Lufengpithecus lufengensis (Hominidae)



Lufengpithecus lufengensis ist eine Primatenart innerhalb der Familie Hominidae, die ab dem Neogen (Miozän) im Tortonium lebte, das vor rund 11,6 Millionen Jahren begann und bis vor 7,2 Millionen Jahren andauerte.

Fundorte

Systematik

Daten zu den einzelnen Funden von Lufengpithecus lufengensis
Sammlung Kommentar zum Fundort Epoche, Alter
Lufeng Located about 9 km north of Lufeng, at the southern side of Miaoshanpo-Mountain; IVPP-Point 75033, called section D. Tortonian
zwischen 7.25 und 11.62 Millionen Jahren
Kommentar z. Stratigraphie Lithographie
Quarry sequence is divided into 8 beds (numbered from top), in the Xi River Basin north of Lufeng, China. These unconformably overly Mesozoic sediments. No Formation names are given. Han 1985: "Its geological age is Late Miocene, equivalent to the Turolian of European sequence of land mammal ages." Qi 1986: Age "8 Ma or perhaps a bit later" Quarry section at Lufeng is 8 m thick. Detailed microstratigraphy given in Qi 1985 and Badgley et al 1988.
U.a. am Fundort ausgegraben: Laccopithecus robustus
Sammlung Kommentar zum Fundort Epoche, Alter
Zhaotong hominoid site The Shuitangba (‘Water Pond Platform’ in Chinese) fossil site is within an open-pit lignite mine near the city of Zhaotong, at the margin of a sub-basin within the Zhaotong Basin, in north-eastern Yunnan Province Tortonian
zwischen 5.33 und 11.61 Millionen Jahren
Kommentar z. Stratigraphie
These dates relate specifically to the hominoid bearing layer

Literatur

C. Badgley, G. Qi, W. Chen, D. Han 1988, Paleoecology of a Miocene, tropical, upland fauna: Lufeng, China. National Geographic Research. 4:2, p. 178 - 195
W. Dong, X.-P. Ji, N. G. Jablonksi, D. F. Su, W.-Q. Li 2014, New materials of the Late Miocene Muntiacus from Zhaotong hominoid site in southern China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 52:2, p. 316 - 327