THE DISCOVERY OF LOWER AND MIDDLE MIOCENE VERTEBRATES AT AUCHAS, SOUTHERN NAMIBIA

Authors
PICKFORD M SENUT B MEIN P MORALES J SORIA D NIETO M WARD J BAMFORD M
Citation
M. Pickford et al., THE DISCOVERY OF LOWER AND MIDDLE MIOCENE VERTEBRATES AT AUCHAS, SOUTHERN NAMIBIA, Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie II. Sciences de la terre et des planetes, 322(10), 1996, pp. 901-906
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Geosciences, Interdisciplinary
Journal title
Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie II. Sciences de la terre et des planetes → ACNP
ISSN journal
12518050
Volume
322
Issue
10
Year of publication
1996
Pages
901 - 906
Database
ISI
SICI code
1251-8050(1996)322:10<901:TDOLAM>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
During diamond mining operations at Auchas Mine, 50 km upstream from O ranjemund in the Orange River Valley, fossil tree trunks, and vertebra te bones and teeth have been unearthed. Preliminary investigations ind icate that there are two distinct faunas at Auchas, a lower Miocene on e at Pit AM 02 and a slightly younger one at Pit AMSE. Pit AM 02 has a lso yielded abundant macrobotanical remains.