Excavation/Discovery Date:
ID By:
ID Date:
Research Team:
264 - Leakey family expedition
Repository:
105 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (?)
Bibilographic Information:
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
Curatorial Notes:
This specimen is pictured in plate 16. Original information indicated that this specimen was located in Nairobi. This specimen is likely within the material that was repatriated to Dar in 2011, but this has yet to be confirmed.

OVPP-Elephas 5

CODI ID:
251
Arch. Locality:
Geo. Locality:
Elements Preserved:
M-f
Sediment/Matrix Adhering:

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:
In Situ:
Unknown
Stratigraphic Horizon:

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