†Proconsul meswae (Proconsulidae)
Proconsul meswae ist eine Primatenart innerhalb der Familie Proconsulidae, die ab dem Paläogen (Oligozän) im Chattium lebte, das vor rund 28,1 Millionen Jahren begann und bis vor 23 Millionen Jahren andauerte.
Fundorte
Die Funddaten, die Systematik sowie die unten folgende Literatursammlung stammen aus der Paleobiology Database, Lizenz
Daten zu den einzelnen Funden von Proconsul meswae
| Sammlung | Kommentar zum Fundort | Epoche, Alter | Geologie, Formation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meswa Bridge locality 36 | Near Muhoroni in the Tinderet region of western Kenya exact coordinate given by Harrison and Andrews 2009 | Chattian zwischen 23.03 und 28.1 Millionen Jahren |
Muhroni Agglomerates |
| Kommentar z. Stratigraphie | Lithographie | Kommentar z. Taxonomie | |
| Pickford and Andrews provide radiometric dates for the Muhoroni Agglomerate: 23.5 and 23.6 Ma which they say is Miocene. Harland et al. 1989 place those ages in the late Oligocene. | Muhoroni Agglomerates are volcanic deposits near a vent above base level. Contemporary channel filled with unbedded partly calcified sandstone. "The Muhoroni Agglomerates are fine to coarse pyroclastic sands with gneissic cobbles and boulders up to 1 m in size, into which ephemeral channels were cut... The deposits range from off-white to yellow and pale brown, and they are at least 10 m in thickness and weakly bedded... Fossil root casts, leaves, and wood are common in the sediments, but vertebrate remains are rare... The channel [yielding the fossils] was filled with unbedded, partially calcified sandstone..." (Harrison and Andrews 2009) | wood and leaves also mentioned |
