- Excavation/Discovery Date:
- 1989-2008
- ID By:
- ID Date:
- Research Team:
- 257 - OLAPP
- Repository:
- 127 - National Natural History Museum, Arusha, Tanzania
- Bibilographic Information:
- Prassack KA. 2014. Landscape distribution and ecology of Plio-Pleistocene avifaunal communities from Lowermost Bed II, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Journal of Human Evolution. 70:1-15.
- Curatorial Notes:
- Specimen is labeled G in image: anterior view of distal left tarsometatarsus. "These fossils are currently being utilized in the publication of the author’s dissertation research wherein they have been given OAS (Olduvai Avian Specimen) numbers. Once the dissertation is completed, they will be returned to the OLAPP laboratory in Arusha, Tanzania, where they will be assigned OLAPP sequence numbers (Prassack, 2014)."
OAS 107
- CODI ID:
- 10152
- Arch. Locality:
- 14 - HWK E
- Geo. Locality:
- Elements Preserved:
- L-TARMET-f
- Sediment/Matrix Adhering:
Taxonomy
- Class:
- Aves
- Order:
- Phoenicopteriformes
- Suborder:
- Infraorder:
- Superfamily:
- Family:
- Phoenicopteridae
- Subfamily:
- Tribe:
- Genus:
- Phoenicopterus
- Species:
- cf. roseus
- Subspecies:
- Taxonomic Notes:
- Taxonomic Problems:
- Bed:
- II
- Level:
- Lowermost
- In Situ:
- Yes
- Stratigraphic Horizon: