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Any remains, trace, or imprint of a plant or animal that has been preserved in the Earth's crust since some past geologic or prehistoric time. (Source: BJGEO)

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Pickford M 2008. Crocodiles from the Northern Sperrgebiet, Namibia. Memoir of the Geological Survey of Namibia 20 105-106

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Rosina VV, Pickford M 2019. Preliminary overview of the fossil record of bats (Chiroptera, Mammalia) from the Miocene sites of Otavi Mountainland (Northern Namibia). Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia 21 48-58

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Preliminary overview of the fossil record of bats from the Miocene sites of Otavi Mountainland.pdf	962.47 KB

Scott L, Marais E, Brook GA 2004. Fossil hyrax dung and evidence of Late Pleistocene and Holocene vegetation types in the Namib Desert. Journal of Quaternary Science 19 (8) 829-832

Website link:https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/jqs.870

Fossil Fjords in Namibia. Northwestern Namibia is not your typical desert landscape. Valleys dissect plateaus, creating striking vistas across the hot, dry region in southwest Africa. While these valleys are extremely old - with origins dating back hundreds of millions of years - they are remarkably well preserved. New research indicates that the valleys are ancient relics of a time long before dinosaurs walked the Earth - when Africa was close to the South Pole, still part of the supercontinent Gondwana, and covered with ice. The flow of the ice cut into the land and eventually carved out long, narrow valleys that filled with seawater and formed fjords. Somehow, these ancient fjords have avoided being erased by erosion, uplift, and other geological processes that usually level off this kind of terrain. In fact, the area is so well preserved that scientists call it a "fossil glacial landscape." "One who looks at these valleys has a snapshot of what the fjords looked like 300 million years ago, except that the ice here has long disappeared," said Pierre Dietrich, a scientist at University of Rennes and lead author of the study published in Geology.

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Website link:https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/148822/fossil-fjords-in-namibia

Crockford PW, Mehra A, Domack E, Hoffman PF 2021. An occurrence of radially symmetric sedimentary structures in the basal Ediacaran cap dolostone (Keilberg Member) of the Otavi Group. Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia 23 26-38

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An occurrence of radially symmetric sedimentary structures in the basal Ediacaran cap dolostone of the Otavi Group.pdf	1.14 MB

Peláez-Campomanes P, Mein P-R, Pickford M 2020. Fossil Sciuridae (Rodentia, Mammalia) from Berg Aukas (Otavi Mountains, Namibia). Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia 22 65-89

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Pickford M 2019. Mandible of Namahyrax corvus from the Eocene Black Crow Limestone, Namibia. Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia 21 32-39

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Mandible of Namahyrax corvus from the Eocene Black Crow Limestone_Namibia.pdf	590.31 KB

Pickford M 2019. New Chrysochloridae (Mammalia) from the middle Eocene of Black Crow, Namibia. Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia 21 40-47

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Pickford M 2019. Kaokoland Cascade Tufa Survey: Interim Report. Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia 21 82-93

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Pickford M, Gommery D, Kgasi L, Vilakazi N, Senut B, Mocke H 2019. Southern African Tetraconodontinae: Recent discoveries. Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia 21 59- 81

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Pickford M 2019. Tiny Tenrecomorpha (Mammalia) from the Eocene of Black Crow, Namibia. Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia 21 15-25

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Pickford M 2019. Adapisoriculidae from the Southern Hemisphere. Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia 21 26-31

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Godinot M, Senut B, Pickford M 2018. Primitive Adapidae from Namibia sheds light on the early primate radiation in Africa. Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia 20 140-162

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Primitive Adapidae from Namibia sheds light on the early primate radiation in Africa.pdf	1.29 MB

Pickford M, Senut B, Bento da Costa L 2018. Precision concerning the age of the Gray Sandstone at Hexen Kessel, Sperrgebiet, Namibia. Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia 19 132- 140

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Precision concerning the age of the Gray Sandstone at Hexen Kessel_Sperrgebiet.pdf	1.62 MB

Pickford M 2018. First record of Celtis (Hackberry) from the Palaeogene of Africa, Sperrgebiet, Namibia. Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia 19 47-50

