- Excavation/Discovery Date:
- ID By:
- 140 - E.E. Williams
- ID Date:
- Research Team:
- 264 - Leakey family expedition
- Repository:
- 104 - Unknown
- Bibilographic Information:
- Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
- Curatorial Notes:
- Several tortoises are represented in beds 1, 2, and 4. There is no mention of how many specimens or what elements are preserved.
OVPP-Chelonia 1
- CODI ID:
- 229
- Arch. Locality:
- 6 - FLK NN
- Geo. Locality:
- Elements Preserved:
- UK
- Sediment/Matrix Adhering:
Taxonomy
- Class:
- Reptilia
- Order:
- Testudines
- Suborder:
- Infraorder:
- Superfamily:
- Family:
- Cheloniidae
- Subfamily:
- Tribe:
- Genus:
- Chelonia
- Species:
- sp.
- Subspecies:
- Taxonomic Notes:
- Taxonomic Problems:
- Bed:
- I
- Level:
- middle
- In Situ:
- Unknown
- Stratigraphic Horizon:
- 1, 3