Discovery of the first macroscopic algal assemblage in the Terminal Proterozoic of Namibia, southwest Africa
A diverse assemblage of macroscopic algal fossils was recently discovered in the lower part of the Nama Group, Kliphoek Member of the Dabis Formation (Late Ediacaran of Namibia). This assemblage consists of three distinct taxa that have been previously reported from Neoproterozoic successions of European Russia and South China: Glomulus filamentum Steiner, 1994; Eoholinia fruticulosa A. Istchenko, 1989; Tyrasotaenia podolica Gnilovskaya, 1971; a fourth taxon may be related to Kanilovia sp., but also may have other affinities. This assemblage suggests that the best correlation of the Namibian sediments bearing this new algal assemblage would be with with the Upper Kotlin (uppermost Neoproterozoic) deposits of the Russian Platform.
Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia
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