West Turkana - Natoo region, Kenia


Fundort: West Turkana - Natoo region, Kenia, Rift Valley, Kenia
Taxon: Homo erectus aus der Familie Hominidae
Fossilien und Beschreibung der Fundstelle:
dating method: absolute, age comment: between Lower Koobi Fora Tuff (=Okote Tuff; 1.64 +/- 0.03) &Lower Nariokotome Tuff (1.33 +/- 0.03) radiometric intage_min, rock type adj: pale yellow-brown, lithology comments: also silt; thirteen fining upward cyclessand to silt; interbedded tuffs
Geschätztes Alter
der Fundstelle:
zwischen 0,781 und 1,806 Millionen Jahre aus der Nachukui Formation in Kenia
Geologie, Sratigraphie Calabrian / Calabrian / Nachukui
Koordinaten: 4° 15 ' 0 '' N, 35° 47 ' 31 '' 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