Excavation/Discovery Date:
1995
ID By:
ID Date:
Research Team:
Repository:
127 - National Natural History Museum, Arusha, Tanzania
Bibilographic Information:
Blumenschine, R. J., Peters, C. R., Masao, F. T., et al. 2003. Late Pliocene Homo and Hominid Land Use from Western Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Science 299, 1217-1221.
Curatorial Notes:
Author describes specimen as "complete maxilla with all teeth and lower face of adult". Specimen is pictured in images 1-11. (Images from R. Clarke 2011).

OH 65

CODI ID:
3780
Arch. Locality:
Geo. Locality:
82 - 64
Elements Preserved:
MAX , TOOTH
Sediment/Matrix Adhering:

Taxonomy

Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Primates
Suborder:
Anthropoidea
Infraorder:
Haplorhini
Superfamily:
Hominoidea
Family:
Hominidae
Subfamily:
Homininae
Tribe:
Hominini
Genus:
Homo
Species:
habilis
Subspecies:
Taxonomic Notes:
Large habilis
Taxonomic Problems:
Bed:
I
Level:
Middle/Upper
In Situ:
Yes
Stratigraphic Horizon:

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