Fundstelle Kalodirr, west of Lake Turkana, Kenia - Evolution der Primaten

Kalodirr, west of Lake Turkana, Kenia

Fundort:	Kalodirr, west of Lake Turkana, Kenia, , Kenia
Taxon:	Afropithecus turkanensis aus der Familie Proconsulidae
Fossilien und Beschreibung der Fundstelle:
Macrofossils, The site of Kalodirr ("Oryx" in the Turkana language) is located at the headwater of the Kalodirr River (3?20'N, 35?45'E) between the Lokipenata Ridge and the Basalt Hills to the east (Boschetto et al. 1992; Leakey and Leakey 1986a, b). Grossman et al. 2009: The age of the Kalodirr fauna can be well constrained based on K/Ar dating of the underlying Kalodirr tuffs (17.5+/-10.2 Ma) and the overlying Naserte tuffs (16.8+/-0.2 Ma), which divide the Kalodirr Member from the younger Naserte Member of the Lothidok Formation.
Geschätztes Alter der Fundstelle:	zwischen 15,97 und 20,44 Millionen Jahre aus der Lothidok Formation in Kenia
Geologie, Sratigraphie	Burdigalian / Burdigalian / Lothidok
Koordinaten:	3° 19 ' 59 '' N, 35° 45 ' 0 '' O
Die Daten sowie die folgende Systematik stammen aus der Paleobiology Database, Lizenz

Literatur R. E. Leakey, M. G. Leakey 1986, A new Miocene hominoid from Kenya. Nature. 324:13, p. 143 - 146
Systematik Hominoidea †Proconsulidae †Rangwapithecus †Rangwapithecus gordoni †Proconsul †Proconsul major †Proconsul gitongai †Proconsul meswae †Proconsul africanus †Nacholapithecus †Nacholapithecus kerioi †Heliopithecus †Morotopithecus †Morotopithecus bishopi †Afropithecus †Afropithecus turkanensis †Proconsulinae †Turkanapithecus †Turkanapithecus kalakolensis †Nyanzapithecus †Nyanzapithecus vancouveringorum †Nyanzapithecus alesi †Nyanzapithecus harrisoni †Nyanzapithecus pickfordi †Xenopithecus