New Ediacaran biota from the oldest Nama Group, Namibia (Tsaus Mountains), and re-definition of the Nama Assemblage

• Published in: Geological Magazine
• Main Authors: Wood, Rachel, Bowyer, Fred. T., Alexander, Ruaridh, Yilales, Mariana, Uahengo, Collen-Issia, Kaputuaza, Kavevaza, Ndeunyema, Junias, Curtis, Andrew
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2023
• Subjects: Mara; White Sea
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0016756823000638; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0016756823000638

Abstract The Nama Group, Namibia (≥550.5 to <538 million years ago, Ma), preserves one of the most diverse metazoan fossil records of the terminal Ediacaran Period. We report numerous features that may be biological in origin from the shallow marine, siliciclastic, lowermost Mara Member (older th...