- Excavation/Discovery Date:
- 1962
- 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:
- This specimen is pictured in plate 2. The authors indicate other horn cores are found from Bed II to undivided Beds III-IV and teeth occur from Beds I-IV. 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.
Kar K II 1962.068/5811
- CODI ID:
- 760
- Arch. Locality:
- 42 - Kar. K
- Geo. Locality:
- Elements Preserved:
- R/L-HOR, CRA
- Sediment/Matrix Adhering:
Taxonomy
- Class:
- Mammalia
- Order:
- Artiodactyla
- Suborder:
- Ruminantia
- Infraorder:
- Superfamily:
- Bovoidea
- Family:
- Bovidae
- Subfamily:
- Bovinae
- Tribe:
- Bovini
- Genus:
- Syncerus
- Species:
- acoelotus
- Subspecies:
- Taxonomic Notes:
- Holotype
- Taxonomic Problems:
- Bed:
- II
- Level:
- upper
- In Situ:
- Yes
- Stratigraphic Horizon:
- basal gravels