015 hyrax
GSN ER 1’14 - holotype
 Tribosphenida - Tenrecidae
Sperrgale sp.
Sperrgale sp. Pickford 2015 tenrec
 Rodentia - Myophiomyidae
Silicamys cingulatus2
Silicamys cingulatus2 Pickford et al. 2008 rodent
 Artiodactyla - Anthracotheriidae
Bothriogenys gorringei
Bothriogenys gorringei Andrews and Beadnell 1902 anthracothere
GSN ER 2’15
Amphibia
 Salientia -
Anura indet.
Gastropoda
 Stylommatophora - Dorcasiidae
Dorcasia sp.
Dorcasia sp. Gray 1838 slug
 Heterostropha - Lymnaeidae
Lymnaea sp.
Lymnaea sp. Lamarck 1799 snail
 Heterostropha - Planorbidae
Planorbis sp.
Planorbis sp. Muller 1774 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Hydrobiidae
Hydrobia sp.
Hydrobia sp. Hartmann 1821 snail
1Pickford 2015; 2Pickford et al. 2014