Karoo supergroup palaeontology of Namibia and brief description of a Thecodont from Omingonde
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1995
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Pickford, Martin
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Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Research
Abstract
Karoo strata crop out extensively in Namibia. Numerous and diverse fossils have been
collected from three areas - Karasberg, Kalahari and Huab Karoo basins. Although a great deal
of research has been done on these strata and their fossil content, the literature is scattered and no
publication has been devoted to a detailed review of what has been achieved. This paper presents
a review based principally on a literature search allied to personal experience of some of the fossils
and field trips to a few localities. It cannot pretend to be an in-depth review. The Namibian Karoo
outcrops are so extensive and the palaeontological remains so diverse, that several years of
intensive research would be required to achieve such a work. Tragically, many of the fossils
mentioned in the text have been lost or their whereabouts are unknown. A small sample of fossils
is housed in the Geological Survey Museum, Windhoek, and other fossils are known to be curated
by the South African Museum, Cape Town, the Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological
Research, Witwatersrand University and the Geological Survey of South Africa, Pretoria.
A thecodont from the Omingonde Formation (Upper Triassic) is described briefly.
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