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-Hippopotamus 12

CODI ID:: 591
Arch. Locality:: 23 - TK
Geo. Locality:
Elements Preserved:: UK
Sediment/Matrix Adhering:

Taxonomy

Class:: Mammalia
Order:: Artiodactyla
Suborder:: Suiformes
Infraorder:
Superfamily:: Hippopotamoidea
Family:: Hippopotamidae
Subfamily:: Hippopotaminae
Tribe:
Genus:: Hippopotamus
Species:: gorgops
Subspecies:
Taxonomic Notes:
Taxonomic Problems:

Bed:: II
Level:: upper
In Situ:: Yes
Stratigraphic Horizon:: All levels

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