|
OVPP-L-1658 |
10521 |
86 - HK |
|
9 Elements: horn core fragment, distal femur, and distal metapodial |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
|
|
|
|
Various taxonomy includes Aves, Bovidae, Leporidae, + others |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Yes |
|
OVPP-Mammalia |
3801 |
83 - FLK NW |
|
AST, (n=33), CAL, (n=73), FEM, (n=272), HUM, (n=186), I, (n=316), M, (n=108), MAN, (n=161), MAX, (n=68), MTP, (n=257), PHX, (n=77), PVG, (n=218), RAD, (n=55), SCP, (n=40), TIB, (n=395), ULNA, (n=76), VER, (n=595) |
|
|
I |
20 |
|
Arcos, S., Sevilla, P., and Fernandez-Jalvo, Y. 2010. Preliminary small mammal taphonomy of FLK NW level 20 (Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania). Quarternary Research 74:405-410. |
MNI is 198. Authors describe specimens as "small mammals". |
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|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Authors describe specimens as "small mammals". |
No |
|
OVPP Bubo 3 |
10185 |
7 - FLK North |
|
COR-f
, HUM-f
, RAD-f
, ULNA-f
, CARMET-f
, FEM-f
, TBT
, CUNE
, PHX |
|
|
I |
|
|
Brodkorb P., Mourer-Chauviré, C. 1984. Fossil owls from early man sites of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Ostrich; Journal of African Ornithology 55:17-27. |
Coracoid, 2 upper and 2 lower parts; humerus, 3 distal parts; radius, 2 proximal parts; ulna, 1 distal part; carpometacarpus, 3 proximal parts; femur, 4 proximal parts and 1 distal; tibiotarsus, 3 distal parts; tarsometatarsus, 1 almost complete, 1 proximal and 1 distal parts; 1 ulnare (listed in elements as cuneiform); 20 pedal phalanges. Authors do not specify specimen numbers and refer to these specimens as "referred material". Place of conservation of the material: The fossils are currently on deposit at the University of Florida, Department of Zoology, and will later be returned to Tanzania" (Brodkorb and Mourer-Chauvire, 1984:17, 19). |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Aves |
Strigiformes |
|
|
|
Strigidae |
|
|
Bubo |
leakeyae |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-P-1 |
13276 |
|
|
Distal FEM-f |
|
|
|
|
|
-- |
Bed I surf OLD-S-I 1941 F.887 |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Indet. |
|
|
|
Yes |
|
OVPP-L-1650 |
10513 |
86 - HK |
|
Distal femur |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Yes |
|
OVPP-Myosorex 5 |
3804 |
7 - FLK North |
|
FEM, (n=1), HUM, (n=3), MAN, (n=13) |
|
|
I |
1 |
|
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. |
Authors do not provide MNI. |
150 - Butler and Greenwood |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
Soricoidea |
Soricidae |
Crocidurinae |
|
Myosorex |
robinsoni |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Myosorex 10 |
3809 |
7 - FLK North |
|
FEM, (n=13), HUM, (n=16), MAN, (n=117) |
|
|
I |
5 |
|
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. |
Authors do not provide MNI. |
150 - Butler and Greenwood |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
Soricoidea |
Soricidae |
Crocidurinae |
|
Myosorex |
robinsoni |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Myosorex 9 |
3808 |
7 - FLK North |
|
FEM, (n=2), HUM, (n=1), MAN, (n=11) |
|
|
I |
4 |
|
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. |
Authors do not provide MNI. |
150 - Butler and Greenwood |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
Soricoidea |
Soricidae |
Crocidurinae |
|
Myosorex |
robinsoni |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Suncus 11 |
3830 |
7 - FLK North |
|
FEM, (n=2), HUM, (n=4), MAN, (n=73) |
|
|
I |
3 |
|
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. |
Authors do not provide MNI.The following specimen is mentioned specifically by the authors: A fragment of right maxilla with unworn C-M2 |
150 - Butler and Greenwood |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
Soricoidea |
Soricidae |
Crocidurinae |
|
Suncus |
varilla |
meesteri |
|
No |
|
OVPP-Sylvisorex 14 |
3856 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
FEM, (n=2), HUM, (n=7) |
|
|
I |
1/3 |
|
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. |
Authors do not provide an MNI. |
150 - Butler and Greenwood |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
Soricoidea |
Soricidae |
|
|
Sylvisorex |
olduvaiensis |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Myosorex 8 |
3807 |
7 - FLK North |
|
FEM, (n=3), HUM, (n=3), MAN, (n=20) |
|
|
I |
123 |
|
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. |
Authors do not provide MNI.The following specimens are specifically mentioned by the authors:a. Right mandible broken off at the anterior end of M1b.Anterior part of right mandible with unworn dentitionc. Part of left mandibular ramus with lightly worn dentiton |
150 - Butler and Greenwood |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
Soricoidea |
Soricidae |
Crocidurinae |
|
Myosorex |
robinsoni |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Erinaceus 74 |
2144 |
7 - FLK North |
|
FEM, (n=3) |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
3, 4 |
Butler, P., and Greenwood, M. 1973. The early Pleistocene hedgehogs from Olduvai, Tanzania. Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:7-42. |
The authors mention three "almost complete femora" that come from layers 3 and 4. These specimens are missing the distal epiphyses. |
150 - Butler and Greenwood |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
Erinaceoidea |
Erinaceidae |
Erinaceinae |
|
Erinaceus |
broomi |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Myosorex 7 |
3806 |
7 - FLK North |
|
FEM, (n=4), HUM, (n=6), MAN, (n=26) |
|
|
I |
3 |
|
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. |
Authors do not provide MNI.The following specimen from this level is specifically mentioned by the authors:A fragment of the upper right jaw containing lightly worn dentition. |
150 - Butler and Greenwood |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
Soricoidea |
Soricidae |
Crocidurinae |
|
Myosorex |
robinsoni |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Suncus 10 |
3829 |
7 - FLK North |
|
FEM, (n=5), HUM, (n=8), MAN, (n=54) |
|
|
I |
2 |
|
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. |
Authors do not provide MNI.The following specimen is specifically mentioned by the authors:A right mandibular ramus with unworn I2-M2 |
150 - Butler and Greenwood |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
Soricoidea |
Soricidae |
Crocidurinae |
|
Suncus |
varilla |
meesteri |
|
No |
|
OVPP-Sylvisorex 12 |
3826 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
FEM, (n=6), HUM, (n=27), MAN-f, (n=139) |
|
|
I |
2/3 |
|
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. |
Authors do not provide MNI.Includes holotype for the species, a right mandibular ramus with complete dentition.The following specimens are specifically mentioned by the authors:a. Right mandible with base of I1 and worn I2-M3b. Right mandible with unworn M1-M3 and alveoli of I2 and P4c. Right mandible with M1, M2 and alveoli of M3 |
150 - Butler and Greenwood |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
Soricoidea |
Soricidae |
|
|
Sylvisorex |
olduvaiensis |
|
Described as Suncus cf. lixus by Butler & Greenwood (1965). |
No |
|
OVPP-Suncus 12 |
3831 |
7 - FLK North |
|
FEM, (n=6), MAN, (n=105) |
|
|
I |
123 |
|
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. |
Authors do not provide MNI.Includes holotype for the species, a complete left mandible with unworn teeth.The following specimens are specifically mentioned by the authors: Three right mandibles iwth I2-M3 and base of I1 |
150 - Butler and Greenwood |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
Soricoidea |
Soricidae |
Crocidurinae |
|
Suncus |
varilla |
meesteri |
|
No |
|
OVPP-Suncus 9 |
3828 |
7 - FLK North |
|
FEM, HUM, (n=2), MAN, (n=25) |
|
|
I |
1 |
|
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. |
Authors do not provide MNI. |
150 - Butler and Greenwood |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
Soricoidea |
Soricidae |
Crocidurinae |
|
Suncus |
varilla |
meesteri |
|
No |
|
OVPP-Suncus 17 |
3836 |
7 - FLK North |
|
FEM, MAN, (n=11) |
|
|
I |
1 |
|
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. |
Authors do not specify if femur is associated with any of the mandibles.The following specimen is specifically mentioned by the authors:Right mandible with moderately worn dentition and without the angular process. |
150 - Butler and Greenwood |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
Soricoidea |
Soricidae |
Crocidurinae |
|
Suncus |
leakeyi |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Crocidura 5 |
3843 |
7 - FLK North |
|
FEM, MAN, (n=2) |
|
|
I |
2 |
|
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. |
Authors do not specify if femur is associated with either of the mandibles. |
150 - Butler and Greenwood |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
Soricoidea |
Soricidae |
Crocidurinae |
|
Crocidura |
balsaci |
|
|
No |
|
OH 34 |
3749 |
76 - JK W |
|
FEM
, TIB-f |
1962 |
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
III/ IV |
for Bed IV level = a |
|
Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
Femur described as "slender" (Leakey MD, 1971) and shaft of tibia. Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya. |
|
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Hominoidea |
Hominidae |
Homininae |
Hominini |
Homo |
sp. |
|
Slender bone |
No |
|
DK I 5400 |
722 |
24 - DK |
|
FEM |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
|
|
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. |
|
137 - A. Gentry |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Bovinae |
Tragelaphini |
|
|
|
The authors describe this specimen as coming from a "larger tragelaphine". |
No |
|
DK I 3051 |
856 |
24 - DK |
|
FEM |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
|
|
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. |
|
137 - A. Gentry |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Hippotraginae |
Hippotragini |
Hippotragus |
gigas |
|
|
No |
|
BK II Ext 1953.067/5364 |
1179 |
10 - BK |
|
FEM |
1953 |
104 - Unknown |
II |
|
|
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. |
This is from the same specimen as BK II Ext 1953.067/5363 and 5506. |
137 - A. Gentry |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Alcelaphinae |
Alcelaphini |
|
|
|
This specimen is probably of Parmularius angusticornis or Damaliscus niro. It could also be from Connochaetes. |
No |
|
DK I 3330 |
1237 |
24 - DK |
|
FEM |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
|
|
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. |
|
137 - A. Gentry |
|
273 - Reck expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Antilopinae |
Antilopini |
Antidorcas |
recki |
|
|
No |
|
DK I 5385 |
1238 |
24 - DK |
|
FEM |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
|
|
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. |
|
137 - A. Gentry |
|
273 - Reck expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Antilopinae |
Antilopini |
Antidorcas |
recki |
|
|
No |
|
FLK N I 1027 |
1376 |
7 - FLK North |
|
FEM |
1960 |
104 - Unknown |
I |
|
1 |
Gentry, A. W. 1966 Fossil Antilopini of East Africa. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History, Geology. 12: 43-106. 9 pls. |
This specimen is pictured in plate 4. |
137 - A. Gentry |
|
|
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Antilopinae |
Antilopini |
Gazella |
|
|
|
No |
|
M. 22452 |
1532 |
|
|
FEM |
|
106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) |
|
|
|
Gentry, A. W. 1966 Fossil Antilopini of East Africa. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History, Geology. 12: 43-106. 9 pls. |
This is a subadult as evidenced by the epiphyses beginning to fuse. |
137 - A. Gentry |
|
273 - Reck expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Antilopinae |
Neotragini |
Phenacotragus |
recki |
|
|
No |
|
M. 22453 |
1533 |
|
|
FEM |
|
106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) |
|
|
|
Gentry, A. W. 1966 Fossil Antilopini of East Africa. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History, Geology. 12: 43-106. 9 pls. |
This is a subadult as evidenced by the epiphyses beginning to fuse. |
137 - A. Gentry |
|
273 - Reck expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Antilopinae |
Neotragini |
Phenacotragus |
recki |
|
|
No |
|
M. 22422 |
1534 |
|
|
FEM |
|
106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) |
|
|
|
Gentry, A. W. 1966 Fossil Antilopini of East Africa. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History, Geology. 12: 43-106. 9 pls. |
Three juvenile femora are labeled with M. 22422. |
137 - A. Gentry |
|
273 - Reck expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Antilopinae |
Neotragini |
Phenacotragus |
recki |
|
|
No |
|
M. 25038 |
1535 |
|
|
FEM |
|
106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) |
|
|
|
Gentry, A. W. 1966 Fossil Antilopini of East Africa. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History, Geology. 12: 43-106. 9 pls. |
This is a juvenile. |
137 - A. Gentry |
|
273 - Reck expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Antilopinae |
Neotragini |
Phenacotragus |
recki |
|
|
No |
|
7075 |
3887 |
7 - FLK North |
|
FEM |
|
|
I |
Zinjanthropus |
3 |
Petter, G. 1973. Carnivores Pleistocenes du ravin d’Olduvai (Tanzanie). Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:43-100. |
|
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Caniformia |
Cynoidea |
|
Canidae |
|
|
Canis |
mesomelas |
latirostris |
|
No |
|
7075 |
7648 |
7 - FLK North |
|
FEM |
|
|
I |
Zinjanthropus |
3 |
Petter, G. 1973. Carnivores Pleistocenes du ravin d’Olduvai (Tanzanie). Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:43-100. |
|
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Caniformia |
Cynoidea |
|
Canidae |
|
|
Canis |
mesomelas |
latirostris |
|
No |
|
OVPP-168 |
7846 |
|
|
FEM |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
III/IV |
|
Five meters below Masek/Ndutu. |
-- |
Needs preparation- in three pieces. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2012/07/06 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD 63/067/1564 BK II 5/CS |
8119 |
10 - BK |
|
FEM |
|
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
II |
|
|
-- |
Femur shaft. |
|
2012/07/27 |
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Cercopithecoidea |
Cercopithecidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD 63/067/5512 BK II E SAND |
8120 |
49 - BK E |
|
FEM |
|
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
II |
|
Eastern sands |
-- |
Femur shaft (right?). Large. Pleistocene. |
|
2012/07/27 |
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Cercopithecoidea |
Cercopithecidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
MB.Ma.16534 |
9244 |
|
|
FEM |
1913 |
128 - Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Germany |
|
|
|
-- |
Mfn room number: 0026. |
|
|
273 - Reck expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Proboscidea |
Tethytheria |
Behemota |
Elephantoidea |
Elephantidae |
|
|
Elephas |
recki |
|
Inventoried by Faysal Bibi in 2012. |
No |
|
RMNH067/843 |
9402 |
|
|
FEM |
|
129 - National Natural History Museum, Naturalis, Leiden, The Netherlands (RMNH) |
|
|
|
-- |
|
159 - R. Bernor |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Perissodactyla |
Hippomorpha |
|
|
Equidae |
Equinae |
Hipparionini |
Eurygnathohippus |
|
|
Inventoried by Ray Bernor. Identified by Bernor as genus Eurygnathohippus. |
No |
|
RMNH1 |
9409 |
|
|
FEM |
|
129 - National Natural History Museum, Naturalis, Leiden, The Netherlands (RMNH) |
|
|
|
-- |
|
159 - R. Bernor |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Perissodactyla |
Hippomorpha |
|
|
Equidae |
Equinae |
Hipparionini |
Eurygnathohippus |
|
|
Inventoried by Ray Bernor. Identified by Bernor as genus Eurygnathohippus. |
No |
|
RMNH1352 |
9425 |
|
|
FEM |
|
129 - National Natural History Museum, Naturalis, Leiden, The Netherlands (RMNH) |
|
|
|
-- |
|
159 - R. Bernor |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Perissodactyla |
Hippomorpha |
|
|
Equidae |
Equinae |
Hipparionini |
Eurygnathohippus |
|
|
Inventoried by Ray Bernor. Identified by Bernor as genus Eurygnathohippus. |
No |
|
RMNH1384 |
9426 |
|
|
FEM |
|
129 - National Natural History Museum, Naturalis, Leiden, The Netherlands (RMNH) |
|
|
|
-- |
|
159 - R. Bernor |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Perissodactyla |
Hippomorpha |
|
|
Equidae |
Equinae |
Hipparionini |
Eurygnathohippus |
|
|
Inventoried by Ray Bernor. Identified by Bernor as genus Eurygnathohippus. |
No |