Otjihaene-Maparero 92 Farm tracksite (ONP I) (Jurassic of Namibia)

Also known as Otjihaenamaparera, Otjihaenamaparero, Kalkveld, Okahia

Where: Otjozondjupa, Namibia (21.4° S, 16.7° E: paleocoordinates 30.2° S, 8.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Etjo Formation (Etendeka Group), Early/Lower Jurassic (201.4 - 174.7 Ma)

• "Stormberg facies"

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: eolian; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, trace

Collected by E. Reuning, P. Buys, L. Sciscio in 1924, May 1967, 2013–2014

Collection methods: surface (in situ), peel or thin section,

Primary reference: F. v. Huene. 1925. Ausgedehnte Karroo-Komplexe mit Fossilführung im nordöstlichen Südwestafrika [Extensive Karroo complexes with fossil management in northeastern Southwest Africa]. Centralblatt für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie, Abteilung B: Geologie und Paläontologie 1925(5):151-156 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 143491: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 24.04.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Tetrapoda -
Tetrapodium elmenhorsti n. gen. n. sp.2 Gürich 1926 tetrapod
Saurichnium parallelum n. sp.2 Gürich 1926 tetrapod
Reptilia
 Saurischia -
Prosauropoda indet.4 Huene 1920 prosauropod
 Theropoda -
Theropoda indet.4 Marsh 1881 theropod
footprint
 Theropoda - Grallatoridae
cf. Anchisauripus sp.3, "Saurichnium anserinum n. sp." = Grallator anserinum2
cf. Anchisauripus sp.3 Lull 1904 theropod
ONP I-2 (orig. assigned to S. damarense)
"Saurichnium anserinum n. sp." = Grallator anserinum2 Gürich 1926 theropod
 Theropoda -
"Saurichnium damarense n. gen. n. sp." = Kayentapus damarensis2, "Anatrisauropus hereroensis n. sp." = Kayentapus damarensis1
"Saurichnium damarense n. gen. n. sp." = Kayentapus damarensis2 Gürich 1926 theropod
ONP I-1
"Anatrisauropus hereroensis n. sp." = Kayentapus damarensis1 Gürich 1926 theropod
also ONP I-1