- Excavation/Discovery Date:
- 1961
- ID By:
- 137 - A. Gentry
- ID Date:
- Research Team:
- 264 - Leakey family expedition
- Repository:
- 105 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (?)
- 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 specimen is pictured in plate 10, figure 2. The other specimen pictured is DK I 067/5496. 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 II 1961.068/6663
- CODI ID:
- 833
- Arch. Locality:
- 5 - FLK
- Geo. Locality:
- Elements Preserved:
- L-HOR, CRA-f
- Sediment/Matrix Adhering:
- "limestone with with sand-size volcanic detritus"
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:
- middle
- In Situ:
- Unknown
- Stratigraphic Horizon: