Excavation/Discovery Date:
2 December 1960
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 LSB. 1966. Homo habilis, Homo erectus and the Australopithecines. Nature, 209(5030), 1279–1281.
Curatorial Notes:
Calvaria. "Chellean Man."

OH 9

CODI ID:
3724
Arch. Locality:
71 - LLK
Geo. Locality:
284 - 46
Elements Preserved:
CALV
Sediment/Matrix Adhering:
Yes.

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:
II
Level:
Upper II D
In Situ:
No
Stratigraphic Horizon:
Surface

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