Where: Southeastern Namibia, Namibia (27.5° S, 16.7° E: paleocoordinates 41.3° S, 174.4° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Nama other zone, Spitzkopf Member, Ediacaran (635.0 - 541.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified, sandy sandstone and lithified, sandy carbonate
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression
Primary reference: G. M. Narbonne, B. Z. Saylor, and J. P. Grotzinger. 1997. The youngest Ediacaran fossils from southern Africa. Journal of Paleontology 71(6):953-967 [M. Laflamme/M. Laflamme]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 89797: authorized by Marc Laflamme, entered by Marc Laflamme on 12.06.2009, edited by Pete Wagner
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
? Bradgatia sp. Boynton and Ford 1995 | |
Swartpuntia germsi Narbonne et al. 1997
? Ernietta sp. Pflug 1966 | |
Aspidella | |
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