User:Abyssal/List of the prehistoric life of Namibia

This list of the prehistoric life of Namibia contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the country of Namibia.

Precambrian

• †Acaciella – tentative report
  • †Acaciella sp.
• †Archaeichnium
  • †Archaeichnium sp.
• †Aspidella
  • †Aspidella sp.
• †Bavlinella
  • †Bavlinella fav.
• †Beltanelliformis
  • †Beltanelliformis sp.
• †Bergaueria
  • †Bergaueria sp.
• †Boxonia – tentative report
  • †Boxonia sp.
• †Brooksella
  • †Brooksella sp.
• †Buchholzbrunnichnus
  • †Buchholzbrunnichnus kroneri
• †Chuaria
  • †Chuaria circul.
• †Cloudina
  • †Cloudina sp.
• †Comasphaeridium
  • †Comasphaeridium sp.
• †Conophyton – tentative report
  • †Conophyton sp.
• †Curvolithos
  • †Curvolithos sp.
• †Didymaulichnus
  • †Didymaulichnus sp.
• †Diplichnites
  • †Diplichnites sp.
• †Ernietta
  • †Ernietta sp.
• †Gymnosolen – tentative report
  • †Gymnosolen sp.
• †Katavia – tentative report
  • †Katavia sp.
• †Kulparia – tentative report
  • †Kulparia sp.
• †Leiosphaerids
  • †Leiosphaerids sp.
• †Namacalathus – type locality for genus
• †Namacalathus
  • †Namacalathus hermanastes – type locality for species
  • †Namacalathus hermanastes
  • †Namacalathus sp.
• †Namalia
  • †Namalia sp.
  • †Namalia villiersiensis
• †Namapoikia – type locality for genus
  • †Namapoikia rietoogensis – type locality for species
• †Nasepia
  • †Nasepia sp.
• †Neonereites
  • †Neonereites biserialis
  • †Neonereites uniserialis
• †Orthogonium
  • †Orthogonium sp.
• †Paramedusium
  • †Paramedusium sp.
• †Phycodes
  • †Phycodes pedum
• †Protechiurus – type locality for genus
  • †Protechiurus edmondsi – type locality for species
• †Pteridinium
  • †Pteridinium carolinaense
  • †Pteridinium simplex
  • †Pteridinium sp.
• †Rangea
  • †Rangea schneiderhoehni
  • †Rangea schneiderhoehri
  • †Rangea sp.
• †Skolithos – tentative report
  • †Skolithos sp.
• †Swartpuntia
  • †Swartpuntia germsi
• †Vendotaenia
  • †Vendotaenia sp.

Paleozoic

• †Aphanaia
  • †Aphanaia haibensis – type locality for species
• †Cowperesia
  • †Cowperesia emerita
• †Dyscritella
  • †Dyscritella spinigera – or unidentified comparable form
• †Eurydesma
  • †Eurydesma mytiloides
• †Huabiella – type locality for genus
  • †Huabiella compressa – type locality for species
• †Mesosaurus
  • †Mesosaurus sp.
  • †Mesosaurus tenuidens
• †Namaichthys
  • †Namaichthys schroederi
• †Peruvispira
  • †Peruvispira vipersdorfensis – type locality for species
  • †Peruvispira vipersdorfensis
• †Streptichnus
  • †Streptichnus narbonnei
• †Terraia
  • †Terraia altissima – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Terraia curvata – or unidentified comparable form
• †Watsonichthys
  • †Watsonichthys lotzi

Mesozoic

• †Aleodon
  • †Aleodon sp.
• †Chiniquodon
  • †Chiniquodon sp.
• †Cynognathus – tentative report
• †Cynognathus
  • †Cynognathus sp.
• †Diademodon
  • †Diademodon sp.
  • †Diademodon tetragonus
• †Dolichuranus – type locality for genus
• †Dolichuranus
  • †Dolichuranus primaevus – type locality for species
  • †Dolichuranus primaevus
• †Herpetogale – type locality for genus
  • †Herpetogale marsupialis – type locality for species
• †Kannemeyeria
  • †Kannemeyeria lophorhinus
  • †Kannemeyeria sp.
• †Luangwa
  • †Luangwa sp.
• †Saurichnium – type locality for genus
• †Saurichnium
  • †Saurichnium anserinum – type locality for species
  • †Saurichnium damarense – type locality for species
  • †Saurichnium parallelum – type locality for species
  • †Saurichnium tetractis – type locality for species
• †Tetrapodium – type locality for genus
  • †Tetrapodium elmenhorsti – type locality for species
• †Titanogomphodon – type locality for genus
  • †Titanogomphodon crassus – type locality for species
• †Trirachodon
  • †Trirachodon berryi

