Excavation/Discovery Date:
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:
This specimen is pictured in plate 24 next to modern Phacochoerus specimens.

FLK NN I 701

CODI ID:
103
Arch. Locality:
6 - FLK NN
Geo. Locality:
Elements Preserved:
C
Sediment/Matrix Adhering:

Taxonomy

Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Artiodactyla
Suborder:
Suiformes
Infraorder:
Superfamily:
Suoidea
Family:
Suidae
Subfamily:
Suinae
Tribe:
Suini
Genus:
Promesochoerus
Species:
mukiri
Subspecies:
Taxonomic Notes:
Paratype
Taxonomic Problems:
Bed:
I
Level:
middle
In Situ:
Unknown
Stratigraphic Horizon:
2

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