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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
[edit]- †Acaciella – tentative report
- †Archaeichnium
- †Aspidella
- †Bavlinella
- †Beltanelliformis
- †Bergaueria
- †Boxonia – tentative report
- †Brooksella
- †Buchholzbrunnichnus
- †Chuaria
- †Cloudina
- †Comasphaeridium
- †Conophyton – tentative report
- †Curvolithos
- †Didymaulichnus
- †Diplichnites
- †Ernietta
- †Gymnosolen – tentative report
- †Katavia – tentative report
- †Kulparia – tentative report
- †Leiosphaerids
- †Namacalathus – type locality for genus
- †Namacalathus
- †Namacalathus hermanastes – type locality for species
- †Namacalathus hermanastes
- †Namacalathus sp.
- †Namalia
- †Namapoikia – type locality for genus
- †Namapoikia rietoogensis – type locality for species
- †Nasepia
- †Neonereites
- †Orthogonium
- †Paramedusium
- †Phycodes
- †Protechiurus – type locality for genus
- †Protechiurus edmondsi – type locality for species
- †Pteridinium
- †Rangea
- †Skolithos – tentative report
- †Swartpuntia
- †Vendotaenia
Paleozoic
[edit]- †Aphanaia
- †Aphanaia haibensis – type locality for species
- †Cowperesia
- †Dyscritella
- †Dyscritella spinigera – or unidentified comparable form
- †Eurydesma
- †Huabiella – type locality for genus
- †Huabiella compressa – type locality for species
- †Mesosaurus
- †Namaichthys
- †Peruvispira
- †Peruvispira vipersdorfensis – type locality for species
- †Peruvispira vipersdorfensis
- †Streptichnus
- †Terraia
- †Terraia altissima – or unidentified comparable form
- †Terraia curvata – or unidentified comparable form
- †Watsonichthys
Mesozoic
[edit]- †Aleodon
- †Chiniquodon
- †Cynognathus – tentative report
- †Cynognathus
- †Diademodon
- †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
- †Luangwa
- †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
Cenozoic
[edit]- †Africanictis – type locality for genus
- †Africanictis
- †Africanictis hyaenoides – type locality for species
- †Africanictis meini – type locality for species
- †Africanictis meini
- †Afrosmilus
- †Alopecias
- †Alopecias smithwoodwardi – type locality for species
- †Amblychilepas
- †Ammonia
- †Ammonia beccarii – or unidentified comparable form
- †Ammonia sp.
- †Amphechinus
- †Amphicyon
- †Apodecter
- †Apodecter stromeri – or unidentified comparable form
- †Apolymetis
- †Aprionodon
- †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
- †Artemis
- †Artemis orbignyi – tentative report
- †Astacolus
- †Aturia
- †Aturia lotzi – type locality for species
- †Aulacomya
- †Austrolagomys
- †Balanus
- †Barnea
- †Bathyergoides – or unidentified comparable form
- †Bitis
- †Bothriogenys
- †Braarudosphaera
- †Brachyuridarum
- †Buccinum
- †Bullia
- †Bullinella
- †Bullinella convoluta – or unidentified related form
- †Burnupena
- †Calianassa
- †Calianassa erecta – type locality for species
- †Calianassa fraasi – or unidentified comparable form
- †Carcharodon
- †Cerithium
- †Cestracion
- †Chamelea
- †Chersina
- †Chiasmolithus
- †Choromytilus
- †Chrysophrys
- †Chrysophrys blankenhorni – type locality for species
- †Cibicides
- †Coccolithus
- †Conopeum
- †Conus
- †Crassostrea
- †Crassostrea cymbaeformis – type locality for species
- †Crassostrea margaritacea
- †Crassostrea roncana
- †Crassostrea rutriformis – type locality for species
- †Crepidula
- †Cristellaria
- †Crocidura
- †Crocodylus
- †Crocodylus gariepensis – type locality for species
- †Cubitostrea
- †Cylindracanthus
- †Cylindracanthus rectus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Deinotherium
- †Diamantochloris – type locality for genus
- †Diamantochloris inconcessus – type locality for species
- †Diamantofelis
- †Diamantomys
- †Diceros
- †Diceros sp. – type locality for species
- †Diodora
- †Diplochaetes – type locality for genus
- †Diplochaetes longitubus – type locality for species
- †Diplodonta – tentative report
- †Discoaster
- †Donax
- †Dorcasia
- †Dorcatherium
- †Dosinia
- †Efeldomys
- †Elphidium
- †Elphidium crispum – or unidentified comparable form
- †Elphidium sp.
- †Equus
- †Exogyra
- †Exogyra scheibei – type locality for species
- †Felaniella
- †Felaniella senegalensis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Fissurella
- †Galeocerdo
- †Galeodes
- †Galeodes cornutus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Galeus
- †Galeus porrectus – type locality for species
- †Galeus robustus – type locality for species
- †Galeus sp.
- †Gastrana
- †Gastrochaena
- †Gastrochaena clausa – type locality for species
- †Gastrochaena sacculus – type locality for species
- †Gaudeamus
- †Geochelone
- †Geofossor – type locality for genus
- †Geofossor corvinusae – type locality for species
- †Glandulina
- †Gomphotherium – or unidentified comparable form
- †Gomphotherium
- †Grammella
- †Gyrineum
- †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
- †Hyainailouros
- †Hydrobia
- †Isohyaenodon
- †Isthmolithus
- †Labrodon
- †Labrodon stromeri – type locality for species
- †Lamna
- †Lamna barnitzkei – type locality for species
- †Lamna vincenti
- †Leda
- †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
- †Loripes
- †Loripes aberrans – tentative report
- †Lucina
- †Lutraria
- †Lymnaea
- †Mactra
- †Mactra denburgi – type locality for species
- †Mactra tumida – type locality for species
- †Marginella
- †Megapedetes
- †Megapedetes sp. 1 – informal
- †Megapedetes sp. 2 – informal
- †Mercierella – or unidentified comparable form
- †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
- †Monoplex
- †Mya
- †Myliobatis
- †Myliobatis dixoni – or unidentified comparable form
- †Myohyrax – or unidentified related form
- †Myohyrax
- †Myohyrax oswaldi – or unidentified comparable form
- †Myohyrax sp.
- †Mytilus
- †Naja – or unidentified comparable form
- †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
- †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
- †Nassa
- †Nassarius
- †Natica
- †Natica exilis – type locality for species
- †Nguruwe
- †Noetia
- †Noetia reuningi – type locality for species
- †Nonion
- †Notidanus
- †Notnamaia – type locality for genus
- †Notnamaia bogenfelsi – type locality for species
- †Nucella
- †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
- †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
- †Palaeoloxodon
- †Palaeothentoides – or unidentified comparable form
- †Paranarrhichas – type locality for genus
- †Paranarrhichas damesi – type locality for species
- †Paraphiomys
- †Paraphiomys orangeus – type locality for species
- †Pararotalia
- †Patella
- †Pecten
- †Perna
- †Philine
- †Phiomys
- †Phiomys phiomyoides – or unidentified related form
- †Physodon
- †Physodon quartus – type locality for species
- †Pimelodus
- †Pimelodus gaudryi – or unidentified comparable form
- †Planorbis
- †Prepomonomys – type locality for genus
- †Prepomonomys
- †Prepomonomys bogenfelsi – type locality for species
- †Prepomonomys bogenfelsi
- †Prochrysochloris
- †Prochrysochloris miocaenicus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Prodeinotherium
- †Prohyrax
- †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
- †Pterodon
- †Python[disambiguation needed] – or unidentified comparable form
- †Python[disambiguation needed]
- †Python sebae – or unidentified comparable form
- †Python sp. A – informal
- †Python sp. B – informal
- †Reishia
- †Reticulofenestra
- †Rhaibodus – type locality for genus
- †Rhaibodus rapax – type locality for species
- †Rhinolophus
- †Rhinoptera
- †Rhinoptera rasilis – type locality for species
- †Rupestrohyrax – type locality for genus
- †Rupestrohyrax palustris – type locality for species
- †Schizoporella
- †Sconsia
- †Scopelortyx – type locality for genus
- †Scopelortyx klinghardtensis – type locality for species
- †Scutellastra
- †Silicamys – type locality for genus
- †Silicamys
- †Silicamys cingulatus – type locality for species
- †Silicamys cingulatus
- †Siphoglobulina – tentative report
- †Siphonaria
- †Sistrum
- †Solen
- †Sperrgale – type locality for genus
- †Sperrgale
- †Sperrgale minutus – type locality for species
- †Sperrgale sp.
- †Sphyraenodus
- †Sphyraenodus hastatus – type locality for species
- †Squatina
- †Stramonita
- †Streptosiphon
- †Streptosiphon klinghardti – type locality for species
- †Streptosiphon lotzi – type locality for species
- †Streptosiphon piriformis – type locality for species
- †Syncerus
- †Talahphiomys
- †Talahphiomys lavocati – or unidentified related form
- †Talahphiomys sp.
- †Tapes
- †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
- †Testudo
- †Textularia
- †Thais
- †Torquesia
- †Trigonephrus
- †Tufamys
- †Turricula
- †Turricula excelsa – type locality for species
- †Turritella
- †Turritella bicingulata
- †Turritella merenskyi – type locality for species
- †Turritella sp.
- †Turritella terebralis
- †Valvulineria
- †Varanus
- †Vexillum
- †Vexillum lindequisti – type locality for species
- †Voluta
- †Vulcanisciurus
- †Ysengrinia
- †Ysengrinia ginsburgi – type locality for species
- †Ysengrinia sp.
- †Zegdoumys
- †Zegdoumys namibiensis – type locality for species
- †Zygolophodon
- †Zygrhablithus
References
[edit]- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 7 August 2017.
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