Otjihaenamparero

Otjihaenamparero is a farmstead that is 23 kilometres (14 mi) east of the small town of Kalkfeld in the Otjozondjupa Region in central Namibia. It is situated close to Mount Etjo off the district road D2414. Otjihaenamparero's importance is the presence of 170 million year old dinosaur footprints.[1]

Dinosaur trace fossil of Otjihaenamparero

The footprints were identified as those of dinosaurs in 1925. They belong to at least two different species of the ichnogenus Saurichnium, Saurichnium damarense and Saurichnium tetractis. The longest traces in the Etjo Sandstone are about 32 metres (105 ft) in length.[2]

The site was designated a national monument in 1951.[2]

See also

References
  1. Murphy, Alan. Southern Africa. Lonely Planet travel guide. p. 327. ISBN 9781740597456.
  2. Voigt, Andreas (2004). National Monuments in Namibia: An Inventory of Proclaimed National Monuments in the Republic of Namibia. Gamsberg Macmillan. pp. 9–11. ISBN 9991605932.


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