Fundstelle Kantis Fossil Site, Kenia - Evolution der Primaten - biologie-seite.de

Darwinius masillae (Bild: Jens L. Franzen)

Kantis Fossil Site, Kenia

Fundort:	Kantis Fossil Site, Kenia, Rift Valley, Kenia
Taxon:	Australopithecus afarensis aus der Familie Hominidae
Fossilien und Beschreibung der Fundstelle:
Macrofossils, The Kantis Tuff (up to 0.5 m thick) consists of two parts: gray mud layers with thin sand layers (each <3 cm) and white coarse tuff layers (Fig. 3). The bed is broken into two large blocks in the fossil site and many small cracks are present within it, probably due to minor sliding induced by dragging of the tuff by the Level 3 sediments that were transported by a volcanic mud flow. The tuff bed in the area where the Level 2 bed is thinner than at other locations was probably deposited in a small depression suitable for a small pond. The sand layers are interpreted as being of flood origin from rivers. There are local large footprints in and on top of the tuff (Fig. 3). The latter are interpreted as underprints, which are formed by the impact of feet on layers below the surface on which the animal walked (Lockley, 1991). The presence of footprints and underprints implies that there were habitats for large animals (e.g., hippo, elephant, or rhino) near the locality.
Geschätztes Alter der Fundstelle:	zwischen 2,588 und 3,6 Millionen Jahre aus der Rift Valley Formation in Kenia
Geologie, Sratigraphie	Piacenzian / Late Pliocene / Rift Valley
Koordinaten:	1° 23 ' 26 '' S, 36° 43 ' 25 '' O
Die Daten sowie die folgende Systematik stammen aus der Paleobiology Database, Lizenz

Literatur E. Mbau, S. Kusaka 2016, Kantis: A new Australopithecus site on the shoulders of the Rift Valley near Nairobi, Kenya. . 94, p. 28 - 44, DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2016.01.006
Systematik Hominoidea Hominidae Homininae Gorillini Hominini †Australopithecus †Australopithecus afarensis †Australopithecus anamensis †Australopithecus sediba †Australopithecus deyiremeda †Australopithecus garhi †Australopithecus africanus †Ardipithecus †Ardipithecus ramidus †Ardipithecus kadabba Homo †Homo naledi †Homo rhodesiensis †Homo rudolfensis †Homo heidelbergensis †Homo neanderthalensis †Homo georgicus †Homo floresiensis †Homo habilis †Homo antecessor †Homo erectus †Homo njarasensis Homo sapiens Homo_sapiens_americanus Homo_sapiens_ferus † Homo_sapiens_idaltu Homo_sapiens_monstrosus Homo_sapiens_europaeus Homo_sapiens_asiaticus Homo_sapiens_afer †Kenyanthropus platyops †Homo helmei †Sahelanthropus †Sahelanthropus tchadensis Panina Pan Pan_troglodytes Pan_paniscus †Graecopithecini †Graecopithecus †Graecopithecus freybergi †Ouranopithecus turkae †Ouranopithecus macedoniensis †Dryopithecini †Dryopithecus †Dryopithecus (Rangwapithecus) †Dryopithecus mogharensis †Dryopithecus chinjiensis †Dryopithecus fontani Presbytina †Danuvius †Danuvius guggenmosi Cercopithecina †Preanthropinae †Praeanthropus †Praeanthropus anamensis †Praeanthropus tugenensis †Praeanthropus bahrelghazali †Praeanthropus garhi Hominina †Paranthropus †Paranthropus robustus †Paranthropus boisei †Paranthropus aethiopicus Gorilla Gorilla beringei Gorilla gorilla †Oreopithecus †Oreopithecus bambolii Ponginae †Khoratpithecus †Khoratpithecus ayeyarwadyensis †Khoratpithecus piriyai †Khoratpithecus chiangmuanensis †Sivapithecini †Gigantopithecus †Gigantopithecus blacki †Gigantopithecus giganteus †Gigantopithecus bilaspurensis †Bodvapithecus †Sivapithecus †Sivapithecus simsoni †Sivapithecus indicus †Sivapithecus parvada †Sivapithecus punjabicus †Ankarapithecus meteai †Hispanopithecini †Hispanopithecus †Hispanopithecus (Hispanopithecus) † Hispanopithecus_(Hispanopithecus)_hungaricus † Hispanopithecus_(Hispanopithecus)_crusafonti † Hispanopithecus_(Hispanopithecus)_laietanus Pongini Pongo Pongo tapanuliensis Pongo abelii †Pongo hooijeri Pongo pygmaeus †Lufengpithecini †Lufengpithecus †Lufengpithecus keiyuanensis †Lufengpithecus lufengensis Simiina †Pierolapithecus †Pierolapithecus catalaunicus †Australopithecinae †Dryopithecinae †Limnopithecus †Limnopithecus evansi †Limnopithecus legetet †Udabnopithecus †Udabnopithecus garedziensis †Kenyapithecini †Griphopithecus †Griphopithecus alpani †Kenyapithecus †Kenyapithecus wickeri †Afropithecini †Otavipithecus †Otavipithecus namibiensis