Turkanapithecus kalakolensis (Proconsulidae)



Turkanapithecus kalakolensis ist eine Primatenart innerhalb der Familie Proconsulidae, 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 Turkanapithecus kalakolensis
Sammlung Kommentar zum Fundort Epoche, Alter Geologie, Formation Kommentar zur Sammlung
Kalodirr, west of Lake Turkana Kalodirr is located near the head-waters of the Kalodirr River (3°20’N, 35°45’E), extending from just south of the Lodwar-Kalakol road north to the Lokipenata Ridge; approximately 10km south of the Miocene localities: Losodok, Moruaret Hill and Moruarot. Burdigalian
zwischen 15.97 und 20.44 Millionen Jahren
Lothidok West Turkana, KNM-WK
Kommentar z. Stratigraphie
the site of Kalodirr ("Oryx" in the Turkana language) is located at the headwater of the Kalodirr River (3?20'N, 35?45'E) between the Lokipenata Ridge and the Basalt Hills to the east (Boschetto et al. 1992; Leakey and Leakey 1986a, b). Grossman et al. 2009: The age of the Kalodirr fauna can be well constrained based on K/Ar dating of the underlying Kalodirr tuffs (17.5+/-10.2 Ma) and the overlying Naserte tuffs (16.8+/-0.2 Ma), which divide the Kalodirr Member from the younger Naserte Member of the Lothidok Formation.
U.a. am Fundort ausgegraben: Afropithecus turkanensis

Literatur

R. E. Leakey, M. G. Leakey 1986, A second new Miocene hominoid from Kenya. Nature. 324:13, p. 146 - 148