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

Locherangan, west of Lake Turkana, Kenia

Fundort:	Locherangan, west of Lake Turkana, Kenia, , Kenia
Taxon:	Afropithecus turkanensis aus der Familie Proconsulidae
Fossilien und Beschreibung der Fundstelle:
Macrofossils, From a "13.5 m" unit at the top of the local sequence there is an average K-Ar date of 17.5 +/- 0.3 Ma for five determinations on "two feldspar separates" coming from the "upper tuff" in the sequence, which is "slightly" below the fossiliferous unit, "poorly consolidated red-brown claystones that are interbedded with red-brown consolidated conglomeratic sandstones. The fine grained deposits again contain fish bones, and mammal bones were noted in situ in the fine sandstone interbeds"
Geschätztes Alter der Fundstelle:	zwischen 15,97 und 20,44 Millionen Jahre aus der Formation in Kenia
Geologie, Sratigraphie	Burdigalian / Burdigalian /
Koordinaten:	3° 46 ' 59 '' N, 35° 42 ' 0 '' O
Die Daten sowie die folgende Systematik stammen aus der Paleobiology Database, Lizenz

Literatur W. Anyonge 1991, Fauna from a new Lower Miocene locality west of Lake Turkana, Kenya. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 11:3, p. 378 - 390
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