Excavation/Discovery Date:
1936
ID By:
293 - A.T. Hopwood
ID Date:
Research Team:
264 - Leakey family 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:

M. 14561

CODI ID:
135
Arch. Locality:
20 - JK 1
Geo. Locality:
Elements Preserved:
HOR
Sediment/Matrix Adhering:

Taxonomy

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

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