†Nyanzapithecus pickfordi (Proconsulidae)
Nyanzapithecus pickfordi ist eine Primatenart innerhalb der Familie Proconsulidae, die ab dem Neogen (Miozän) im Langhium lebte, das vor rund 16 Millionen Jahren begann und bis vor 13,8 Millionen Jahren andauerte.
Daten zu den einzelnen Funden von Nyanzapithecus pickfordi
Sammlung | Kommentar zum Fundort | Epoche, Alter | Geologie, Formation | Kommentar zur Sammlung |
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Maboko Island - ?Maboko fm. | "Island in Winam Gulf, L. Victoria." | Langhian zwischen 13.82 und 15.97 Millionen Jahren |
Maboko | ETE Locality 891, Kiboko, Maboko Island - ?Maboko fm., |
Kommentar z. Stratigraphie | Lithographie | |||
ETE dating method: composite, ETE age comment: Min age = 13.8 +/- .04 Ma (Bed 8 Tuff). Max age = ~17 Ma (based on biostratigraphy) radiometric intage_min | ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: "massive muds, silts, calcretes, altered and unaltered tuffs" | |||
U.a. am Fundort ausgegraben: | Victoriapithecus macinnesi |
Sammlung | Kommentar zum Fundort | Epoche, Alter | Geologie, Formation | Kommentar zur Sammlung |
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Maboko Island - Bed 5 | "Island in Winam Gulf, L. Victoria." | Langhian zwischen 13.82 und 15.97 Millionen Jahren |
Maboko | ETE Locality 900, Maboko Island - Bed 5, |
Kommentar z. Stratigraphie | Lithographie | Kommentar z. Taxonomie | ||
ETE dating method: composite, ETE age comment: Min age = 14.71 +/- .16 Ma (Bed 8 Tuff). Max age = ~17 Ma (based on biostratigraphy). radiometric intage_min | ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: indurated white clay with vertisol development overlain by a less-compact brown clay | JA: the main reference for this collection is unclear; it was originally uploaded as being tied to Harrison 1989 (ETE ref 1032, PaleoDB ref 5308), but is definitely not discussed in this paper, so it may be unpublished | ||
U.a. am Fundort ausgegraben: | Victoriapithecus macinnesi |
Literatur
T. Harrison 1989, A new species of Micropithecus from the middle Miocene of Kenya. Journal of Human Evolution. 18:6, p. 537 - 557M. Pickford 1992, Evidence for an arid climate in western Uganda during the middle Miocene. Comptes Rendus Acad. des Sci.,serie II. 315:11, p. 1419 - 1424