West Turkana - Nachukui II, Kenia


Fundort: West Turkana - Nachukui II, Kenia, Rift Valley, Kenia
Taxon: Theropithecus oswaldi aus der Familie Cercopithecidae
Fossilien und Beschreibung der Fundstelle:
dating method: absolute, age comment: between Lower Nariokotome Tuff (1.33 +/- 0.03) and Kale Tuff(nearest date on Silbo Tuff - 0.73 +/- 0.01 - K/Ar & Ar/Ar) radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min, rock type adj: coarse-grained, lithology comments: also volcanic clast conglomerates and siltstones; poorly-sorted
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° 13 ' 58 '' N, 35° 46 ' 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