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Elisabeth Bay Formation

Coordinates: 27°00′S 15°18′E / 27.0°S 15.3°E / -27.0; 15.3
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Elisabeth Bay Formation
Stratigraphic range: Aquitanian-Burdigalian
~21 Ma
TypeGeological formation
OverliesBlaubok Conglomerate
Lithology
PrimarySiltstone
OtherSandstone, claystone, conglomerate
Location
Coordinates27°00′S 15°18′E / 27.0°S 15.3°E / -27.0; 15.3
Approximate paleocoordinates27°54′S 12°48′E / 27.9°S 12.8°E / -27.9; 12.8
RegionǁKaras Region
Country Namibia
ExtentSperrgebiet
Type section
Named forElizabeth Bay
Elisabeth Bay Formation is located in Namibia
Elisabeth Bay Formation
Elisabeth Bay Formation (Namibia)

The Elisabeth Bay Formation, alternatively spelled as Elizabeth Bay Formation, is an Early Miocene (Aquitanian to Burdigalian, around 21 Ma)[1] geologic formation in the Sperrgebiet, ǁKaras Region of southwestern Namibia, overlying the Blaubok Conglomerate.[2] The freshwater green and red siltstones, sandstones, intercalations of conglomerates and claystones of the formation were deposited in a fluvial environment,[3] infilling a paleovalley incised during the Oligocene low sea stand, which backfilled during the Burdigalian marine transgression.[1] The Elisabeth Bay Formation provides many fossil mammals, snakes and other reptiles.

Fossil content

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The following fossils are reported from the formation:[4][5][6]

Mammals
Reptiles

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g Pickford, 2018, p.88
  2. ^ Dauteuil et al., 2018, p.6
  3. ^ Elisabeth Bay Formation at Fossilworks.org
  4. ^ Elisabethfeld at Fossilworks.org
  5. ^ Grillental 6 at Fossilworks.org
  6. ^ Grillental at Fossilworks.org
  7. ^ Pickford, 2018, p.89

Bibliography

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  • Dauteuil, Olivier; Picart, Carole; Guillocheau, François; Pickford, Martin; Senut, Brigitte (2018), "Cenozoic deformation and geomorphic evolution of the Sperrgebiet (Southern Namibia)" (PDF), Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia, 18: 1–18, retrieved 2018-08-26
  • Pickford, Martin (2018), "Tenrecoid mandible from Elisabethfeld (Early Miocene) Namibia" (PDF), Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia, 18: 87–92, retrieved 2018-08-26

Further reading

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  • J.-C. Rage. 2008. Squamate reptiles from the Lower Miocene of the Sperrgebiet, Namibia. In M. Pickford and B. Senut (eds.), Geology and palaeobiology of the northern Sperrgebiet, Namibia. Memoir of the Geological Survey of Namibia (Ministry of Mines and Energy, Windhoek) 20:93-103