Simiolus enjiessi (Dendropithecidae)



Simiolus enjiessi ist eine Primatenart innerhalb der Familie Dendropithecidae, die ab dem Neogen (Miozän) im Burdigalium lebte, das vor rund 20,4 Millionen Jahren begann und bis vor 16 Millionen Jahren andauerte.

Fundorte

Systematik

Daten zu den einzelnen Funden von Simiolus enjiessi
Sammlung Kommentar zum Fundort Epoche, Alter Kommentar zur Sammlung
Locherangan, west of Lake Turkana "10 kilometers west of Kataboi... on a steep slope on the northern bank of the Locherangan River... The site... covers no more than 20 m2" coordinate stated as "3º47'N... 3º42'E" but this is apparently a typo because Kataboi is at 3º47'N 35º51'E Burdigalian
zwischen 15.97 und 20.44 Millionen Jahren
Loncherangan
Kommentar z. Stratigraphie Lithographie
from a "13.5 m" unit at the top of the local sequence there is an average K-Ar date of 17.5 +/- 0.3 Ma for five determinations on "two feldspar separates" coming from the "upper tuff" in the sequence, which is "slightly" below the fossiliferous unit "poorly consolidated red-brown claystones that are interbedded with red-brown consolidated conglomeratic sandstones. The fine grained deposits again contain fish bones, and mammal bones were noted in situ in the fine sandstone interbeds"
U.a. am Fundort ausgegraben: Afropithecus turkanensis

Literatur

W. Anyonge 1991, Fauna from a new Lower Miocene locality west of Lake Turkana, Kenya. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 11:3, p. 378 - 390