Maboko Island - Bed 5, Kenia


Fundort: Maboko Island - Bed 5, Kenia, , Kenia
Taxon: Victoriapithecus macinnesi aus der Familie Victoriapithecidae
Fossilien und Beschreibung der Fundstelle:
dating method: composite, age comment: Min age = 14.71 +/- .16 Ma (Bed 8 Tuff). Max age = ~17 Ma (based on biostratigraphy). radiometric intage_min, rock type adj: ., lithology comments: indurated white clay with vertisol development overlain by a less-compact brown clay
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 ' 57 '' N, 34° 37 ' 1 '' O

Literatur

T. Harrison 1989, A new species of Micropithecus from the middle Miocene of Kenya. Journal of Human Evolution. 18:6, p. 537 - 557

Systematik