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10Fossil sites

Chemeron Formation

Chemeron Formation in Kenya: 10 fossil sites. Typical age: 5–3 million years (Neogene).

10Fossil sites
17Finds
5–3 million yearsTypical age
NeogeneMain period

Where its fossils were found

Chemeron Formation
Neogene

By geological period

Neogene10

What was found

Mammoths and mastodons · 12Deinotherium, Primelephas, Anancus, Loxodonta, Palaeoloxodon
Early humans and great apes · 5Australopithecus, Homo, Ardipithecus

Towns with the most fossil sites nearby

Other formations of the same period

Neogene