- Excavation/Discovery Date:
- 17 July - 6 August 1959
- ID By:
- 142 - M. D. Leakey
- ID Date:
- Research Team:
- 264 - Leakey family expedition
- Repository:
- 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
- Bibilographic Information:
- Leakey, L. S. B. 1959. A new fossil skull from Olduvai. Nature 184:491-493.
- Curatorial Notes:
- Holotype. Almost complete cranium. Adolescent. One reconstructed fossil found at House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya. Additional pieces from NMK unpublished.
OH 5
- CODI ID:
- 3713
- Arch. Locality:
- 5 - FLK
- Geo. Locality:
- 283 - 45
- Elements Preserved:
- CRA , MAX , M , I , C , P
- Sediment/Matrix Adhering:
Taxonomy
- Class:
- Mammalia
- Order:
- Primates
- Suborder:
- Anthropoidea
- Infraorder:
- Haplorhini
- Superfamily:
- Hominoidea
- Family:
- Hominidae
- Subfamily:
- Tribe:
- Genus:
- Zinjanthropus
- Species:
- boisei
- Subspecies:
- Taxonomic Notes:
- Holotype. This specimen was reclassified as Paranthropus boisei by Robinson (1960).
- Taxonomic Problems:
- Bed:
- I
- Level:
- Middle (Zinj.)
- In Situ:
- Yes
- Stratigraphic Horizon:
- 22 feet below the upper limit of Bed I (Tuff IF), approximately 20 feet above basalt.