Eoridge: Bartonian, Namibia
collected 2007
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Myophiomyidae
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Silicamys cingulatus
Pickford et al. 2008
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Pickford et al. 2014 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Anthracotheriidae
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Bothriogenys gorringei
(Andrews and Beadnell 1902)
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| GSN ER 2’15 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Hyracoidea
- Titanohyracidae
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Rupestrohyrax palustris n. gen., n. sp.
Pickford 2015
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Pickford 2015 | |||||||||
| GSN ER 1’14 - holotype | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Tenrecidae
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Sperrgale sp.
Pickford 2015
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Testudines indet.
Batsch 1788
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
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Anura indet.
(Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Dorcasiidae
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Dorcasia sp.
Gray 1838
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Planorbidae
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Planorbis sp.
Muller 1774
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Lymnaeidae
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Lymnaea sp.
Lamarck 1799
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Gastropoda
- Hydrobiidae
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Hydrobia sp.
Hartmann 1821
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Geography
| Country: | Namibia | State/province: | Sperrgebiet |
| Coordinates: | 27.4° South, 15.6° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 32.3° South, 7.7° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Bartonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
| Key time interval: | Bartonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 41.20000 - 37.71000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Sallam and Seiffert (2016) argued for a late Oligocene age | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | marl |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Freshwater palustral marls | |
| Environment: | spring |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | Collection dates: | 2007 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 180197 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | P. Mannion |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-07-11 10:15:44 | Last modified: | 2017-05-23 16:34:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-07-11 10:15:44 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 59813. | 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] |
Secondary references:
| 59817 | M. Pickford. 2015. New Titanohyracidae (Hyracoidea: Afrotheria) from the Late Eocene of Namibia. Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia 16:200-214 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
| 59819 | M. Pickford, B. Senut, H. Mocke, C. Mourer-Chauviré, J.-C. Rage and P. Mein. 2014. Eocene aridity in southwestern Africa: timing of onset and biological consequences. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 69(3):139-144 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |