Late Precambrian Dabis Formation, Germs 1995: Ediacaran, Namibia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Buchholzbrunnichnus kroneri
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Pteridinium sp.
Gürich 1930
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Ernietta sp.
Pflug 1966
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Beltanelliformis sp.
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Medusae
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Orthogonium sp.
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Cloudinidae
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Cloudina sp.
Germs 1972
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unclassified
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Namalia sp.
Germs 1968
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? Skolithos sp.
Haldemann 1840
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Bergaueria sp.
Prantl 1946
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Namibia |
Coordinates: | 22.0° South, 17.0° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 41.1° South, 178.3° East |
Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
Period: | Ediacaran | ||
*Period: | Late/Upper Neoproterozoic | ||
Key time interval: | Ediacaran | Other zone: | Nama |
Age range of interval: | 635.00000 - 538.80000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Dabis |
Stratigraphic resolution: | formation |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | lithified siltstone | ||
Secondary lithology: | "limestone" | ||
Lithology description: formation is characterized by siltstone with intertongued limestone. It is unknown as to which lithology the fossils are collected from. | |||
Environment: | marine indet. | Tectonic setting: | foreland basin |
Geology comments: Nama Group formed as a result of collision between the Congo, Kalahari, and Rio de la Plata plates |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | cast,trace |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | bulk,field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 6813 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Patzkowsky | Enterer: | A. Krug, P. Borkow |
Modifier: | M. Laflamme | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2000-03-23 07:40:04 | Last modified: | 2009-10-10 14:19:38 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2000-03-23 07:40:04 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
416. | G. J. B. Germs. 1995. The Neoproterozoic of southwestern Africa, with emphasis on platform stratigraphy and paleontology. Precambrian Research 73:137-151 [M. Patzkowsky/P. Borkow] |