- Excavation/Discovery Date:
- ID By:
- 150 - Butler and Greenwood
- ID Date:
- Research Team:
- Repository:
- Bibilographic Information:
- Butler, P., and Greenwood, M. 1979. Soricidae (Mammalia) from the Early Pleistocene of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 67:329-379.
- Curatorial Notes:
- Three left mandibular fragments.
OVPP-Soricidae 2
- CODI ID:
- 3852
- Arch. Locality:
- 7 - FLK North
- Geo. Locality:
- Elements Preserved:
- L-MAN, (n=3)
- Sediment/Matrix Adhering:
Taxonomy
- Class:
- Mammalia
- Order:
- Insectivora
- Suborder:
- Infraorder:
- Superfamily:
- Soricoidea
- Family:
- Soricidae
- Subfamily:
- Tribe:
- Genus:
- Species:
- Subspecies:
- Taxonomic Notes:
- Three of five specimens of indeterminant species of Soricidae from Olduvai. Authors state that there appears to be three different species represented in the indeterminant specimens. These specimens are described as Species II.
- Taxonomic Problems:
- Bed:
- I
- Level:
- 5
- In Situ:
- Unknown
- Stratigraphic Horizon: