Lufeng, Section D, Layer 2, China


Fundort: Lufeng, Section D, Layer 2, 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, Interbedding of blackish brown carbonaceous clay and grayish white fine sand. There are four continued belts of carbonaceous clay and fine small sand layers. Each clay belt and small sand layer is about 10-15 cm thick. The sand contains abundant shell fragments of molluscs. Thickness 0,7-3 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