West Turkana - Nariokotome III, Kenia


Fundort: West Turkana - Nariokotome III, 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 (nearest date on Lower 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; see Natoo Fauna
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° 16 ' 1 '' N, 35° 49 ' 1 '' 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