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: