Lufeng, Section D, Layer 1, China


Fundort: Lufeng, Section D, Layer 1, China, Yunnan, China
Taxon: Laccopithecus robustus aus der Familie Pliopithecidae
Fossilien und Beschreibung der Fundstelle:
Macrofossils, Time: upper Miocene, equivalent to Turolian, 7-8 Myr bed 1, Yellow sandy clay with sand and gravel lenses. The colour of the clay is brown, contaminated by ferro-magnesium. The gravel contain mainly quartz with mediate roundness and diameters of 1-2 cm. The layer is demarcated from the layer below by a clear erosion surface. Thickness 0,5-2 m.
Geschätztes Alter
der Fundstelle:
zwischen 5,333 und 8,7 Millionen Jahre aus der Formation in China
Geologie, Sratigraphie Tortonian, Messinian / Turolian /
Koordinaten: 25° 0 ' 59 '' N, 102° 3 ' 59 '' O

Literatur

R. Wu, Y. Pan 1985, A new Adapid Primate from the Lufeng Miocene, Yunnan. Acta Anthropologica Sinica (Renleixue xuebao). 4:1, p. 1 - 6

Systematik