Ganigobis, near Tses Station: Gzhelian, Namibia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Palaeonisciformes - Rhadinichthyidae
? Rhadinichthys sp. Traquair 1877
McLachlan and Anderson 1973
Palaeonisciformes - Redfieldiidae
McLachlan and Anderson 1973
"Helichthys longwae" (Nomen nudum)
Range 1928
Helichthys longwae was deemed a nomen nudeum by Gardiner 1967, but the entry is retained in Schultze et al. (2021
Range 1928
Elonichthyiformes - Elonichthyidae
? Elonichthys sp. Giebel 1848
Evans 2005
Evans 2005
Elonichthyiformes - Acrolepidae
Evans 2005
Namaichthys sp. Gürich 1923
Evans 2005
Museum of the Geological Survey of Namibia, Windhoek
Evans 2005
GSSA 7099
see common names

Geography
Country:Namibia
Coordinates: 25.9° South, 18.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:57.9° South, 41.8° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period: Carboniferous Epoch: Pennsylvanian
Stage: Gzhelian 10 m.y. bin: Carboniferous 5
Key time interval: Gzhelian
Age range of interval: 303.7 - 298.9 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Dwyka Tillite Formation:Ganigobis
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:fine,nodular,black,gray carbonaceous "shale"
Lithology description: Between the Tses and Mariental the tillite is overlain by a soft, dark grey or black, bituminous shale and it is in the lower portion of this that the fish fauna of Ganikobis is found. The fish occur in hard, black, fine-grained calcareous nodules, and no other fossils were found in association with them.
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,adpression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Repository: Geological Survey of South Africa
Metadata
Also known as:Ganikobis
Database number:131078
Authorizer:M. Clapham, J. Flannery-Sutherland, E. Dunne Enterer:P. Vazquez, S. Fasey, J. Flannery-Sutherland
Modifier:S. Fasey Research group:vertebrate
Created:2012-07-19 07:33:08 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2012-07-19 07:33:08
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
42335. B. G. Gardiner. 1962. Namaichthys Schroederi, Gürich and other Palaeozoic Fishes from South Africa. Palaeontology 5(1):9-21 [M. Clapham/P. Vazquez/S. Fasey]

Secondary references:

82370 F. J. Evans. 2005. Taxonomy, palaeoecology and palaeobiogeography of some palaeozoic fish of Southern Gondwana. [E. Dunne/S. Fasey/S. Fasey]
84740 I. R. McLachlan and A. Anderson. 1973. A review of the evidence for marine conditions in Southern Africa during Dwyka times. Palaeontologia Africana 15:37-64 [E. Dunne/S. Fasey]
86685 P. Range. 1928. Die geologischen Verhältnisse der Karruformation Deutsch-Südwestafrikas. Beitr. geol. Erforsch. dt. Schutzgeb 20:1-16 [J. Flannery-Sutherland/J. Flannery-Sutherland]