Excavation/Discovery Date:
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 36 and 37. The author indicates this species is well represented in Beds 2 and 4, suggesting other materials may be available in the BMNH.

M. 21466

CODI ID:
116
Arch. Locality:
Geo. Locality:
Elements Preserved:
MAN, P, M
Sediment/Matrix Adhering:

Taxonomy

Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Artiodactyla
Suborder:
Ruminantia
Infraorder:
Superfamily:
Giraffoidea
Family:
Giraffidae
Subfamily:
Giraffinae
Tribe:
Giraffini
Genus:
Giraffa
Species:
jumae
Subspecies:
Taxonomic Notes:
Holotype
Taxonomic Problems:
Bed:
II, IV
Level:
In Situ:
Unknown
Stratigraphic Horizon:

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