Omo - L.338y, Äthiopien


Fundort: Omo - L.338y, Äthiopien, , Äthiopien
Taxon: Theropithecus (Omopithecus) brumpti aus der Familie Cercopithecidae
Fossilien und Beschreibung der Fundstelle:
Macrofossils, dating method: absolute, age comment: Max = Tuff E, Min = Tuff F radiometric intage_min Bobe et al. 2002: member E of the Shungura Fm. dates between ~2.4–2.46Ma , rock type adj: unconsolidated, lithology comments: stratified silty sand, sandy silt,compacted silt with white concretions,coarse sand pockets + bones,reduced clay E-3-3
Geschätztes Alter
der Fundstelle:
zwischen 1,806 und 2,588 Millionen Jahre aus der Shungura Formation in Äthiopien
Geologie, Sratigraphie Gelasian / Gelasian / Shungura
Koordinaten: 5° 7 ' 23 '' N, 36° 1 ' 19 '' O

Literatur

C. S. Feibel, F.H. Brown, I. McDougall 1989, Stratigraphic Context of Fossil hominids from the Omo Group Deposits: Northern Turkana Basin, Kenya and Ethiopia. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 78, p. 595 - 622

Systematik