Excavation/Discovery Date:

1931

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:

This specimen is pictured in plate 61.

M. 21448

CODI ID:

140

Arch. Locality:

Geo. Locality:

Elements Preserved:

FRO, HOR

Sediment/Matrix Adhering:

Taxonomy

Class:

Mammalia

Order:

Artiodactyla

Suborder:

Ruminantia

Infraorder:

Superfamily:

Bovoidea

Family:

Bovidae

Subfamily:

Hippotraginae

Tribe:

Hippotragini

Genus:

Hippotragus

Species:

gigas

Subspecies:

Taxonomic Notes:

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