Excavation/Discovery Date:

1931

ID By:

ID Date:

Research Team:

310 - Hopwood

Repository:

114 - Natural History Museum UK

Bibilographic Information:

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Curatorial Notes:

OLD-9; pedal bones; (Paper included: "Bottom: bones of an elephant foot from Bed II. Note rest of foot bones in a simple separate box, q v.; Middle: ? bone from surface of Bed II; Top: bone from Bed I"); (Additional card: M. Pleistocene (Kamasian)); (All bones say "O II" Card says "Bed II". "O II Elephas, associated foot bones. 7 phalangeals, 12 sesamoids. The rest of the associated bones are in a drawer opposite."); (White card: Colld A. T. Hopwood, 1931; paper: "Collected sefl s & b 1937 LSB Leakey")

OLD-9

CODI ID:

12953

Arch. Locality:

Geo. Locality:

Elements Preserved:

PHX (21)

Sediment/Matrix Adhering:

Taxonomy

Class:

Mammalia

Order:

Proboscidea

Suborder:

Tethytheria

Infraorder:

Behemota

Superfamily:

Elephantoidea

Family:

Elephantidae

Subfamily:

Tribe:

Genus:

Elephas

Species:

Subspecies:

Taxonomic Notes:

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