GEOLOGICAL AND PALEONTOLOGICAL BACKGROUND OF HADAR HOMINID SITE, AFAR, ETHIOPIA

被引：66

作者：

TAIEB, M

JOHANSON, DC

COPPENS, Y

ARONSON, JL

机构：

[1] CNRS, LAB GEOL QUATERNAIRE, MEUDON-BELLEVUE, FRANCE

[2] CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIV, CLEVELAND MUSEUM NAT HIST, DEPT ANTHROPOL, CLEVELAND, OH 44106 USA

[3] MUSEE NATL HIST NAT, MUSEE HOMME, LAB ANTHROPOL, PARIS, FRANCE

[4] CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIV, DEPT EARTH SCI, CLEVELAND, OH 44106 USA

来源：

NATURE | 1976年 / 260卷 / 5549期

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D O I：

10.1038/260289a0

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

The hominid-bearing Plio-Pleistocene sequence of the west central Afar sedimentary basin in Hadar, Ethiopia, contains 120-140 m of fossiliferous lacustrine and lake margin sediments. The Hadar sequence is described and divided into 4 members. The mammalian fauna indicates an age of .apprx. 3.0 million yr which is confirmed under the Hadar formation by K-Ar determinations on a basalt. [A provisional faunal list includes species of Hippopotamidae, Suidae, Giraffidae, Bovidae, Equidae, Rhinocerotidae, Elephantidae, Deinotheridae, Rodentia, Canidae, Hyaenidae, Mustelidae, Felidae, Cercopithecidae, Hominidae, Chiroptera, Aves, Reptilia, Siluridae, Mollusca and Crustacea.].

引用

页码：289 / 293

页数：5

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