West Turkana - Naiyena Engol II, Kenia


Fundort: West Turkana - Naiyena Engol II, Kenia, Rift Valley, Kenia
Taxon: Theropithecus oswaldi aus der Familie Cercopithecidae
Fossilien und Beschreibung der Fundstelle:
dating method: absolute, age comment: between Malbe Tuff (1.86 +/- 0.02) & Lower Koobi Fora Tuff (=Okote Tuff; 1.64 +/- 0.03); Malbe Tuff also dated by Ar/Ar, rock type adj: ., lithology comments: silt, clay, and fine sand; see Kaitio Fauna
Geschätztes Alter
der Fundstelle:
zwischen 0,781 und 3,6 Millionen Jahre aus der Nachukui Formation in Kenia
Geologie, Sratigraphie Piacenzian, Gelasian, Calabrian / Late Pliocene / Nachukui
Koordinaten: 4° 9 ' 0 '' N, 35° 44 ' 38 '' O

Literatur

J. M. Harris, F.H. Brown, M.G. Leakey 1988, Stratigraphy and Paleontology of pliocene and Pleistocene Localities West of Lake Turkana, Kenya. Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. 399, p. 1 - 128

Systematik