Napak (Napak Member), Uganda


Fundort: Napak (Napak Member), Uganda, , Uganda
Taxon: Micropithecus clarki aus der Familie Dendropithecidae
Fossilien und Beschreibung der Fundstelle:
Macrofossils,mesofossils, "localities I, IV, V, and IX are intercalated with volcanic tuffs... and biotites from these tuffs at Napak I have produced dates of 19.5 +/- 2 Ma and 18.3 +/- 0.4 Ma" after being "adjusted for new constants" but "the younger date is discrepantly low" so an age of "between 19 and 20 Ma" (i.e., Burdigalian) is favored (Rossie and MacLatchy 2006)
Geschätztes Alter
der Fundstelle:
zwischen 15,97 und 20,44 Millionen Jahre aus der Formation in Uganda
Geologie, Sratigraphie Burdigalian / Burdigalian /
Koordinaten: 2° 4 ' 59 '' N, 34° 13 ' 59 '' O

Literatur

J. G. Fleagle, E. L. Simons 1978, Micropithecus clarki, a small ape from the Miocene of Uganda. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 49:4, p. 427 - 440, DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.1330490402

Systematik