West Turkana - Kalochoro III, Kenia


Fundort: West Turkana - Kalochoro III, Kenia, Rift Valley, Kenia
Taxon: Theropithecus oswaldi aus der Familie Cercopithecidae
Fossilien und Beschreibung der Fundstelle:
dating method: absolute, age comment: between Malbe Tuff (1.86 +/- 0.02) and Lower Koobi Fora Tuff(=Okote Tuff; 1.64 +/- 0.03); Malbe dated by K/Ar & Ar/Ar, rock type adj: laminated, lithology comments: also clay and fine sand
Geschätztes Alter
der Fundstelle:
zwischen 0,781 und 3,6 Millionen Jahre aus der Nachukui Formation in Kenia
Geologie, Sratigraphie Piacenzian, Gelasian, Calabrian / Late Pliocene / Nachukui
Koordinaten: 4° 12 ' 0 '' N, 35° 45 ' 0 '' 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