West Turkana - Kangaki I, Kenia


Fundort: West Turkana - Kangaki I, Kenia, Rift Valley, Kenia
Taxon: Theropithecus oswaldi aus der Familie Cercopithecidae
Fossilien und Beschreibung der Fundstelle:
dating method: absolute, age comment: between Kalochoro Tuff (2.36 +/- 0.05) and KBS Tuff (1.88 +/- 0.02); KBS Tuff also dated by Ar/Ar radiometric intage_min, rock type adj: medium-fine grained, lithology comments: also silt, clay, conglomerate, and dolo-mite
Geschätztes Alter
der Fundstelle:
zwischen 1,806 und 2,588 Millionen Jahre aus der Nachukui Formation in Kenia
Geologie, Sratigraphie Gelasian / Gelasian / Nachukui
Koordinaten: 4° 2 ' 60 '' N, 35° 43 ' 58 '' 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