Revised stratigraphy of Area 123, Koobi Fora, Kenya, and new age estimates of its fossil mammals, including hominins

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 471-479

  Gathogo, Patrick N ^a   Brown, Francis H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Geology; Koobi Fora Formation; Pleistocene; Turkana Basin

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; FOSSIL RECORD; HOMINID; PLEISTOCENE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; KOOBI FORA; RIFT VALLEY; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TURKANA;

ALGAE; CRANIA; HOMO HABILIS; HOMO RUDOLFENSIS; MAMMALIA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 33750223526     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2006.05.005     Document Type: Article

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