First record of Otozoum from Namibia

Autor(es)

Porchetti, Simone D'Orazi ^[1] ; Mocke, Helke B. ^[2] ; Latiano, Marianna ^[3] ; Wagensommer, Alexander ^[3]

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Univ Sao Paulo, Fac Filosofia Ciencias & Letras Ribeirao Preto, Dept Biol, BR-14040901 Ribeirao Preto, SP - Brazil

^[2] Geol Survey Namibia, Minist Mines & Energy, Windhoek - Namibia

^[3] GRID, San Giovanni Rotondo, FG - Italy

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: LETHAIA; v. 48, n. 1, p. 72-82, JAN 2015.
• Citações Web of Science: 5

Resumo

The first incontrovertible Otozoum moodii of Gondwana is described from the Etjo Formation (Waterberg Plateau, Namibia). Distinct Otozoum trackways and isolated footprints are reported from the Omuramba Omambonde tracksite, in the Otjozondjupa Region (North-central Namibia). Previously known only from North America, Europe and possibly Lesotho, the occurrence of Otozoum is a definitive time constraint for an Early Jurassic age of the Etjo Formation. The presence of Otozoum in the hyperarid facies and specifically in interdune setting of the Etjo Formation is in accordance with previous claims of environmental selectivity for this ichnomorph. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 13/01930-1 - VIDA NAS DUNAS: O REGISTRO DE PEGADAS DE UM DESERTO MESOZÓICO QUENTE - Análise icnológica da Formação Botucatu em São Paulo e comparações com outras icnofaunas mesozóicas de paleoambientes similares, com ênfase para o registro de sinápsidos apicais
• Beneficiário: Simone D'Orazi Porchetti
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