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 A in image: posterior view of proximal right humerus. "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 448

CODI ID:
10146
Arch. Locality:
14 - HWK E
Geo. Locality:
Elements Preserved:
R-HUM-f
Sediment/Matrix Adhering:

Taxonomy

Class:
Aves
Order:
Suliformes
Suborder:
Infraorder:
Superfamily:
Family:
Phalacrocoracidae
Subfamily:
Tribe:
Genus:
Phalacrocorax
Species:
cf. carbo
Subspecies:
Taxonomic Notes:
Taxonomic Problems:
Bed:
II
Level:
Lowermost
In Situ:
Yes
Stratigraphic Horizon:

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