Cenozoic

• †Africanictis – type locality for genus
• †Africanictis
  • †Africanictis hyaenoides – type locality for species
  • †Africanictis meini – type locality for species
  • †Africanictis meini
• †Afrosmilus
  • †Afrosmilus africanus
• †Alopecias
  • †Alopecias smithwoodwardi – type locality for species
• †Amblychilepas
  • †Amblychilepas scutellum
• †Ammonia
  • †Ammonia beccarii – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Ammonia sp.
• †Amphechinus
  • †Amphechinus rusingensis
• †Amphicyon
  • †Amphicyon giganteus
• †Apodecter
  • †Apodecter stromeri – or unidentified comparable form
• †Apolymetis
  • †Apolymetis papyracea
• †Aprionodon
  • †Aprionodon frequens
• †Arca
  • †Arca koerti – type locality for species
• †Archimediella
  • †Archimediella schetteri – type locality for species
• †Arenagale – type locality for genus
  • †Arenagale calcareus – type locality for species
• †Argobuccinum
  • †Argobuccinum pustulosum
  • †Argobuccinum sp.
• †Artemis
  • †Artemis orbignyi – tentative report
• †Astacolus
  • †Astacolus sp.
• †Aturia
  • †Aturia lotzi – type locality for species
• †Aulacomya
  • †Aulacomya atra
  • †Aulacomya crenatus
• †Austrolagomys
  • †Austrolagomys sp.
• †Balanus
  • †Balanus sp.
• †Barnea
  • †Barnea truncata
• †Bathyergoides – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Bathyergoides sp.
• †Bitis
  • †Bitis sp.
• †Bothriogenys
  • †Bothriogenys gorringei
• †Braarudosphaera
  • †Braarudosphaera bigelowi
  • †Braarudosphaera discula
• †Brachyuridarum
  • †Brachyuridarum sp.
• †Buccinum
  • †Buccinum callosum
  • †Buccinum digitale
• †Bullia
  • †Bullia annulata
  • †Bullia laevissima
• †Bullinella
  • †Bullinella convoluta – or unidentified related form
• †Burnupena
  • †Burnupena delalandei
  • †Burnupena lagenaria
  • †Burnupena limbosa
  • †Burnupena papyracea
• †Calianassa
  • †Calianassa erecta – type locality for species
  • †Calianassa fraasi – or unidentified comparable form
• †Carcharodon
  • †Carcharodon hastalis
• †Cerithium
  • †Cerithium pingue
• †Cestracion
  • †Cestracion vincenti
• †Chamelea
  • †Chamelea krigei
• †Chersina
  • †Chersina sp.
• †Chiasmolithus
  • †Chiasmolithus sp.
• †Choromytilus
  • †Choromytilus meridionalis
• †Chrysophrys
  • †Chrysophrys blankenhorni – type locality for species
• †Cibicides
  • †Cibicides pseudoungerianus
  • †Cibicides sp.
• †Coccolithus
  • †Coccolithus eopelagicus
  • †Coccolithus formosus
• †Conopeum
  • †Conopeum lamellosum
• †Conus
  • †Conus mozambicus
• †Crassostrea
  • †Crassostrea cymbaeformis – type locality for species
  • †Crassostrea margaritacea
  • †Crassostrea roncana
  • †Crassostrea rutriformis – type locality for species
• †Crepidula
  • †Crepidula porcellana
  • †Crepidula rugulosa
• †Cristellaria
  • †Cristellaria subalata
• †Crocidura
  • †Crocidura sp.
• †Crocodylus
  • †Crocodylus gariepensis – type locality for species
• †Cubitostrea
  • †Cubitostrea digitalina
• †Cylindracanthus
  • †Cylindracanthus rectus – or unidentified comparable form
• †Deinotherium
  • †Deinotherium hobleyi
• †Diamantochloris – type locality for genus
  • †Diamantochloris inconcessus – type locality for species
• †Diamantofelis
  • †Diamantofelis ferox
  • †Diamantofelis minor
• †Diamantomys
  • †Diamantomys luederitzi
• †Diceros
  • †Diceros sp. – type locality for species
• †Diodora
  • †Diodora elevata
• †Diplochaetes – type locality for genus
  • †Diplochaetes longitubus – type locality for species
• †Diplodonta – tentative report
  • †Diplodonta sp.
