New Swartpuntia occurrence found within the Aar Member

Brandt M. Gibson; Ingrid Stengel; Zakeus Nghishidulu; Peter R. Liberty; Ajani Bissick; Andrea Boscaini; Joshua H.F.L. Davies; Galen P. Halverson; Frederick J. Hilgen; Bianca Spiering; Patricia Vickers-Rich; Marc Laflamme

doi:10.1016/j.gr.2024.11.002

New Swartpuntia occurrence found within the Aar Member

Brandt M. Gibson^*
, Ingrid Stengel
, Zakeus Nghishidulu
, Peter R. Liberty
, Ajani Bissick
, Andrea Boscaini
, Joshua H.F.L. Davies
, Galen P. Halverson
, Frederick J. Hilgen
, Bianca Spiering
, Patricia Vickers-Rich
, Marc Laflamme

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A new occurrence of Swartpuntia germsi is reported from Farm Aar near Aus in southern Namibia. It is preserved as incomplete part/counterpart in two dimensions, with a folded petaloid. Stratigraphically correlated to a minimum depositional age of 547.32 ± 0.31 Ma, this represents the oldest global occurrence of Swartpuntia and documents a unique style of preservation within the Nama Group. Lastly, the occurrence increases the taxonomic and ecological diversity preserved at Farm Aar, making Farm Aar one of the only locations to preserve all common forms of Erniettomorph taxa.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	186-191
Number of pages	6
Journal	Gondwana Research
Volume	138
Early online date	14 Nov 2024
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2024.11.002
Publication status	Published - Feb 2025

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Keywords

Ediacara biota
Erniettomorpha
Witputs subbasin

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New Swartpuntia occurrence found within the Aar Member

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