Excavation/Discovery Date:
1959
ID By:
142 - M. D. Leakey
ID Date:
Research Team:
264 - Leakey family expedition
Repository:
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Bibilographic Information:
Day, MH. 1969. Femoral Fragment of a Robust Australopithecine from Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Nature. 22: 230-233.
Curatorial Notes:
Proximal end of large left femur missing head, greater and lesser trochanters damaged. Either Lower Bed II or Upper Bed I (Leakey MD, 1971:233). Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya.

OH 20

CODI ID:
3735
Arch. Locality:
11 - HWK
Geo. Locality:
289 - 44
Elements Preserved:
L-FEM-f
Sediment/Matrix Adhering:

Taxonomy

Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Primates
Suborder:
Anthropoidea
Infraorder:
Haplorhini
Superfamily:
Hominoidea
Family:
Hominidae
Subfamily:
Tribe:
Genus:
Australopithecus
Species:
cf. boisei
Subspecies:
Taxonomic Notes:
Taxonomic Problems:
Bed:
II or I
Level:
Lowermost if Bed II, upper if Bed I
In Situ:
No
Stratigraphic Horizon:
Surface

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