• †Discoaster
  • †Discoaster saipanensis
  • †Discoaster tani
• †Donax
  • †Donax rogersi
  • †Donax serra
• †Dorcasia
  • †Dorcasia sp.
• †Dorcatherium
  • †Dorcatherium pigotti
• †Dosinia
  • †Dosinia africana
  • †Dosinia lupina
• †Efeldomys
  • †Efeldomys sp.
• †Elphidium
  • †Elphidium crispum – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Elphidium sp.
• †Equus
  • †Equus quagga
• †Exogyra
  • †Exogyra scheibei – type locality for species
• †Felaniella
  • †Felaniella senegalensis – or unidentified comparable form
• †Fissurella
  • †Fissurella robusta
• †Galeocerdo
  • †Galeocerdo latidens
  • †Galeocerdo sp.
• †Galeodes
  • †Galeodes cornutus – or unidentified comparable form
• †Galeus
  • †Galeus porrectus – type locality for species
  • †Galeus robustus – type locality for species
  • †Galeus sp.
• †Gastrana
  • †Gastrana abildgaardiana
• †Gastrochaena
  • †Gastrochaena clausa – type locality for species
  • †Gastrochaena sacculus – type locality for species
• †Gaudeamus
  • †Gaudeamus sp.
• †Geochelone
  • †Geochelone namaquensis
• †Geofossor – type locality for genus
  • †Geofossor corvinusae – type locality for species
• †Glandulina
  • †Glandulina sp.
• †Gomphotherium – or unidentified comparable form
• †Gomphotherium
  • †Gomphotherium sp.
• †Grammella
  • †Grammella crassimarginata
• †Gyrineum
  • †Gyrineum marginata
• †Haustator
  • †Haustator atlantica – type locality for species
  • †Haustator vermicularis
• †Heligomotoma
  • †Heligomotoma clavaeforme – type locality for species
• †Heterohyrax
  • †Heterohyrax auricampensis – type locality for species
• †Homoiodorcas – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Homoiodorcas sp.
• †Hyainailouros
  • †Hyainailouros sulzeri
• †Hydrobia
  • †Hydrobia sp.
• †Isohyaenodon
  • †Isohyaenodon sp.
• †Isthmolithus
  • †Isthmolithus recurvus
• †Labrodon
  • †Labrodon stromeri – type locality for species
• †Lamna
  • †Lamna barnitzkei – type locality for species
  • †Lamna vincenti
• †Leda
  • †Leda sp.
• †Lenticulina
  • †Lenticulina oblonga – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Lenticulina pseudomamilligerus – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Lenticulina simplex
  • †Lenticulina sp.
• †Leptoplesictis
  • †Leptoplesictis namibiensis – type locality for species
  • †Leptoplesictis senutae – type locality for species
• †Lithodomus
  • †Lithodomus beetzi – type locality for species
• †Lopholistriodon
  • †Lopholistriodon moruoroti
• †Loripes
  • †Loripes aberrans – tentative report
• †Lucina
  • †Lucina liratula
• †Lutraria
  • †Lutraria lutraria
  • †Lutraria sp.
• †Lymnaea
  • †Lymnaea sp.
• †Mactra
  • †Mactra denburgi – type locality for species
  • †Mactra tumida – type locality for species
• †Marginella
  • †Marginella capensis
• †Megapedetes
  • †Megapedetes sp. 1 – informal
  • †Megapedetes sp. 2 – informal
• †Mercierella – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Mercierella sp.
• †Metaphiomys
  • †Metaphiomys schaubi – or unidentified comparable form
• †Metapterodon – type locality for genus
• †Metapterodon
  • †Metapterodon kaiseri – type locality for species
  • †Metapterodon stromeri – type locality for species
• †Mirounga
  • †Mirounga leonina
• †Monoplex
  • †Monoplex parthenopeus
• †Mya
  • †Mya schweinfurthi
• †Myliobatis
  • †Myliobatis dixoni – or unidentified comparable form
• †Myohyrax – or unidentified related form
• †Myohyrax
  • †Myohyrax oswaldi – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Myohyrax sp.
• †Mytilus
  • †Mytilus sp.
  • †Mytilus tomlini
• †Naja – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Naja sp.
• †Namachloris – type locality for genus
  • †Namachloris arenatans – type locality for species
• †Namagale – type locality for genus
  • †Namagale grandis – type locality for species
• †Namahyrax – type locality for genus
  • †Namahyrax corvus – type locality for species
• †Namalestes – type locality for genus
  • †Namalestes gheerbranti – type locality for species
• †Namaloris – type locality for genus
  • †Namaloris rupestris – type locality for species
• †Namaortyx – type locality for genus
  • †Namaortyx sperrgebietensis – type locality for species
• †Namaphiomys
  • †Namaphiomys sp.
• †Namapsitta – type locality for genus
  • †Namapsitta praeruptorum – type locality for species
• †Namasector – type locality for genus
  • †Namasector soriae – type locality for species
• †Namatherium – type locality for genus
  • †Namatherium blackcrowensis – type locality for species
• †Namibictis – type locality for genus
  • †Namibictis senuti – type locality for species
• †Namibictus
  • †Namibictus senuti
• †Nassa
  • †Nassa plicatella
  • †Nassa scropularcus
• †Nassarius
  • †Nassarius scopularcus
  • †Nassarius sp.
• †Natica
  • †Natica exilis – type locality for species
• †Nguruwe
  • †Nguruwe kijivium
• †Noetia
  • †Noetia reuningi – type locality for species
• †Nonion
  • †Nonion costiferum
  • †Nonion sloanii
• †Notidanus
  • †Notidanus serratissimus
• †Notnamaia – type locality for genus
  • †Notnamaia bogenfelsi – type locality for species
• †Nucella
  • †Nucella praecingulata
• †Ocenebra
  • †Ocenebra dietrichi – type locality for species
• †Odontaspis
  • †Odontaspis contortidens – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Odontaspis macrota – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Odontaspis macrota
  • †Odontaspis winkleri
• †Odontorhytis
  • †Odontorhytis pappenheimi – type locality for species
• †Orangemerys
  • †Orangemerys hendeyi
• †Orangictis – type locality for genus
  • †Orangictis gariepensis – type locality for species
• †Orycteropus
  • †Orycteropus minutus – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Orycteropus minutus
• †Ostrea
  • †Ostrea gingensis
  • †Ostrea sp.
  • †Ostrea stentina – tentative report
• †Oxypristis
  • †Oxypristis ferinus – type locality for species
• †Oxyrhina
  • †Oxyrhina desori
  • †Oxyrhina sp.
• †Palaeoloxodon
  • †Palaeoloxodon recki
• †Palaeothentoides – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Palaeothentoides sp.
• †Paranarrhichas – type locality for genus
  • †Paranarrhichas damesi – type locality for species
• †Paraphiomys
  • †Paraphiomys orangeus – type locality for species
• †Pararotalia
  • †Pararotalia inermis
• †Patella
  • †Patella argenvillei
  • †Patella compressa
  • †Patella granatina
  • †Patella granularis
  • †Patella miniata
• †Pecten
  • †Pecten sp.
• †Perna
  • †Perna perna
  • †Perna sp.
• †Philine
  • †Philine sp.
• †Phiomys
  • †Phiomys phiomyoides – or unidentified related form
• †Physodon
  • †Physodon quartus – type locality for species
• †Pimelodus
  • †Pimelodus gaudryi – or unidentified comparable form
• †Planorbis
  • †Planorbis sp.
• †Prepomonomys – type locality for genus
• †Prepomonomys
  • †Prepomonomys bogenfelsi – type locality for species
  • †Prepomonomys bogenfelsi
• †Prochrysochloris
  • †Prochrysochloris miocaenicus – or unidentified comparable form
• †Prodeinotherium
  • †Prodeinotherium hobleyi
• †Prohyrax
  • †Prohyrax hendeyi
  • †Prohyrax sp.
• †Protarsomys
  • †Protarsomys lavocati – type locality for species
  • †Protarsomys sp.
• †Protenrec
  • †Protenrec butleri – type locality for species
• †Protophiomys
  • †Protophiomys algeriensis – or unidentified comparable form
• †Pseudoliva
  • †Pseudoliva leutweini – type locality for species
  • †Pseudoliva thielei – type locality for species
• †Pseudorca
  • †Pseudorca crassidens
• †Pterodon
  • †Pterodon sp.
• †Python – or unidentified comparable form
• †Python
  • †Python sebae – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Python sp. A – informal
  • †Python sp. B – informal
• †Reishia
  • †Reishia capensis
• †Reticulofenestra
  • †Reticulofenestra bisecta
  • †Reticulofenestra coenura
  • †Reticulofenestra umbilica
• †Rhaibodus – type locality for genus
  • †Rhaibodus rapax – type locality for species
• †Rhinolophus
  • †Rhinolophus sp.
• †Rhinoptera
  • †Rhinoptera rasilis – type locality for species
• †Rupestrohyrax – type locality for genus
  • †Rupestrohyrax palustris – type locality for species
• †Schizoporella
  • †Schizoporella latisinuata
• †Sconsia
  • †Sconsia sp.
• †Scopelortyx – type locality for genus
  • †Scopelortyx klinghardtensis – type locality for species
• †Scutellastra
  • †Scutellastra barbara
• †Silicamys – type locality for genus
• †Silicamys
  • †Silicamys cingulatus – type locality for species
  • †Silicamys cingulatus
• †Siphoglobulina – tentative report
  • †Siphoglobulina sp.
• †Siphonaria
  • †Siphonaria capensis
• †Sistrum
  • †Sistrum squamosum
• †Solen
  • †Solen capensis
• †Sperrgale – type locality for genus
• †Sperrgale
  • †Sperrgale minutus – type locality for species
  • †Sperrgale sp.
• †Sphyraenodus
  • †Sphyraenodus hastatus – type locality for species
• †Squatina
  • †Squatina prima
• †Stramonita
  • †Stramonita haemostoma
• †Streptosiphon
  • †Streptosiphon klinghardti – type locality for species
  • †Streptosiphon lotzi – type locality for species
  • †Streptosiphon piriformis – type locality for species
• †Syncerus
  • †Syncerus caffer
• †Talahphiomys
  • †Talahphiomys lavocati – or unidentified related form
  • †Talahphiomys sp.
• †Tapes
  • †Tapes corrugatus
• †Tellina
  • †Tellina cumana – tentative report
  • †Tellina luderitizi – type locality for species
  • †Tellina madagascariensis
  • †Tellina oppenheimi – type locality for species
  • †Tellina serrata – or unidentified comparable form
• †Tenagodus
  • †Tenagodus sp.
• †Testudo
  • †Testudo sp.
• †Textularia
  • †Textularia sp.
• †Thais
  • †Thais cingulata
• †Torquesia
  • †Torquesia carinifera
• †Trigonephrus
  • †Trigonephrus sp.
• †Tufamys
  • †Tufamys woodi
• †Turricula
  • †Turricula excelsa – type locality for species
• †Turritella
  • †Turritella bicingulata
  • †Turritella merenskyi – type locality for species
  • †Turritella sp.
  • †Turritella terebralis
• †Valvulineria
  • †Valvulineria aegyptina
• †Varanus
  • †Varanus sp.
• †Vexillum
  • †Vexillum lindequisti – type locality for species
• †Voluta
  • †Voluta sp.
• †Vulcanisciurus
  • †Vulcanisciurus sp.
• †Ysengrinia
  • †Ysengrinia ginsburgi – type locality for species
  • †Ysengrinia sp.
• †Zegdoumys
  • †Zegdoumys namibiensis – type locality for species
• †Zygolophodon
  • †Zygolophodon morotoensis
• †Zygrhablithus
  • †Zygrhablithus bijugatus

References

• Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 7 August 2017. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)

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