- Excavation/Discovery Date:
- 1961
- ID By:
- 137 - A. Gentry
- ID Date:
- Research Team:
- 264 - Leakey family expedition
- Repository:
- 105 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (?)
- 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:
- The authors indicate this specimen is almost certainly of Bed IV age. This specimen is labeled 'XDK IV'. It is "poory mineralized". It was found "high in Bed III-IV".
OF 68.196
- CODI ID:
- 764
- Arch. Locality:
- 44 - VFK
- Geo. Locality:
- Elements Preserved:
- FRO, L/R-HOR-f
- Sediment/Matrix Adhering:
Taxonomy
- Class:
- Mammalia
- Order:
- Artiodactyla
- Suborder:
- Ruminantia
- Infraorder:
- Superfamily:
- Bovoidea
- Family:
- Bovidae
- Subfamily:
- Bovinae
- Tribe:
- Bovini
- Genus:
- Syncerus
- Species:
- acoelotus
- Subspecies:
- Taxonomic Notes:
- Taxonomic Problems:
- Bed:
- III, IV
- Level:
- upper
- In Situ:
- Yes
- Stratigraphic Horizon: