User:Abyssal/List of the prehistoric life of Namibia

This list of the prehistoric life of Namibia contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the country of Namibia.

Precambrian

 * †Acaciella – tentative report
 * †Acaciella sp.
 * †Archaeichnium
 * †Archaeichnium sp.
 * †Aspidella
 * †Aspidella sp.
 * †Bavlinella
 * †Bavlinella fav.
 * †Beltanelliformis
 * †Beltanelliformis sp.
 * †Bergaueria
 * †Bergaueria sp.
 * †Boxonia – tentative report
 * †Boxonia sp.
 * †Brooksella
 * †Brooksella sp.
 * †Buchholzbrunnichnus
 * †Buchholzbrunnichnus kroneri
 * †Chuaria
 * †Chuaria circul.
 * †Cloudina
 * †Cloudina sp.
 * †Comasphaeridium
 * †Comasphaeridium sp.
 * †Conophyton – tentative report
 * †Conophyton sp.
 * †Curvolithos
 * †Curvolithos sp.
 * †Didymaulichnus
 * †Didymaulichnus sp.
 * †Diplichnites
 * †Diplichnites sp.
 * †Ernietta
 * †Ernietta sp.
 * †Gymnosolen – tentative report
 * †Gymnosolen sp.
 * †Katavia – tentative report
 * †Katavia sp.
 * †Kulparia – tentative report
 * †Kulparia sp.
 * †Leiosphaerids
 * †Leiosphaerids sp.
 * †Namacalathus – type locality for genus
 * †Namacalathus
 * †Namacalathus hermanastes – type locality for species
 * †Namacalathus hermanastes
 * †Namacalathus sp.
 * †Namalia
 * †Namalia sp.
 * †Namalia villiersiensis
 * †Namapoikia – type locality for genus
 * †Namapoikia rietoogensis – type locality for species
 * †Nasepia
 * †Nasepia sp.
 * †Neonereites
 * †Neonereites biserialis
 * †Neonereites uniserialis
 * †Orthogonium
 * †Orthogonium sp.
 * †Paramedusium
 * †Paramedusium sp.
 * †Phycodes
 * †Phycodes pedum
 * †Protechiurus – type locality for genus
 * †Protechiurus edmondsi – type locality for species
 * †Pteridinium
 * †Pteridinium carolinaense
 * †Pteridinium simplex
 * †Pteridinium sp.
 * †Rangea
 * †Rangea schneiderhoehni
 * †Rangea schneiderhoehri
 * †Rangea sp.
 * †Skolithos – tentative report
 * †Skolithos sp.
 * †Swartpuntia
 * †Swartpuntia germsi
 * †Vendotaenia
 * †Vendotaenia sp.

Paleozoic

 * †Aphanaia
 * †Aphanaia haibensis – type locality for species
 * †Cowperesia
 * †Cowperesia emerita
 * †Dyscritella
 * †Dyscritella spinigera – or unidentified comparable form
 * †Eurydesma
 * †Eurydesma mytiloides
 * †Huabiella – type locality for genus
 * †Huabiella compressa – type locality for species
 * †Mesosaurus
 * †Mesosaurus sp.
 * †Mesosaurus tenuidens
 * †Namaichthys
 * †Namaichthys schroederi
 * †Peruvispira
 * †Peruvispira vipersdorfensis – type locality for species
 * †Peruvispira vipersdorfensis
 * †Streptichnus
 * †Streptichnus narbonnei
 * †Terraia
 * †Terraia altissima – or unidentified comparable form
 * †Terraia curvata – or unidentified comparable form
 * †Watsonichthys
 * †Watsonichthys lotzi

Mesozoic

 * †Aleodon
 * †Aleodon sp.
 * †Chiniquodon
 * †Chiniquodon sp.
 * †Cynognathus – tentative report
 * †Cynognathus
 * †Cynognathus sp.
 * †Diademodon
 * †Diademodon sp.
 * †Diademodon tetragonus
 * †Dolichuranus – type locality for genus
 * †Dolichuranus
 * †Dolichuranus primaevus – type locality for species
 * †Dolichuranus primaevus
 * †Herpetogale – type locality for genus
 * †Herpetogale marsupialis – type locality for species
 * †Kannemeyeria
 * †Kannemeyeria lophorhinus
 * †Kannemeyeria sp.
 * †Luangwa
 * †Luangwa sp.
 * †Saurichnium – type locality for genus
 * †Saurichnium
 * †Saurichnium anserinum – type locality for species
 * †Saurichnium damarense – type locality for species
 * †Saurichnium parallelum – type locality for species
 * †Saurichnium tetractis – type locality for species
 * †Tetrapodium – type locality for genus
 * †Tetrapodium elmenhorsti – type locality for species
 * †Titanogomphodon – type locality for genus
 * †Titanogomphodon crassus – type locality for species
 * †Trirachodon
 * †Trirachodon berryi

