Excavation/Discovery Date:
ID By:
142 - M. D. Leakey
ID Date:
Research Team:
264 - Leakey family expedition
Repository:
104 - Unknown
Bibilographic Information:
Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
Curatorial Notes:
Gentry and Gentry (1978a) assigned this specimen to the species level (kob). They give the specimen numbers as follows: skull: 104, 106 mandibles: 107 (R), 108 (L) Maxilla: 103 (R) Altas: 110 Metacarpal: 105 (R) Ulna: 109 (R) Femur: 101 (R) Tibia: 102 (R) Metatarsal: 100 (R)

MNK II 1963.104 + 106

CODI ID:
645
Arch. Locality:
32 - MNK Main
Geo. Locality:
Elements Preserved:
SKULL, SKEL-f
Sediment/Matrix Adhering:

Taxonomy

Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Artiodactyla
Suborder:
Ruminantia
Infraorder:
Superfamily:
Bovoidea
Family:
Bovidae
Subfamily:
Reduncinae
Tribe:
Reduncini
Genus:
Kobus
Species:
Subspecies:
Taxonomic Notes:
Gentry and Gentry (1978) assigned this to the species Kobus kob.
Taxonomic Problems:
Bed:
II
Level:
middle
In Situ:
Unknown
Stratigraphic Horizon:

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