Excavation/Discovery Date:
1935
ID By:
138 - E. Schwarz
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:
This specimen is pictured in plates 68 and 69. The specimen has VEK II written on it but it is registered as VEK I.

M. 21428

CODI ID:
160
Arch. Locality:
18 - VEK
Geo. Locality:
Elements Preserved:
CRA, L/R-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 - This specimen was reclassified by Gentry and Gentry (1978) as Parmularius angusticornis.
Taxonomic Problems:
Bed:
II
Level:
In Situ:
Yes
Stratigraphic Horizon:

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