Excavation/Discovery Date:

1968

ID By:

ID Date:

2012/07/23

Research Team:

264 - Leakey family expedition

Repository:

122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Bibilographic Information:

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Curatorial Notes:

Packed in National Museum in Nairobi, Kenya in box 188 or 189 labeled "Cercopithecidae" for transport to National Museum of History, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Partial cranium: Left and right maxillae and right zygomatic fragment present. Right and left M1-3, P 3-4, and canines present. Crown of left canine broken off. Only root of right canine is preserved. Incisors not preserved. Left M3 crown broken off. Buccal side of left M2 crown broken off. Distal portion of buccal side of left M1 crown broken off. Needs preparation.

OLD 68/S.9 opp. S.C. IV S ? IV. C KNM 2.4.3

CODI ID:

8066

Arch. Locality:

22 - SC

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Elements Preserved:

CRA-f, R-ZYG-f, L/R-MAX, R/L-M, R/L-P, R/L-C-f

Sediment/Matrix Adhering:

Y

Taxonomy

Class:

Mammalia

Order:

Primates

Suborder:

Anthropoidea

Infraorder:

Haplorhini

Superfamily:

Cercopithecoidea

Family:

Cercopithecidae

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