- Excavation/Discovery Date:
- 1961
- 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 specimen (Horn cores) is from the same individual as the palate with specimen number 068/6502.
068/6506
- CODI ID:
- 780
- Arch. Locality:
- 6 - FLK NN
- Geo. Locality:
- Elements Preserved:
- R/L-HOR-f, PAL
- 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:
- Taxonomic Problems:
- Bed:
- Level:
- In Situ:
- Unknown
- Stratigraphic Horizon:
- found in gravel postdating the Ndutu bed. Based on adhering matrix, it is probably from bed I or II.