Excavation/Discovery Date:
1969
ID By:
137 - A. Gentry
ID Date:
Research Team:
Repository:
104 - Unknown
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 skull is a crushed cranium with horn cores. This is a skeleton found in association with several antilopine bones that the authors mention but do not provide specimens for.

FLK W 1969.82a

CODI ID:
1070
Arch. Locality:
55 - FLK W
Geo. Locality:
Elements Preserved:
CRA, R/L-HOR, SKULL, VER
Sediment/Matrix Adhering:

Taxonomy

Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Artiodactyla
Suborder:
Ruminantia
Infraorder:
Superfamily:
Bovoidea
Family:
Bovidae
Subfamily:
Alcelaphinae
Tribe:
Alcelaphini
Genus:
Species:
Subspecies:
Taxonomic Notes:
Taxonomic Problems:
Bed:
Level:
In Situ:
Unknown
Stratigraphic Horizon:
Above Tuff IF below the Sandy Conglomerate

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