- Excavation/Discovery Date:
- ID By:
- 157 - L. Hlusko
- ID Date:
- Research Team:
- 253 - OVPP
- Repository:
- 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
- Bibilographic Information:
- --
- Curatorial Notes:
- Skull with associated post-crania. Pieces labeled A through P. A = cranium, B= right mandible fragment, C= left mandible fragment, D= right mandibular symphysis through P4, E= left mandibular symphysis, F-J= teeth, K= axis, L-M+ cervical vertebrae, O= intermediate phalanx, P= distal humerus. Two additional bags of bones and bone fragments that were found at OVPP-499 locality with carnivore breakage and tooth marks.
OVPP-499
- CODI ID:
- 9869
- Arch. Locality:
- Geo. Locality:
- Elements Preserved:
- SKULL, AXIS, CER, PHX, HUM-f
- Sediment/Matrix Adhering:
Taxonomy
- Class:
- Mammalia
- Order:
- Artiodactyla
- Suborder:
- Suiformes
- Infraorder:
- Superfamily:
- Suoidea
- Family:
- Suidae
- Subfamily:
- Tribe:
- Genus:
- Species:
- Subspecies:
- Taxonomic Notes:
- Taxonomic Problems:
- Bed:
- I
- Level:
- Lower
- In Situ:
- Yes
- Stratigraphic Horizon:
- 2 meters below Tuff 1A.