Majiwa, Kenia


Fundort: Majiwa, Kenia, , Kenia
Taxon: Victoriapithecus macinnesi aus der Familie Victoriapithecidae
Fossilien und Beschreibung der Fundstelle:
Macrofossils, dating method: composite, age comment: Max age = ~17 Ma based on biostratigraphy. Min age = 11.8 +/- 1.0 my (K/Ar date on Majiwa phonolite) radiometric intage_min, rock type adj: ., lithology comments: "silts, calcretes, and silty conglomerates"
Geschätztes Alter
der Fundstelle:
zwischen 13,82 und 15,97 Millionen Jahre aus der Maboko Formation in Kenia
Geologie, Sratigraphie Langhian / Langhian / Maboko
Koordinaten: 0° 9 ' 0 '' N, 34° 37 ' 11 '' O

Literatur

M. Pickford 1982, New Higher Primate Fossils from the Middle Miocene Deposits at Majiwa and Kaloma, Western Kenya. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 58, p. 1 - 19

Systematik