Laudate, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika (USA)


Fundort: Laudate, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika (USA), California, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika (USA)
Taxon: Plesiadapis anceps aus der Familie Plesiadapidae
Fossilien und Beschreibung der Fundstelle:
2 Fossilien gefunden:
Bezeichng. Anzahl Seite Körpert./Zahn Abkürzg.
1unterer Molar(m1)
11unterer Molar(m1)
Macrofossils,mesofossils, Believed to be Puercan or Torrejonian by McKenna et al., but "definitely Tiffanian" according to McKenna and Lofgren 2003 from "near the base of information member 4b (formerly Tgsu)" Lofgren et al. 2014: The mammalian fauna from member 4a and the lower part of member 4b is collectively referred to as the Goler Assemblage. the Goler Assemblage is probably middle Tiffanian (Ti3–Ti4a), although a Ti5a age is also possible., Formation is "non-marine and then marine" going up section, and consists of "Almost 4 km of conglomerates, feldspathic sandstones, and drab or variegated mudstones"
Geschätztes Alter
der Fundstelle:
zwischen 56,8 und 61,7 Millionen Jahre aus der Goler Formation in Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika (USA)
Geologie, Sratigraphie Danian, Selandian, Thanetian / Tiffanian / Goler
Koordinaten: 35° 30 ' 0 '' N, 117° 46 ' 0 '' W

Literatur

D. L. Lofgren, J. G. Honey, M. C. McKenna, R. L. Zondervan, E. E. Smith 2008, Paleocene primates from the Goler Formation of the Mojave Desert in California. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Science Series. 41, p. 11 - 28

Systematik