Lufeng, Section D, Layer 6, China


Fundort: Lufeng, Section D, Layer 6, 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, Two or three laminated layers of lignite. There are gray fine sand layers and blackish gray carbonaceous clay layers between the lignit layers. The lignite contains plant fossils and woody fragments. White and grayish blue epiphytes are common. Thickness 0,5 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