Olorgesailie - KNM-OL 45500 Hominin Site, Kenia


Fundort: Olorgesailie - KNM-OL 45500 Hominin Site, Kenia, , Kenia
Taxon: Homo erectus aus der Familie Hominidae
Fossilien und Beschreibung der Fundstelle:
Macrofossils,mesofossils, Between Member 5 and Member 7 age estimated at 0.97 to 0.90 m.y. based on date of 0.974 Ma for underlying Member 5, and location of Brunhes/Matuyama boundary in lower Member 8, "poorly sorted sandy silt that contained angular volcanic sand... [hominin fossil] rested on well-sorted silt of an underlying paleosol."
Geschätztes Alter
der Fundstelle:
zwischen 0,126 und 0,781 Millionen Jahre aus der Olorgesailie Formation in Kenia
Geologie, Sratigraphie Middle Pleistocene / Middle Pleistocene / Olorgesailie
Koordinaten: 1° 34 ' 35 '' S, 36° 24 ' 44 '' O

Literatur

R. Potts, A. K. Behrensmeyer, A. Deino, P. Ditchfield, J. Clark 2004, Small mid-Pleistocene hominin associated with East African Acheulean technology. Science. 305, p. 75 - 78

Systematik