Excavation/Discovery Date:
1931
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:
This specimen is pictured in plates 38 and 39.

M. 21461

CODI ID:
118
Arch. Locality:
13 - RK
Geo. Locality:
Elements Preserved:
CRA, R/L-HOR, R-I, R-P, R-M
Sediment/Matrix Adhering:

Taxonomy

Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Artiodactyla
Suborder:
Ruminantia
Infraorder:
Superfamily:
Bovoidea
Family:
Bovidae
Subfamily:
Bovinae
Tribe:
Strepsicerotini
Genus:
Strepsiceros
Species:
grandis
Subspecies:
Taxonomic Notes:
Holotype. Gentry and Gentry (1978) reclassified this specimen as Tragelaphus strepsiceros grandis.
Taxonomic Problems:
Bed:
II
Level:
upper
In Situ:
Yes
Stratigraphic Horizon:

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