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 label indicates Bed I but Bed II is written on the specimen and in the register according to the authors.

M. 21449

CODI ID:
149
Arch. Locality:
Geo. Locality:
Elements Preserved:
R-HOR-f
Sediment/Matrix Adhering:

Taxonomy

Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Artiodactyla
Suborder:
Ruminantia
Infraorder:
Superfamily:
Bovoidea
Family:
Bovidae
Subfamily:
Hippotraginae
Tribe:
Hippotragini
Genus:
Hippotragus
Species:
equinus
Subspecies:
Taxonomic Notes:
This specimen was reclassified by Gentry and Gentry (1978) as Hippotragus gigas. It may be a female H. gigas rather than a male H. equinus.
Taxonomic Problems:
Bed:
I or II
Level:
In Situ:
No
Stratigraphic Horizon:

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