Excavation/Discovery Date:
1971
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:
Leakey, M.D. 1978. Olduvai fossil hominids:their stratigraphic positions and associations. In: Jolly, CJ, editor. Early hominids of Africa. London:Duckworth. P. 3-16.
Curatorial Notes:
Molar is right M2. Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya.

OH 38

CODI ID:
3753
Arch. Locality:
22 - SC
Geo. Locality:
Elements Preserved:
R-M , I , I
Sediment/Matrix Adhering:

Taxonomy

Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Primates
Suborder:
Anthropoidea
Infraorder:
Haplorhini
Superfamily:
Hominoidea
Family:
Hominidae
Subfamily:
Tribe:
Genus:
Australopithecus
Species:
boisei
Subspecies:
Taxonomic Notes:
Taxonomic Problems:
Bed:
II
Level:
Upper
In Situ:
Yes
Stratigraphic Horizon:
>IID Fluvo-lacustrine

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