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:

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