†Morotopithecus bishopi (Proconsulidae)
Morotopithecus bishopi ist eine Primatenart innerhalb der Familie Proconsulidae, die ab dem Neogen (Miozän) im Aquitanium lebte, das vor rund 23 Millionen Jahren begann und bis vor 20,4 Millionen Jahren andauerte.
Fundorte
Die Funddaten, die Systematik sowie die unten folgende Literatursammlung stammen aus der Paleobiology Database, Lizenz
Daten zu den einzelnen Funden von Morotopithecus bishopi
| Sammlung | Kommentar zum Fundort | Epoche, Alter | Kommentar zur Sammlung |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moroto II | "north of Moroto Mountain (34º 45' E., 2º 32' N.)" (Allbrook and Bishop 1963) | Aquitanian zwischen 20 und 22.4 Millionen Jahren |
ETE Locality 540, Moroto Mountain |
| Kommentar z. Stratigraphie | Lithographie | Kommentar z. Taxonomie | |
| ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: 0 "Fossils have been found at a number of horizons" that are "overlain by a fine-grained basalt that presumably flowed down an ancient channel" and is 40Ar/39Ar dated at "more than 20 Ma" although "isotopic disturbance" makes an exact date impossible; however, a basalt overlying Moroto I is 40Ar/39Ar dated at 20.61 +/- 0.05 Ma [= MN 2] and "it is likely that the basalts represent the same flow" (Gebo et al. 1997) | ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: 0 "intercalated coarse- to fine-grained sandstone, conglomerate, siltstone, and mudstone... Fossils... are typically associated with medium-grained sandstone and siltstone" (Gebo et al. 1997) | "Moroto Mountain" is specifically used to mean Moroto II by Allbrook and Bishop (1963) |