Lufeng, China


Fundort: Lufeng, China, Yunnan, China
Taxon: Lufengpithecus lufengensis aus der Familie Hominidae
Fossilien und Beschreibung der Fundstelle:
Macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils, Quarry sequence is divided into 8 beds (numbered from top), in the Xi River Basin north of Lufeng, China. These unconformably overly Mesozoic sediments. No Formation names are given. Han 1985: "Its geological age is Late Miocene, equivalent to the Turolian of European sequence of land mammal ages." Qi 1986: Age "8 Ma or perhaps a bit later", Quarry section at Lufeng is 8 m thick. Detailed microstratigraphy given in Qi 1985 and Badgley et al 1988.
Geschätztes Alter
der Fundstelle:
zwischen 7,246 und 11,62 Millionen Jahre aus der Formation in China
Geologie, Sratigraphie Tortonian / Tortonian /
Koordinaten: 25° 0 ' 59 '' N, 102° 3 ' 59 '' O

Literatur

C. Badgley, G. Qi, W. Chen, D. Han 1988, Paleoecology of a Miocene, tropical, upland fauna: Lufeng, China. National Geographic Research. 4:2, p. 178 - 195

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