Fundstelle Moroto II, Uganda - Evolution der Primaten

Moroto II, Uganda

Fundort:	Moroto II, Uganda, , Uganda
Taxon:	Morotopithecus bishopi aus der Familie Proconsulidae
Fossilien und Beschreibung der Fundstelle:
Macrofossils, dating method: time_unit, age comment: 0 "Fossils have been found at a number of horizons" that are "overlain by a fine-grained basalt that presumably flowed down an ancient channel" and is 40Ar/39Ar dated at "more than 20 Ma" although "isotopic disturbance" makes an exact date impossible; however, a basalt overlying Moroto I is 40Ar/39Ar dated at 20.61 +/- 0.05 Ma [= MN 2] and "it is likely that the basalts represent the same flow" (Gebo et al. 1997), rock type adj: 0, lithology comments: 0 "intercalated coarse- to fine-grained sandstone, conglomerate, siltstone, and mudstone... Fossils... are typically associated with medium-grained sandstone and siltstone" (Gebo et al. 1997)
Geschätztes Alter der Fundstelle:	zwischen 20, und 22,4 Millionen Jahre aus der Formation in Uganda
Geologie, Sratigraphie	Aquitanian, Burdigalian / MN 2 /
Koordinaten:	2° 31 ' 59 '' N, 34° 45 ' 0 '' O
Die Daten sowie die folgende Systematik stammen aus der Paleobiology Database, Lizenz

Literatur D. L. Gebo, L. MacLatchy, R. Kityo, A. Deino, J. Kingston, D. Pilbeam 1997, A hominoid genus from the early Miocene of Uganda. Science. 276, p. 401 - 404
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