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:

This is a complete skeleton. Some parts are pictured in plates 33, 34, and 35.

OVPP-Giraffa 1

CODI ID:

115

Arch. Locality:

11 - HWK

Geo. Locality:

Elements Preserved:

SKEL

Sediment/Matrix Adhering:

Taxonomy

Class:

Mammalia

Order:

Artiodactyla

Suborder:

Ruminantia

Infraorder:

Superfamily:

Giraffoidea

Family:

Giraffidae

Subfamily:

Giraffinae

Tribe:

Giraffini

Genus:

Giraffa

Species:

gracilis

Subspecies:

Taxonomic Notes:

Syntype

Taxonomic Problems: