Lufeng, Section D, Layer 3, China


Fundort: Lufeng, Section D, Layer 3, 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, Blackish brown massive lignite with compact and solid texture. Partially intercalated with blackish gray laminated sand and sandy clay. Occasionally there are some burrows in the lignite. White spots and grayish green epiphytes are common in the bed. Thickness 0,3-1,4 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