Excavation/Discovery Date:
1970
ID By:
137 - A. Gentry
ID Date:
Research Team:
Repository:
104 - Unknown
Bibilographic Information:
Gentry, A. W., and Gentry, A. 1978. Fossil Bovidae (Mammalia) of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Part I. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History): Geology 29:289-446.
Curatorial Notes:
This nearly complete skull with dentition is pictured in plate 6.

S. 202

CODI ID:
783
Arch. Locality:
Geo. Locality:
96 - 63
Elements Preserved:
SKULL, P, M, I
Sediment/Matrix Adhering:

Taxonomy

Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Artiodactyla
Suborder:
Ruminantia
Infraorder:
Superfamily:
Bovoidea
Family:
Bovidae
Subfamily:
Reduncinae
Tribe:
Reduncini
Genus:
Kobus
Species:
sigmoidalis
Subspecies:
Taxonomic Notes:
This specimen may belong to the species K. ellipsiprymnus.
Taxonomic Problems:
Bed:
I
Level:
In Situ:
Unknown
Stratigraphic Horizon:

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