Maboko Island - Bed 3 or 5, Kenia


Fundort: Maboko Island - Bed 3 or 5, Kenia, , Kenia
Taxon: Victoriapithecus macinnesi aus der Familie Victoriapithecidae
Fossilien und Beschreibung der Fundstelle:
Macrofossils, dating method: composite, age comment: Min age = 13.8 +/- .04 Ma (Bed 8 Tuff). Max age = ~17 Ma (based on biostratigraphy) radiometric intage_min "63 or 5", rock type adj: ., lithology comments: green-yell sandy clay (Bed 3)&indurated white clay w/vertisol develoverlain by less compact bown clay (Bed 5)
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

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