- Excavation/Discovery Date:
- ID By:
- 130 - L.S.B. Leakey
- 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 other specimens found at this site in Bed I but probably fell from Bed II.
OVPP-Elephas 2
- CODI ID:
- 91
- Arch. Locality:
- 8 - MK
- Geo. Locality:
- Elements Preserved:
- MAN, C, M, I, P
- Sediment/Matrix Adhering:
- Specimen was "embedded in matrix."
Taxonomy
- Class:
- Mammalia
- Order:
- Proboscidea
- Suborder:
- Tethytheria
- Infraorder:
- Behemota
- Superfamily:
- Elephantoidea
- Family:
- Elephantidae
- Subfamily:
- Tribe:
- Genus:
- Elephas
- Species:
- africanavus
- Subspecies:
- Taxonomic Notes:
- Taxonomic Problems:
- Bed:
- I
- Level:
- lower
- In Situ:
- Unknown
- Stratigraphic Horizon: