Otavipithecus namibiensis - type locality (Miocene of Namibia)

Where: Namibia (19.5° S, 18.3° E: paleocoordinates 20.1° S, 16.8° E)

When: Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: fissure fill; lithified breccia

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G.C. Conroy, M. Pickfordi, B. Senut, J. Couvering, and P. Mein. 1992. Otavipithecus namibiensis, first Miocene hominoid from southern Africa. Nature 356:144-148 [G. Slater/A. Wisniewski]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 201487: authorized by Graham Slater, entered by Anna Wisniewski on 09.05.2019

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Primates - Hominidae
Otavipithecus namibiensis Conroy et al. 1992 ape