Maramena, Griechenland


Fundort: Maramena, Griechenland, Central Macedonia, Griechenland
Taxon: Mesopithecus pentelicus aus der Familie Cercopithecidae
Fossilien und Beschreibung der Fundstelle:
Mesofossils, May be the same level as Ano Metochi 2-3, A polymict poorly sorted conglomerate containing pebbles of schist, gneiss and granite. This coarse-grained series grades upwards into arkosic sands and finally into clays with occasional lignites. Within the top part of the formation, two "landslide" breccias occur. The lower of these consists of metamorphic rocks, the upper one of granite.
Geschätztes Alter
der Fundstelle:
zwischen 5,333 und 8,7 Millionen Jahre aus der Lefkon Formation in Griechenland
Geologie, Sratigraphie Tortonian, Messinian / Turolian / Lefkon
Koordinaten: 41° 10 ' 0 '' N, 23° 30 ' 0 '' O

Literatur

N. Schmidt-Kittler, H. de Bruijn, C. Doukas 1995, The vertebrate locality Maramena (Macedonia, Greece) at the Turolian-Ruscinian Boundary (Neogene). 1. General Introduction. Munchner Goewiss. Abh. 28, p. 9 - 18

Systematik