Olorgesailie - Member 7, Kenia


Fundort: Olorgesailie - Member 7, Kenia, , Kenia
Taxon: Theropithecus oswaldi aus der Familie Cercopithecidae
Fossilien und Beschreibung der Fundstelle:
Macrofossils, M6/7s: "a complex of whitish grey channel sands, diatomaceous gravels, and sandy overbank deposits, 10-100cm thick" LM7ds: "20-40cm of white-buff diatomaceous silts immediately overlying M6/7s" UM7p: "A well-developed greenish brown paleosol 5-100cm thick" (Potts 1999)
Geschätztes Alter
der Fundstelle:
zwischen 0,0117 und 2,588 Millionen Jahre aus der Olorgesailie Formation in Kenia
Geologie, Sratigraphie Gelasian, Calabrian, Middle Pleistocene, Late Pleistocene / Pleistocene / Olorgesailie
Koordinaten: 1° 34 ' 14 '' S, 36° 26 ' 15 '' O

Literatur

R. Potts, A. K. Behrensmeyer, P. Ditchfield 1999, Paleolandscape variation and Early Pleistocene hominid activities: Members 1 and 7, Olorgesailie Formation, Kenya. Journal of Human Evolution. 37, p. 747 - 788

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