Excavation/Discovery Date:
1960
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:
This specimen is pictured in plate 72. 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.

Ba. 126/1960

CODI ID:
166
Arch. Locality:
5 - FLK
Geo. Locality:
Elements Preserved:
FRLT, R-HOR, L-HOR-f
Sediment/Matrix Adhering:

Taxonomy

Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Artiodactyla
Suborder:
Ruminantia
Infraorder:
Superfamily:
Bovoidea
Family:
Bovidae
Subfamily:
Alcelaphinae
Tribe:
Alcelaphini
Genus:
Parmularius
Species:
altidens
Subspecies:
Taxonomic Notes:
Taxonomic Problems:
Bed:
I
Level:
middle
In Situ:
Yes
Stratigraphic Horizon:
Zinjanthropus (22 feet below the upper limit of bed I) layer and upper layers.

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