The Etjo Sandstone is an Early Jurassic geologic formation in northern Namibia. The formation overlies the Omingonde Formation in the Waterberg Basin and the Doros and Gai-As Formations in the Huab Basin and has a total thickness of 140 metres (460 ft).[1] Fossil theropod tracks of Prosauropoda indet., Theropoda indet., Tetrapodium elmenhorsti, Saurichnium anserinum, S. damarense, S. parallelum and S. tetractis have been reported from the formation, deposited in an aeolian environment.[2][3]
See also
References
- ^ D'Orazi et al., 2015, p.73
- ^ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
- ^ Otjihaene-Maparero farm at Fossilworks.org
Bibliography
- D'Orazi Porchetti, S.; Mocke, H.B.; Latiano, M.; Wagensommer, A. (2015), "First record of Otozoum from Namibia" (PDF), Lethaia, 48 (1): 72–82, Bibcode:2015Letha..48...72D, doi:10.1111/let.12088, retrieved 2018-08-28
Bubliography
- Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
