Urusis Formation, Schwarzrnad Subgroup, Nama Group, - Germs 1995: Ediacaran, Namibia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Leiosphaerids sp.
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Curvolithos sp.
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Paramedusium sp.
Gurich 1933
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? Kulparia sp.
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? Boxonia sp.
Korolyuk 1960
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Cloudinidae
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Cloudina sp.
Germs 1972
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Hexactinellida
- Reticulosa
- Protospongiidae
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Brooksella sp.
Bassler 1941
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unclassified
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Cyclomedusa sp.
Sprigg 1947
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? Gymnosolen sp.
Steinmann 1911
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Pteridinium sp.
Gürich 1930
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Nasepia sp.
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? Katavia sp.
Krylov 1963
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Vendotaenia sp.
Gnilovskaya 1971
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Chuaria circul.
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? Acaciella sp.
Walter 1972
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Didymaulichnus sp.
Young 1972
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Archaeichnium sp.
Glaessner 1963
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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: | Urusis |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "cross stratification" lithified "limestone" | ||
| Secondary lithology: | siltstone | ||
| Lithology description: alternating limestone and siltstone with trough crossbedding. | |||
| Environment: | marine indet. | Tectonic setting: | foreland basin |
| Geology comments: Nama Group formed as a result of the collision between the Congo, Kalahari, and Rio de la Plata plates. | |||
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | cast |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 7910 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Patzkowsky | Enterer: | P. Borkow |
| Modifier: | M. Laflamme | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2000-06-07 15:19:54 | Last modified: | 2009-10-10 14:22:39 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2000-06-07 15:19:54 |
| 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] |