Excavation/Discovery Date:

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Research Team:

264 - Leakey family expedition

Repository:

Bibilographic Information:

Brodkorb P., Mourer-Chauviré C. 1982. Fossil Anhingas (Aves: Anhingidae) from early man sites of Hadar and Omo (Ethiopia) and Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania). Geobios 15: 505-515

Curatorial Notes:

Right coracoid, almost complete expect for sternocoracoidal process and tip of procoracoid process. "Place of conservation of material : The fossils are currently on deposit at the University of Florida, Department of Zoology, and will later be returned to their countries of origin. The serial numbers such as 2780 are catalogue numbers of the Olduvai birds, and the data are kept at the University of Florida, Gainesville" (Brodkorb and Mourer-Chauvire, 1982:510). Specimen number does not match specimen pictured. It is possibly that there is a typo that erroneously listed the specimen pictured in figures 5 and 6. Figure description: "Right coracoid, 10 737, Lower Pleistocene, Frida Leakey Horongo, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. (5) anterior view. (6) posterior view" (Brodkorb and Mourer-Chauvire, 1982).

10 736

CODI ID:

10180

Arch. Locality:

7 - FLK North

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Elements Preserved:

R-COR

Sediment/Matrix Adhering:

Taxonomy

Class:

Aves

Order:

Suliformes

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Superfamily:

Family:

Anhingidae

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Genus:

Anhinga

Species:

hadarensis

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