Excavation/Discovery Date:
ID By:
130 - L.S.B. Leakey
ID Date:
1936
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:
Specimen is pictured in plate 46. According to the author, it is "in bad shape." Gentry and Gentry suggest this specimen probably came from the top of Bed 2 at PLK.

M. 14947

CODI ID:
125
Arch. Locality:
17 - PLK
Geo. Locality:
Elements Preserved:
FRLT-f, L/R-HOR-f
Sediment/Matrix Adhering:

Taxonomy

Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Artiodactyla
Suborder:
Ruminantia
Infraorder:
Superfamily:
Bovoidea
Family:
Bovidae
Subfamily:
Bovinae
Tribe:
Bovini
Genus:
Bularchus
Species:
arok
Subspecies:
Taxonomic Notes:
Holotype - Gentry and Gentry (1978) reclassidfied this specimen as Pelorovis oldowayensis.
Taxonomic Problems:
Bed:
II
Level:
upper
In Situ:
Yes
Stratigraphic Horizon:

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