Excavation/Discovery Date:
1932
ID By:
130 - L.S.B. Leakey
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:
The specimen was badly crushed prior to fossilization. It is pictured in plate 91.

M. 21429

CODI ID:
211
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:
Species:
Subspecies:
Taxonomic Notes:
This specimen was reclassified as Parmularius cf. angusticornis by Gentry and Gentry (1978). Gentry and Gentry (1978) say this specimen's horn cores have attributes of P. antiquus as well.
Taxonomic Problems:
Bed:
II?
Level:
In Situ:
No
Stratigraphic Horizon:

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