Excavation/Discovery Date:
1935
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 was originally assigned to aff. Gazella by Leakey (1965) and later assigned to the species G. wellsi (Gentry, 1966) and finally to Antidorcas recki by Gentry and Gentry (1978a).

M. 22360

CODI ID:
187
Arch. Locality:
24 - DK
Geo. Locality:
Elements Preserved:
R-HOR
Sediment/Matrix Adhering:

Taxonomy

Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Artiodactyla
Suborder:
Ruminantia
Infraorder:
Superfamily:
Bovoidea
Family:
Bovidae
Subfamily:
Antilopinae
Tribe:
Antilopini
Genus:
Gazella
Species:
Subspecies:
Taxonomic Notes:
This specimen was reclassified as Gazella wellsi by Gentry (1966) and later by Gentry and Gentry (1978) as Antidorcas recki.
Taxonomic Problems:
Bed:
I
Level:
In Situ:
Yes
Stratigraphic Horizon:

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