- Excavation/Discovery Date:
- 1962
- 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 may be from a subadult. The authors indicate that "GTC" is written on this specimen, which is inappropriate given the Bed II matrix adherence. The original inscription is MRC, which is near GTC and where Bed II occurs. It is pictured in plate 8.
MRC II 1962.068/6659
- CODI ID:
- 814
- Arch. Locality:
- 39 - MRC
- Geo. Locality:
- Elements Preserved:
- L-HOR-f, R-HOR, FRLT
- Sediment/Matrix Adhering:
- yes
Taxonomy
- Class:
- Mammalia
- Order:
- Artiodactyla
- Suborder:
- Ruminantia
- Infraorder:
- Superfamily:
- Bovoidea
- Family:
- Bovidae
- Subfamily:
- Reduncinae
- Tribe:
- Reduncini
- Genus:
- Kobus
- Species:
- kob
- Subspecies:
- Taxonomic Notes:
- Taxonomic Problems:
- Bed:
- II
- Level:
- upper
- In Situ:
- Yes
- Stratigraphic Horizon: