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.

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