- Excavation/Discovery Date:
- 1960
- ID By:
- 151 - Greenwood and Todd
- ID Date:
- Research Team:
- Repository:
- 104 - Unknown
- Bibilographic Information:
- Greenwood, P., and Todd, E. 1970. Fish remains from Olduvai. In: Fossil Vertebrates of Africa,vol. 2 New York: Academic Press. pp. 225-241.
- Curatorial Notes:
OVPP-Clarias 29
- CODI ID:
- 2787
- Arch. Locality:
- 5 - FLK
- Geo. Locality:
- Elements Preserved:
- NRCR, R-DNTY, R-PTER
- Sediment/Matrix Adhering:
Taxonomy
- Class:
- Actinopterygii
- Order:
- Siluriformes
- Suborder:
- Infraorder:
- Superfamily:
- Family:
- Clariidae
- Subfamily:
- Tribe:
- Genus:
- Clarias
- Species:
- Subspecies:
- Taxonomic Notes:
- The authors don;t explicitly state that these specimens are of the genus Clarias, but mention it is similar to C. mossambicus.
- Taxonomic Problems:
- Bed:
- I
- Level:
- middle (Zinjanthropus)
- In Situ:
- Yes
- Stratigraphic Horizon:
- 22 feet below the upper limit of bed I.