- Excavation/Discovery Date:
- ID By:
- 149 - J. C. Rage
- ID Date:
- Research Team:
- Repository:
- 104 - Unknown
- Bibilographic Information:
- Rage J. 1973. Fossil snakes from Olduvai, Tanzania. In: Fossil vertebrates of Africa, vol. 3:1-6.
- Curatorial Notes:
- This specimen is pictured in Plate 1, figures 5-8.
OVPP-Bitis 13
- CODI ID:
- 1940
- Arch. Locality:
- 5 - FLK
- Geo. Locality:
- Elements Preserved:
- L-MAX
- Sediment/Matrix Adhering:
Taxonomy
- Class:
- Reptilia
- Order:
- Squamata
- Suborder:
- Infraorder:
- Superfamily:
- Family:
- Viperidae
- Subfamily:
- Tribe:
- Genus:
- Bitis
- Species:
- olduvaiensis
- Subspecies:
- Taxonomic Notes:
- Holotype
- Taxonomic Problems:
- Bed:
- I
- Level:
- middle (Zinjanthropus)
- In Situ:
- Yes
- Stratigraphic Horizon:
- 22 feet below the upper limit of bed I.