Excavation/Discovery Date:

1931

ID By:

137 - A. Gentry

ID Date:

Research Team:

Repository:

106 - Natural History Museum UK (?)

Bibilographic Information:

Gentry, A. W., and Gentry, A. 1978. Fossil Bovidae (Mammalia) of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Part I. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History): Geology 29:289-446.

Curatorial Notes:

The authors are uncertain of the excavation year but "III" is written on the fossil in yellow ink, which was characteristic of 1931 fossils.

M. 29460

CODI ID:

755

Arch. Locality:

Geo. Locality:

Elements Preserved:

L-MAN-f, L-P, L-M

Sediment/Matrix Adhering:

Taxonomy

Class:

Mammalia

Order:

Artiodactyla

Suborder:

Ruminantia

Infraorder:

Superfamily:

Bovoidea

Family:

Bovidae

Subfamily:

Bovinae

Tribe:

Bovini

Genus:

Pelorovis

Species:

oldowayensis

Subspecies:

Taxonomic Notes:

Taxonomic Problems: