Excavation/Discovery Date:
ID By:: 142 - M. D. Leakey
ID Date:
Research Team:: 264 - Leakey family expedition
Repository:: 104 - Unknown
Bibilographic Information:: Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
Curatorial Notes:

OVPP-Elephas 12

CODI ID:: 503
Arch. Locality:: 27 - MNK
Geo. Locality:
Elements Preserved:: UK
Sediment/Matrix Adhering:

Taxonomy

Class:: Mammalia
Order:: Proboscidea
Suborder:: Tethytheria
Infraorder:: Behemota
Superfamily:: Elephantoidea
Family:: Elephantidae
Subfamily:
Tribe:
Genus:: Elephas
Species:: recki
Subspecies:
Taxonomic Notes:: The author says this is the "evolved form" of E. recki.
Taxonomic Problems:

Bed:: II
Level:: middle
In Situ:: Yes
Stratigraphic Horizon:: both sites

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