Excavation/Discovery Date:
1931
ID By:
138 - E. Schwarz
ID Date:
Research Team:
273 - Reck expedition
Repository:
106 - Natural History Museum UK (?)
Bibilographic Information:
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
Curatorial Notes:
This paratype was first described by Schwartz (1937) and is pictured in plate 63. It was excavated by Reck between 1931 and 1935.This specimen is used as the holotype as the original was destroyed in Munich in WWII.

M. 14553

CODI ID:
152
Arch. Locality:
Geo. Locality:
Elements Preserved:
FRO-f, HOR-f
Sediment/Matrix Adhering:

Taxonomy

Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Artiodactyla
Suborder:
Ruminantia
Infraorder:
Superfamily:
Bovoidea
Family:
Bovidae
Subfamily:
Alcelaphinae
Tribe:
Alcelaphini
Genus:
Damaliscus
Species:
angusticornis
Subspecies:
Taxonomic Notes:
Paratype (Holotype) - This specimen was reclassified by Gentry and Gentry (1978) as Parmularius angusticornis.
Taxonomic Problems:
Bed:
II
Level:
In Situ:
No
Stratigraphic Horizon:

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