- Excavation/Discovery Date:
- ID By:
- ID Date:
- Research Team:
- 264 - Leakey family expedition
- Repository:
- Bibilographic Information:
- Leakey MG and Leakey REF. 1973. New large Pleistocene colobinae (Mammalia, Primates) from East Africa. Fossil Vertebrates of Africa Vol. 3, 121-38.
- Curatorial Notes:
- Similar to colobine specimen KNM-ER 398 in cranial dimensions. Maxillary dentition represented by P4, M2, M1, M2. Crania is represented by multiple fragments, and some fragments are missing. Large canine socket of right maxilla indicates specimen is male. Specimen is pictured in Plate 3.
MLK 068/6514
- CODI ID:
- 7564
- Arch. Locality:
- 34 - MLK
- Geo. Locality:
- Elements Preserved:
- CRA-f, P, M, (n=3)
- Sediment/Matrix Adhering:
Taxonomy
- Class:
- Mammalia
- Order:
- Primates
- Suborder:
- Anthropoidea
- Infraorder:
- Haplorhini
- Superfamily:
- Cercopithecoidea
- Family:
- Cercopithecidae
- Subfamily:
- Tribe:
- Genus:
- Species:
- Subspecies:
- Taxonomic Notes:
- Either Cercopithecinae or Cynopithencinae. Author states that the cranium is typical of Cercopithecinae but that the dental morphology resembles Cynopithecinae.
- Taxonomic Problems:
- Bed:
- II
- Level:
- Lower
- In Situ:
- Unknown
- Stratigraphic Horizon:
- From horizon above Lemuta Member of Lowed Bed II