- Excavation/Discovery Date:
- ID By:
- 137 - A. Gentry
- ID Date:
- Research Team:
- Repository:
- 104 - Unknown
- 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:
- This specimen is pictured in plate 16, figure 1.
MNK II 2716
- CODI ID:
- 902
- Arch. Locality:
- 27 - MNK
- Geo. Locality:
- Elements Preserved:
- L-HOR-f
- Sediment/Matrix Adhering:
Taxonomy
- Class:
- Mammalia
- Order:
- Artiodactyla
- Suborder:
- Ruminantia
- Infraorder:
- Superfamily:
- Bovoidea
- Family:
- Bovidae
- Subfamily:
- Alcelaphinae
- Tribe:
- Alcelaphini
- Genus:
- Connochaetes
- Species:
- taurinus
- Subspecies:
- olduvaiensis
- Taxonomic Notes:
- The authors suggest this specimen may be from C. taurinus and if so, would be the earliest of this subspecies at Olduvai.
- Taxonomic Problems:
- Bed:
- II
- Level:
- In Situ:
- Unknown
- Stratigraphic Horizon: