Excavation/Discovery Date:
1953
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:
The authors state that this specimen is "so markedly advanced" that its horizon must be questioned.

BK II 1953.067/5230

CODI ID:
848
Arch. Locality:
10 - BK
Geo. Locality:
Elements Preserved:
d-P
Sediment/Matrix Adhering:

Taxonomy

Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Artiodactyla
Suborder:
Ruminantia
Infraorder:
Superfamily:
Bovoidea
Family:
Bovidae
Subfamily:
Hippotraginae
Tribe:
Hippotragini
Genus:
Hippotragus
Species:
gigas
Subspecies:
Taxonomic Notes:
Taxonomic Problems:
Bed:
II
Level:
In Situ:
Unknown
Stratigraphic Horizon:

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