- Excavation/Discovery Date:
- 1962
- ID By:
- ID Date:
- Research Team:
- 264 - Leakey family expedition
- Repository:
- 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
- Bibilographic Information:
- Leakey, L., and Leakey, M. 1964. Recent discoveries of fossil hominids in tanganyika: at Olduvai and near Lake Natron. Nature 202:5-7.
- Curatorial Notes:
- Crowns of teeth not preserved. Bed IVA determined on basis of matrix adhering to L-TEM-f and PAL. Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya.
OH 12
- CODI ID:
- 3727
- Arch. Locality:
- 18 - VEK
- Geo. Locality:
- 286 - 86
- Elements Preserved:
- OCC , L/R-PAR , L/R-TEM-f , CRA-f , L-PAL , L-MAX , TOOTH-f
- Sediment/Matrix Adhering:
- L-TEM-f & PAL found with matrix adhering.
Taxonomy
- Class:
- Mammalia
- Order:
- Primates
- Suborder:
- Anthropoidea
- Infraorder:
- Haplorhini
- Superfamily:
- Hominoidea
- Family:
- Hominidae
- Subfamily:
- Homininae
- Tribe:
- Hominini
- Genus:
- Homo
- Species:
- erectus
- Subspecies:
- Taxonomic Notes:
- Taxonomic Problems:
- Bed:
- IV?
- Level:
- a
- In Situ:
- No
- Stratigraphic Horizon:
- Surface. Found on eroded slope of Bed III. L-TEM-f from just below marker Tuff IVa.