Excavation/Discovery Date:
1959
ID By:
130 - L.S.B. Leakey
ID Date:
Research Team:
264 - Leakey family expedition
Repository:
105 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (?)
Bibilographic Information:
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
Curatorial Notes:
Original information indicated that this specimen was located in Nairobi. This specimen is likely within the material that was repatriated to Dar in 2011, but this has yet to be confirmed.

263/1959

CODI ID:
42
Arch. Locality:
6 - FLK NN
Geo. Locality:
Elements Preserved:
L/R-MAN, L/R-P, L/R-M, L/R-I, L/R-C
Sediment/Matrix Adhering:

Taxonomy

Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Carnivora
Suborder:
Feliformia
Infraorder:
Superfamily:
Family:
Hyaenidae
Subfamily:
Hyaeninae
Tribe:
Genus:
Crocuta
Species:
ultra
Subspecies:
Taxonomic Notes:
Taxonomic Problems:
Bed:
I
Level:
middle
In Situ:
Unknown
Stratigraphic Horizon:

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