Excavation/Discovery Date:
1960
ID By:
130 - L.S.B. Leakey
ID Date:
Research Team:
264 - Leakey family expedition
Repository:
104 - Unknown
Bibilographic Information:
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
Curatorial Notes:

FLK N I 441

CODI ID:
109
Arch. Locality:
7 - FLK North
Geo. Locality:
Elements Preserved:
MAN
Sediment/Matrix Adhering:

Taxonomy

Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Artiodactyla
Suborder:
Suiformes
Infraorder:
Superfamily:
Suoidea
Family:
Suidae
Subfamily:
Tetraconodontinae
Tribe:
Genus:
Notochoerus
Species:
euilus
Subspecies:
Taxonomic Notes:
Holotype - The author does not give distinction between this specimen and FLK N I 335. Both seem to be mandibles, perhaps each side of the same individual. At the time of publication, it was considered along with FLK N I 335 to be the holotype of N. eulius.
Taxonomic Problems:
Bed:
I
Level:
upper
In Situ:
Yes
Stratigraphic Horizon:

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