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First record of Otozoum from Namibia

2014; Wiley; Volume: 48; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/let.12088

1502-3931

Simone D’Orazi Porchetti, Helke Mocke, Marianna Latiano, Alexander Wagensommer,

Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology

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.