Cenozoic

 * †Africanictis – type locality for genus
 * †Africanictis
 * †Africanictis hyaenoides – type locality for species
 * †Africanictis meini – type locality for species
 * †Africanictis meini
 * †Afrosmilus
 * †Afrosmilus africanus
 * †Alopecias
 * †Alopecias smithwoodwardi – type locality for species
 * †Amblychilepas
 * †Amblychilepas scutellum
 * †Ammonia
 * †Ammonia beccarii – or unidentified comparable form
 * †Ammonia sp.
 * †Amphechinus
 * †Amphechinus rusingensis
 * †Amphicyon
 * †Amphicyon giganteus
 * †Apodecter
 * †Apodecter stromeri – or unidentified comparable form
 * †Apolymetis
 * †Apolymetis papyracea
 * †Aprionodon
 * †Aprionodon frequens
 * †Arca
 * †Arca koerti – type locality for species
 * †Archimediella
 * †Archimediella schetteri – type locality for species
 * †Arenagale – type locality for genus
 * †Arenagale calcareus – type locality for species
 * †Argobuccinum
 * †Argobuccinum pustulosum
 * †Argobuccinum sp.
 * †Artemis
 * †Artemis orbignyi – tentative report
 * †Astacolus
 * †Astacolus sp.
 * †Aturia
 * †Aturia lotzi – type locality for species
 * †Aulacomya
 * †Aulacomya atra
 * †Aulacomya crenatus
 * †Austrolagomys
 * †Austrolagomys sp.
 * †Balanus
 * †Balanus sp.
 * †Barnea
 * †Barnea truncata
 * †Bathyergoides – or unidentified comparable form
 * †Bathyergoides sp.
 * †Bitis
 * †Bitis sp.
 * †Bothriogenys
 * †Bothriogenys gorringei
 * †Braarudosphaera
 * †Braarudosphaera bigelowi
 * †Braarudosphaera discula
 * †Brachyuridarum
 * †Brachyuridarum sp.
 * †Buccinum
 * †Buccinum callosum
 * †Buccinum digitale
 * †Bullia
 * †Bullia annulata
 * †Bullia laevissima
 * †Bullinella
 * †Bullinella convoluta – or unidentified related form
 * †Burnupena
 * †Burnupena delalandei
 * †Burnupena lagenaria
 * †Burnupena limbosa
 * †Burnupena papyracea
 * †Calianassa
 * †Calianassa erecta – type locality for species
 * †Calianassa fraasi – or unidentified comparable form
 * †Carcharodon
 * †Carcharodon hastalis
 * †Cerithium
 * †Cerithium pingue
 * †Cestracion
 * †Cestracion vincenti
 * †Chamelea
 * †Chamelea krigei
 * †Chersina
 * †Chersina sp.
 * †Chiasmolithus
 * †Chiasmolithus sp.
 * †Choromytilus
 * †Choromytilus meridionalis
 * †Chrysophrys
 * †Chrysophrys blankenhorni – type locality for species
 * †Cibicides
 * †Cibicides pseudoungerianus
 * †Cibicides sp.
 * †Coccolithus
 * †Coccolithus eopelagicus
 * †Coccolithus formosus
 * †Conopeum
 * †Conopeum lamellosum
 * †Conus
 * †Conus mozambicus
 * †Crassostrea
 * †Crassostrea cymbaeformis – type locality for species
 * †Crassostrea margaritacea
 * †Crassostrea roncana
 * †Crassostrea rutriformis – type locality for species
 * †Crepidula
 * †Crepidula porcellana
 * †Crepidula rugulosa
 * †Cristellaria
 * †Cristellaria subalata
 * †Crocidura
 * †Crocidura sp.
 * †Crocodylus
 * †Crocodylus gariepensis – type locality for species
 * †Cubitostrea
 * †Cubitostrea digitalina
 * †Cylindracanthus
 * †Cylindracanthus rectus – or unidentified comparable form
 * †Deinotherium
 * †Deinotherium hobleyi
 * †Diamantochloris – type locality for genus
 * †Diamantochloris inconcessus – type locality for species
 * †Diamantofelis
 * †Diamantofelis ferox
 * †Diamantofelis minor
 * †Diamantomys
 * †Diamantomys luederitzi
 * †Diceros
 * †Diceros sp. – type locality for species
 * †Diodora
 * †Diodora elevata
 * †Diplochaetes – type locality for genus
 * †Diplochaetes longitubus – type locality for species
 * †Diplodonta – tentative report
 * †Diplodonta sp.
 * †Discoaster
 * †Discoaster saipanensis
 * †Discoaster tani
 * †Donax
 * †Donax rogersi
 * †Donax serra
 * †Dorcasia
 * †Dorcasia sp.
 * †Dorcatherium
 * †Dorcatherium pigotti
 * †Dosinia
 * †Dosinia africana
 * †Dosinia lupina
 * †Efeldomys
 * †Efeldomys sp.
 * †Elphidium
 * †Elphidium crispum – or unidentified comparable form
 * †Elphidium sp.
 * †Equus
 * †Equus quagga
 * †Exogyra
 * †Exogyra scheibei – type locality for species
 * †Felaniella
 * †Felaniella senegalensis – or unidentified comparable form
 * †Fissurella
 * †Fissurella robusta
 * †Galeocerdo
 * †Galeocerdo latidens
 * †Galeocerdo sp.
 * †Galeodes
 * †Galeodes cornutus – or unidentified comparable form
 * †Galeus
 * †Galeus porrectus – type locality for species
 * †Galeus robustus – type locality for species
 * †Galeus sp.
 * †Gastrana
 * †Gastrana abildgaardiana
 * †Gastrochaena
 * †Gastrochaena clausa – type locality for species
 * †Gastrochaena sacculus – type locality for species
 * †Gaudeamus
 * †Gaudeamus sp.
 * †Geochelone
 * †Geochelone namaquensis
 * †Geofossor – type locality for genus
 * †Geofossor corvinusae – type locality for species
 * †Glandulina
 * †Glandulina sp.
 * †Gomphotherium – or unidentified comparable form
 * †Gomphotherium
 * †Gomphotherium sp.
 * †Grammella
 * †Grammella crassimarginata
 * †Gyrineum
 * †Gyrineum marginata
 * †Haustator
 * †Haustator atlantica – type locality for species
 * †Haustator vermicularis
 * †Heligomotoma
 * †Heligomotoma clavaeforme – type locality for species
 * †Heterohyrax
 * †Heterohyrax auricampensis – type locality for species
 * †Homoiodorcas – or unidentified comparable form
 * †Homoiodorcas sp.
 * †Hyainailouros
 * †Hyainailouros sulzeri
 * †Hydrobia
 * †Hydrobia sp.
 * †Isohyaenodon
 * †Isohyaenodon sp.
 * †Isthmolithus
 * †Isthmolithus recurvus
 * †Labrodon
 * †Labrodon stromeri – type locality for species
 * †Lamna
 * †Lamna barnitzkei – type locality for species
 * †Lamna vincenti
 * †Leda
 * †Leda sp.
 * †Lenticulina
 * †Lenticulina oblonga – or unidentified comparable form
 * †Lenticulina pseudomamilligerus – or unidentified comparable form
 * †Lenticulina simplex
 * †Lenticulina sp.
 * †Leptoplesictis
 * †Leptoplesictis namibiensis – type locality for species
 * †Leptoplesictis senutae – type locality for species
 * †Lithodomus
 * †Lithodomus beetzi – type locality for species
 * †Lopholistriodon
 * †Lopholistriodon moruoroti
 * †Loripes
 * †Loripes aberrans – tentative report
 * †Lucina
 * †Lucina liratula
 * †Lutraria
 * †Lutraria lutraria
 * †Lutraria sp.
 * †Lymnaea
 * †Lymnaea sp.
 * †Mactra
 * †Mactra denburgi – type locality for species
 * †Mactra tumida – type locality for species
 * †Marginella
 * †Marginella capensis
 * †Megapedetes
 * †Megapedetes sp. 1 – informal
 * †Megapedetes sp. 2 – informal
 * †Mercierella – or unidentified comparable form
 * †Mercierella sp.
 * †Metaphiomys
 * †Metaphiomys schaubi – or unidentified comparable form
 * †Metapterodon – type locality for genus
 * †Metapterodon
 * †Metapterodon kaiseri – type locality for species
 * †Metapterodon stromeri – type locality for species
 * †Mirounga
 * †Mirounga leonina
 * †Monoplex
 * †Monoplex parthenopeus
 * †Mya
 * †Mya schweinfurthi
 * †Myliobatis
 * †Myliobatis dixoni – or unidentified comparable form
 * †Myohyrax – or unidentified related form
 * †Myohyrax
 * †Myohyrax oswaldi – or unidentified comparable form
 * †Myohyrax sp.
 * †Mytilus
 * †Mytilus sp.
 * †Mytilus tomlini
 * †Naja – or unidentified comparable form
 * †Naja sp.
 * †Namachloris – type locality for genus
 * †Namachloris arenatans – type locality for species
 * †Namagale – type locality for genus
 * †Namagale grandis – type locality for species
 * †Namahyrax – type locality for genus
 * †Namahyrax corvus – type locality for species
 * †Namalestes – type locality for genus
 * †Namalestes gheerbranti – type locality for species
 * †Namaloris – type locality for genus
 * †Namaloris rupestris – type locality for species
 * †Namaortyx – type locality for genus
 * †Namaortyx sperrgebietensis – type locality for species
 * †Namaphiomys
 * †Namaphiomys sp.
 * †Namapsitta – type locality for genus
 * †Namapsitta praeruptorum – type locality for species
 * †Namasector – type locality for genus
 * †Namasector soriae – type locality for species
 * †Namatherium – type locality for genus
 * †Namatherium blackcrowensis – type locality for species
 * †Namibictis – type locality for genus
 * †Namibictis senuti – type locality for species
 * †Namibictus
 * †Namibictus senuti
 * †Nassa
 * †Nassa plicatella
 * †Nassa scropularcus
 * †Nassarius
 * †Nassarius scopularcus
 * †Nassarius sp.
 * †Natica
 * †Natica exilis – type locality for species
 * †Nguruwe
 * †Nguruwe kijivium
 * †Noetia
 * †Noetia reuningi – type locality for species
 * †Nonion
 * †Nonion costiferum
 * †Nonion sloanii
 * †Notidanus
 * †Notidanus serratissimus
 * †Notnamaia – type locality for genus
 * †Notnamaia bogenfelsi – type locality for species
 * †Nucella
 * †Nucella praecingulata
 * †Ocenebra
 * †Ocenebra dietrichi – type locality for species
 * †Odontaspis
 * †Odontaspis contortidens – or unidentified comparable form
 * †Odontaspis macrota – or unidentified comparable form
 * †Odontaspis macrota
 * †Odontaspis winkleri
 * †Odontorhytis
 * †Odontorhytis pappenheimi – type locality for species
 * †Orangemerys
 * †Orangemerys hendeyi
 * †Orangictis – type locality for genus
 * †Orangictis gariepensis – type locality for species
 * †Orycteropus
 * †Orycteropus minutus – or unidentified comparable form
 * †Orycteropus minutus
 * †Ostrea
 * †Ostrea gingensis
 * †Ostrea sp.
 * †Ostrea stentina – tentative report
 * †Oxypristis
 * †Oxypristis ferinus – type locality for species
 * †Oxyrhina
 * †Oxyrhina desori
 * †Oxyrhina sp.
 * †Palaeoloxodon
 * †Palaeoloxodon recki
 * †Palaeothentoides – or unidentified comparable form
 * †Palaeothentoides sp.
 * †Paranarrhichas – type locality for genus
 * †Paranarrhichas damesi – type locality for species
 * †Paraphiomys
 * †Paraphiomys orangeus – type locality for species
 * †Pararotalia
 * †Pararotalia inermis
 * †Patella
 * †Patella argenvillei
 * †Patella compressa
 * †Patella granatina
 * †Patella granularis
 * †Patella miniata
 * †Pecten
 * †Pecten sp.
 * †Perna
 * †Perna perna
 * †Perna sp.
 * †Philine
 * †Philine sp.
 * †Phiomys
 * †Phiomys phiomyoides – or unidentified related form
 * †Physodon
 * †Physodon quartus – type locality for species
 * †Pimelodus
 * †Pimelodus gaudryi – or unidentified comparable form
 * †Planorbis
 * †Planorbis sp.
 * †Prepomonomys – type locality for genus
 * †Prepomonomys
 * †Prepomonomys bogenfelsi – type locality for species
 * †Prepomonomys bogenfelsi
 * †Prochrysochloris
 * †Prochrysochloris miocaenicus – or unidentified comparable form
 * †Prodeinotherium
 * †Prodeinotherium hobleyi
 * †Prohyrax
 * †Prohyrax hendeyi
 * †Prohyrax sp.
 * †Protarsomys
 * †Protarsomys lavocati – type locality for species
 * †Protarsomys sp.
 * †Protenrec
 * †Protenrec butleri – type locality for species
 * †Protophiomys
 * †Protophiomys algeriensis – or unidentified comparable form
 * †Pseudoliva
 * †Pseudoliva leutweini – type locality for species
 * †Pseudoliva thielei – type locality for species
 * †Pseudorca
 * †Pseudorca crassidens
 * †Pterodon
 * †Pterodon sp.
 * †Python – or unidentified comparable form
 * †Python
 * †Python sebae – or unidentified comparable form
 * †Python sp. A – informal
 * †Python sp. B – informal
 * †Reishia
 * †Reishia capensis
 * †Reticulofenestra
 * †Reticulofenestra bisecta
 * †Reticulofenestra coenura
 * †Reticulofenestra umbilica
 * †Rhaibodus – type locality for genus
 * †Rhaibodus rapax – type locality for species
 * †Rhinolophus
 * †Rhinolophus sp.
 * †Rhinoptera
 * †Rhinoptera rasilis – type locality for species
 * †Rupestrohyrax – type locality for genus
 * †Rupestrohyrax palustris – type locality for species
 * †Schizoporella
 * †Schizoporella latisinuata
 * †Sconsia
 * †Sconsia sp.
 * †Scopelortyx – type locality for genus
 * †Scopelortyx klinghardtensis – type locality for species
 * †Scutellastra
 * †Scutellastra barbara
 * †Silicamys – type locality for genus
 * †Silicamys
 * †Silicamys cingulatus – type locality for species
 * †Silicamys cingulatus
 * †Siphoglobulina – tentative report
 * †Siphoglobulina sp.
 * †Siphonaria
 * †Siphonaria capensis
 * †Sistrum
 * †Sistrum squamosum
 * †Solen
 * †Solen capensis
 * †Sperrgale – type locality for genus
 * †Sperrgale
 * †Sperrgale minutus – type locality for species
 * †Sperrgale sp.
 * †Sphyraenodus
 * †Sphyraenodus hastatus – type locality for species
 * †Squatina
 * †Squatina prima
 * †Stramonita
 * †Stramonita haemostoma
 * †Streptosiphon
 * †Streptosiphon klinghardti – type locality for species
 * †Streptosiphon lotzi – type locality for species
 * †Streptosiphon piriformis – type locality for species
 * †Syncerus
 * †Syncerus caffer
 * †Talahphiomys
 * †Talahphiomys lavocati – or unidentified related form
 * †Talahphiomys sp.
 * †Tapes
 * †Tapes corrugatus
 * †Tellina
 * †Tellina cumana – tentative report
 * †Tellina luderitizi – type locality for species
 * †Tellina madagascariensis
 * †Tellina oppenheimi – type locality for species
 * †Tellina serrata – or unidentified comparable form
 * †Tenagodus
 * †Tenagodus sp.
 * †Testudo
 * †Testudo sp.
 * †Textularia
 * †Textularia sp.
 * †Thais
 * †Thais cingulata
 * †Torquesia
 * †Torquesia carinifera
 * †Trigonephrus
 * †Trigonephrus sp.
 * †Tufamys
 * †Tufamys woodi
 * †Turricula
 * †Turricula excelsa – type locality for species
 * †Turritella
 * †Turritella bicingulata
 * †Turritella merenskyi – type locality for species
 * †Turritella sp.
 * †Turritella terebralis
 * †Valvulineria
 * †Valvulineria aegyptina
 * †Varanus
 * †Varanus sp.
 * †Vexillum
 * †Vexillum lindequisti – type locality for species
 * †Voluta
 * †Voluta sp.
 * †Vulcanisciurus
 * †Vulcanisciurus sp.
 * †Ysengrinia
 * †Ysengrinia ginsburgi – type locality for species
 * †Ysengrinia sp.
 * †Zegdoumys
 * †Zegdoumys namibiensis – type locality for species
 * †Zygolophodon
 * †Zygolophodon morotoensis
 * †Zygrhablithus
 * †Zygrhablithus bijugatus