Theropithecus brumpti from BPRP #152, Kenia


Fundort: Theropithecus brumpti from BPRP #152, Kenia, , Kenia
Taxon: Theropithecus (Omopithecus) brumpti aus der Familie Cercopithecidae
Fossilien und Beschreibung der Fundstelle:
Macrofossils, Based on a sedimentation rate of approximately 43 cm/k.yr. calculated for this part of the sequence (Deino et al., 2006), the T. brumpti skeleton can be dated to 2.63 Ma
Geschätztes Alter
der Fundstelle:
zwischen 2,588 und 5,333 Millionen Jahre aus der Chemeron Formation in Kenia
Geologie, Sratigraphie Zanclean, Piacenzian / Pliocene / Chemeron
Koordinaten: 0° 45 ' 10 '' N, 35° 52 ' 30 '' O

Literatur

C.C. Gilbert, E.D. Goble, J.D. Kingston, A. Hill 2011, Partial skeleton of Theropithecus brumpti (Primates, Cercopithecidae) from the Chemeron Formation of the Tugen Hills, Kenya. Journal of Human Evolution. 61:4, p. 347 - 362

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