Excavation/Discovery Date:
1961
ID By:
154 - Leakey and Leakey
ID Date:
Research Team:
264 - Leakey family expedition
Repository:
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Bibilographic Information:
Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
Curatorial Notes:
Terminal first phalanx. Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya.

OH 10

CODI ID:
3725
Arch. Locality:
7 - FLK North
Geo. Locality:
283 - 45
Elements Preserved:
R-PHX
Sediment/Matrix Adhering:

Taxonomy

Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Primates
Suborder:
Anthropoidea
Infraorder:
Haplorhini
Superfamily:
Hominoidea
Family:
Hominidae
Subfamily:
Homininae
Tribe:
Hominini
Genus:
Species:
Subspecies:
Taxonomic Notes:
Taxonomic Problems:
Bed:
I
Level:
Upper (level 5)
In Situ:
Yes
Stratigraphic Horizon:
3.5 feet below marker Tuff IF at top of Bed I

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