Excavation/Discovery Date:
1952
ID By:
137 - A. Gentry
ID Date:
Research Team:
264 - Leakey family expedition
Repository:
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Bibilographic Information:
Gentry, A. W. 1967. Pelorovis oldowayensis Reck, an extinct bovid from East Africa: British Museum. pp. 245-299
Curatorial Notes:
This specimen is pictured in plate 5, figure 2.

1952 BK II 277

CODI ID:
1820
Arch. Locality:
10 - BK
Geo. Locality:
Elements Preserved:
L-MTC
Sediment/Matrix Adhering:

Taxonomy

Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Artiodactyla
Suborder:
Ruminantia
Infraorder:
Superfamily:
Bovoidea
Family:
Bovidae
Subfamily:
Bovinae
Tribe:
Bovini
Genus:
Pelorovis
Species:
oldowayensis
Subspecies:
Taxonomic Notes:
Taxonomic Problems:
Bed:
II
Level:
In Situ:
Unknown
Stratigraphic Horizon:

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