Lothagam 1, Kenia


Fundort: Lothagam 1, Kenia, Turkana District, Kenia
Taxon: Australopithecus africanus aus der Familie Hominidae
Fossilien und Beschreibung der Fundstelle:
dating method: absolute, age comment: faunal correlation further defines age to between 5.0 and 6.0 My radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min, rock type adj: ., lithology comments: also silt
Geschätztes Alter
der Fundstelle:
zwischen 2,588 und 7,246 Millionen Jahre aus der Lothagam 1 Formation in Kenia
Geologie, Sratigraphie Messinian, Zanclean, Piacenzian / Messinian / Lothagam 1
Koordinaten: 2° 52 ' 58 '' N, 36° 4 ' 1 '' O

Literatur

B. Patterson, A. K. Behrensmeyer, W.D. Sill 1970, Geology and Fauna of a New Pliocene Locality in North- western Kenya. Nature. 226, p. 918 - 921

Systematik