Lothagam-Kaiyumung Mb., Kenia


Fundort: Lothagam-Kaiyumung Mb., Kenia, , Kenia
Taxon: Australopithecus afarensis aus der Familie Hominidae
Fossilien und Beschreibung der Fundstelle:
Macrofossils,mesofossils, Not well dated. Top of underlying member is estimated at 3.9 Ma. KBS tuff in overlying strata is 1.88 +/- 0.02 Ma. , Characterized by pebble-rich quartzofeldspathic sandstones and mudstones with well-developed vertic features.
Geschätztes Alter
der Fundstelle:
zwischen 2,588 und 5,333 Millionen Jahre aus der Nachukui Formation in Kenia
Geologie, Sratigraphie Zanclean, Piacenzian / Zanclean / Nachukui
Koordinaten: 2° 53 ' 60 '' N, 36° 2 ' 59 '' O

Literatur

M. G. Leakey, J. M. Harris 2003, Lothagam: the dawn of humanity in eastern Africa. Lothagam: the dawn of humanity in eastern Africa. , p. 678

Systematik