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:
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 N I 637

CODI ID:
114
Arch. Locality:
5 - FLK
Geo. Locality:
Elements Preserved:
HOR
Sediment/Matrix Adhering:

Taxonomy

Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Artiodactyla
Suborder:
Ruminantia
Infraorder:
Superfamily:
Giraffoidea
Family:
Giraffidae
Subfamily:
Palaeotraginae
Tribe:
Genus:
Okapia
Species:
stillei
Subspecies:
Taxonomic Notes:
Gentry and Gentry (1978) later identified this specimen as Parmularius altidens.
Taxonomic Problems:
Bed:
I
Level:
middle
In Situ:
Yes
Stratigraphic Horizon:
upper layers in the middle level.

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