Interpretive problems in a search for micro-invertebrate fossils from a Neoproterozoic limestone in Namibia

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dc.contributor.authorBrain, C K
dc.contributor.authorHoffman, K -H
dc.contributor.authorPrave, A R
dc.contributor.authorFallick, A E
dc.contributor.authorCoetzee, J
dc.contributor.authorBotha, A J
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-09T13:10:25Z
dc.date.available2015-01-09T13:10:25Z
dc.date.issued2001
dc.description.abstractAttention is focussed on a carbonate sequence in the Auros Formation of the Otavi Group in northern Namibia, where several limestone layers are found to have been phosphatised. These contain an abundance of unusual objects, some of which suggest sponge-like microfossils, whereas others superficially resemble bivalved shells. Alternatively they may be pseudofossils - the deceptive products-of a phosphatisation process and subsequent diagenetic effects in the limestone. Since this deposit antedates the ca. 590 million-year-old Ghaub or Marinoan glaciation, the presence of any potential metazoan fossils is worth investigating. The objects in question are described and alternative interpretations are discussed.en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorshipThe Council's Research Committee, University of the Witwatersrand; National Research Foundation (NRF); Palaeo-Anthropology Scientific Trust (PAST); NERC; Geological Survey of Namibiaen_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0078-8554
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10539/16365
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherBernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Researchen_ZA
dc.subjectNeoproterozoicen_ZA
dc.subjectOtavi Groupen_ZA
dc.subjectmicrofossilsen_ZA
dc.subjectpseudofossilsen_ZA
dc.titleInterpretive problems in a search for micro-invertebrate fossils from a Neoproterozoic limestone in Namibiaen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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