Abstract
The middle Miocene sediments assigned to the Muruyur Beds have yielded abundant faunal remains which indicate an age somewhere near the early part of the middle Miocene, perhaps being earlier in time than Fort Ternan but probably coeval or slightly later than Maboko. Available radioisotopic age determinations suggest that the beds are between 13.5 and 14 m.y. old, which seems to be too young when compared with the biostratigraphic estimate. The importance of Muruyur Beds lies in their rich fossil content which includes hominoids of an age which is in general poorly represented in East Africa’s fossil record. This article places the fossil discoveries on record, and discusses their geological context.
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