Excavation/Discovery Date:
1962
ID By:
137 - A. Gentry
ID Date:
Research Team:
264 - Leakey family expedition
Repository:
122 - 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:
This specimen is from a juvenile. It is the same individual as the horn core OF 68.205.

OF 68.274

CODI ID:
762
Arch. Locality:
43 - Bos K
Geo. Locality:
Elements Preserved:
SKULL, HOR, M, P
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:
In Situ:
No
Stratigraphic Horizon:

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