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Pickford M 2018. Tufamyidae, a new family of hystricognath rodents from the Palaeogene and Neogene of the Sperrgebiet, Namibia. Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia 19 71-109

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Tufamyidae_a new family of hystricognath rodents from the Palaeogene and Neogene of the Sperrgebiet.pdf	4.23 MB

Pickford M 2018. Characterising the zegdoumyid rodent Tsaukhaebmys from the Ypresian/Lutetian of Black Crow, Namibia. Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia 19 66-70

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Characterising the zegdoumyid rodent Tsaukhaebmys from the YpresianLutetian of Black Crow.pdf	206.73 KB

Pickford M 2018. Diamantochloris mandible from the Ypresian/Lutetian of Namibia. Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia 19 51-65

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Diamantochloris mandible from the Ypresian_Lutetian of Namibia.pdf	1.05 MB

Sánchez I, Morales J, Cantalapiedra JL, Quiralte V, Pickford M 2018. Propalaeoryx Stromer 1926 (Ruminantia, Pecora, Giraffomorpha) revisited: systematics and phylogeny of an African palaeomerycoid. Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia 19 123-131

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Propalaeoryx Stromer 1926 revisited systematics and phylogeny of an African palaeomerycoid.pdf	4.55 MB

Morales J, Pickford M 2018. A new barbourofelid mandible (Carnivora, Mammalia) from the Early Miocene of Grillental-6, Sperrgebiet, Namibia. Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia 18 113-123

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A new barbourofelid mandible from the Early Miocene of Grillental_6_Sperrgebiet.pdf	687.09 KB

Pickford M 2018. Tenrecoid mandible from Elisabethfeld (Early Miocene) Namibia. Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia 18 87-92

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Pickford M 2018. Additional material of Namahyrax corvus from the Ypresian/Lutetian of Black Crow, Namibia. Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia 18 81-86

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Additional material of Namahyrax corvus from the YpresianLutetian of Black Crow.pdf	462.4 KB

Pickford M 2018. New Zegdoumyidae (Rodentia, Mammalia) from the Middle Eocene of Black Crow, Namibia: taxonomy, dental formula. Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia 18 48- 63

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New Zegdoumyidae from the Middle Eocene of Black Crow_Namibia taxonomy_dental formula.pdf	1.18 MB

Morales J, Pickford M 2018. New Namalestes remains from the Ypresian/Lutetian of Black Crow, Namibia. Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia 18 72-80

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New Namalestes remains from the Ypresian_Lutetian of Black Crow.pdf	1.23 MB

Pickford M 2018. Fossil Fruit Bat from the Ypresian/Lutetian of Black Crow, Namibia. Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia 18 64-71

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Fossil Fruit Bat from the Ypresian_Lutetian of Black Crow_Namibia.pdf	1.35 MB

Mein P, Pickford M 2018. Reithroparamyine rodent from the Eocene of Namibia. Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia 18 38-47

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Pickford M 2018. Freshwater aquatic and aquaphile vertebrates from Black Crow (Ypresian/Lutetian, Namibia) and their palaeoenvironmental significance. Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia 18 26-37

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Pickford M 2018. Land snails from the Ypresian/Lutetian of Black Crow, Namibia. Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia 18 19-25

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Land snails from the Ypresian_Lutetian of Black Crow.pdf	1.68 MB

Pickford M, Mocke H, Segalen L, Senut B 2016. Update of the Pliocene fauna of the Ekuma Valley, Etosha, Namibia. Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia 17 113-142

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Pickford M, Mocke H, Senut B, Segalen L, Mein P 2016. Fossiliferous Plio-Pleistocene Cascade Tufas of Kaokoland, Namibia. Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia 17 85-112

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Fossiliferous Plio_Pleistocene Cascade Tufas of Kaokoland_Namibia.pdf	3.89 MB

Mocke H, Nankela A, Pickford M, Senut B, Segalen L 2016. Fossil freshwater molluscs from Simanya in the Kalahari System, northern Namibia. Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia 17 66-84

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Fossil Freshwater Molluscs from Simanya in the Kalahari System_Northern Namibia.pdf	1.61 MB

Pickford M 2015. Encore Hippo-thèses: Head and neck posture in Brachyodus (Mammalia, Anthracotheriidae) and its bearing on hippopotamid origins. Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia 16 223-262

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Head and neck posture in Brachyodus and its bearing on hippopotamid origins.pdf	2.77 MB

Pickford M 2015. New Titanohyracidae (Hyracoidea: Afrotheria) from the Late Eocene of Namibia. Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia 16 200-214

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New Titanohyracidae from the Late Eocene of Namibia.pdf	893.18 KB

Pickford M 2015. Chrysochloridae (Mammalia) from the Lutetian (Middle Eocene) of Black Crow, Namibia. Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia 16 105-113

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Pickford M 2015. Late Eocene Lorisiform Primate from Eocliff, Sperrgebiet, Namibia. Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia 16 194-199

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Pickford M 2015. Bothriogenys (Anthracotheriidae) from the Bartonian of Eoridge, Namibia. Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia 16 215-222

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Bothriogenys from the Bartonian of Eoridge_Namibia.pdf	593.46 KB

Pickford M 2015. Late Eocene Chrysochloridae (Mammalia) from the Sperrgebiet, Namibia. Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia 16 153-193

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Pickford M 2015. Late Eocene Potamogalidae and Tenrecidae (Mammalia) from the Sperrgebiet, Namibia. Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia 16 114-152

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Pickford M, Sawada Y, Hyodo H, Senut B 2014. Radio-isotopic age control for Palaeogene deposits of the Northern Sperrgebiet, Namibia. Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia 15 3-15

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Leonov MV, Fedonkin MA, Vickers-Rich P, Yu Ivantsov A, Trusler P 2009. Discovery of the first macroscopic algal assemblage in the Terminal Proterozoic of Namibia, southwest Africa. Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia 14 87-93

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Discovery of the first macroscopic algal assemblage in the Terminal Proterozoic of Namibia.pdf	993.9 KB

Mein P, Pickford M, Senut B 2004. Late Miocene micromammals from the Harasib karst deposits, Namibia. Part 2b - Cricetomyidae, Dendromuridae and Muridae, with an addendum on the Myocricetodontinae. Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia 13 43-61

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Late Miocene micromammals from the Harasib karst deposits_Namibia_Part 2b.pdf	2.73 MB

Pickford MHF 1994. A new species of Prohyrax (Mammalia, Hyracoidea) from the middle Miocene of Arrisdrift, Namibia. Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia 9 43-62

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A new species of Prohyrax from the middle Miocene of Arrisdrift_Namibia.pdf	1.61 MB

Pickford M, Uhen MD 2014. Namaia Pickford et al., 2008, preoccupied by Namaia Green, 1963: proposal of a replacement name. Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia 15 91

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Kelber K-P, Franz L, Stachel T, Lorenz V, Okrusch M 1993. Plant fossils from Gross Brukkaros (Namibia) and their biostratigraphical significance. Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia 8 61-71

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Guerin C 2008. The Miocene Rhinocerotidae (Mammalia) of the Northern Sperrgebiet, Namibia. Memoir of the Geological Survey of Namibia 20 331-341

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Pickford M, Senut B 2008. Introduction to the Early Miocene Palaeontology of the Northern Sperrgebiet. Memoir of the Geological Survey of Namibia 20 1-4

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Introduction to the Early Miocene Palaeontology of the northern Sperrgebiet.pdf	435.67 KB

Pickford M 2008. Freshwater and terrestrial mollusca from the Early Miocene deposits of the Northern Sperrgebiet, Namibia. Memoir of the Geological Survey of Namibia 20 65-74

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Freshwater and Terrestrial Mollusca from the Early Miocene deposits of the Northern Sperrgebiet.pdf	605.03 KB

Rage J-C 2008. Squamate reptiles from the Lower Miocene of the Sperrgebiet, Namibia. Memoir of the Geological Survey of Namibia 20 93-103

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Pickford M 2008. Southern Africa: a cradle of evolution. Memoir of the Geological Survey of Namibia 20 539-554

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Pickford M 2008. Anthracotheriidae from the Early Miocene deposits of the Northern Sperrgebiet, Namibia. Memoir of the Geological Survey of Namibia 20 343-347

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Anthracotheriidae from the Early Miocene deposits of the northern Sperrgebiet.pdf	872.92 KB