Update of the Pliocene fauna of the Ekuma Valley, Etosha, Namibia
Rescue excavations in the Ekuma River Valley, Etosha National Park, resulted in the collection of well preserved plants, invertebrates and vertebrate fossils of Pliocene age. The collections contain several new records for the Ekuma Delta Member, including a lung fish (Protopterus), a long-snouted crocodile (Euthecodon), an aardvark (Orycteropus), a hyaena and a gigantic suid (Notochoerus capensis). This article updates the fossil record of the Ekuma Delta Member and discusses its palaeoenvironment. Keywords: Pliocene, Namibia, Etosha, Fossils, Plants, Invertebrates, Vertebrates.
Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia
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