Excavation/Discovery Date:
1931
ID By:
293 - A.T. Hopwood
ID Date:
Research Team:
Repository:
106 - Natural History Museum UK (?)
Bibilographic Information:
Hopwood, A. 1934. New fossil mammals from Olduvai, Tanganyika territory. Annals of the Magazine of Natural History. 10: 546-550.
Curatorial Notes:
This holotype is pictured in plate 70. It was excavated 15 ft. below upper Bed 1 in a "tuffaceous deposit." It was found near the mouth of HWK.

M. 14689

CODI ID:
164
Arch. Locality:
11 - HWK
Geo. Locality:
Elements Preserved:
SKULL, MAN
Sediment/Matrix Adhering:

Taxonomy

Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Artiodactyla
Suborder:
Ruminantia
Infraorder:
Superfamily:
Bovoidea
Family:
Bovidae
Subfamily:
Alcelaphinae
Tribe:
Alcelaphini
Genus:
Parmularius
Species:
altidens
Subspecies:
Taxonomic Notes:
Holotype
Taxonomic Problems:
Bed:
I
Level:
upper
In Situ:
Yes
Stratigraphic Horizon:

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