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:
All three bones are presumed by author to be from a single individual. 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.

FLK I 506/1960

CODI ID:
46
Arch. Locality:
5 - FLK
Geo. Locality:
Elements Preserved:
HUM, RAD, ULNA
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 (Zinjanthropus)
In Situ:
Unknown
Stratigraphic Horizon:
22 feet below the upper limit of bed I.

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