†Chororapithecus abyssinicus
Chororapithecus abyssinicus ist eine Primatenart, die ab dem Neogen (Miozän) im Tortonium lebte, das vor rund 11,6 Millionen Jahren begann und bis vor 7,2 Millionen Jahren andauerte.
Daten zu den einzelnen Funden von Chororapithecus abyssinicus
Sammlung | Kommentar zum Fundort | Epoche, Alter | Geologie, Formation |
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Beticha | "3 km from the type site exposures" of the formation and "approximately 8 km" north of the town of Chorora fossiliferous sediments are "well exposed for only about a 60 m by 30 m spatial extent" | Tortonian zwischen 9.7 und 11.1 Millionen Jahren |
Chorora |
Kommentar z. Stratigraphie | Lithographie | ||
"underlain by a conspicuous rhyolitic ignimbrite, previously dated to 10.7 ± 0.2 (20) or 11.0 ± 0.45 (17) by the K-Ar method" and "overlain by resistant pyroclastic flow deposits dated by the K-Ar method to 10.10 ± 0.30 Ma" (= MN 9) | "silty to sandy conglomerate beds, including paleosol horizons with root casts and calcite concretions" |