Excavation/Discovery Date:
ID By:
137 - A. Gentry
ID Date:
Research Team:
Repository:
106 - Natural History Museum UK (?)
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 consists of two species of a horn core. Bed IV is written on the specimen but the register lists it as Bed II.

M. 14551

CODI ID:
1097
Arch. Locality:
Geo. Locality:
Elements Preserved:
HOR-f
Sediment/Matrix Adhering:

Taxonomy

Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Artiodactyla
Suborder:
Ruminantia
Infraorder:
Superfamily:
Bovoidea
Family:
Bovidae
Subfamily:
Alcelaphinae
Tribe:
Aepycerotini
Genus:
Aepyceros
Species:
melampus
Subspecies:
Taxonomic Notes:
Taxonomic Problems:
Bed:
IV
Level:
In Situ:
No
Stratigraphic Horizon:

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