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:

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