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 unidentified murids

OVPP-Muridae 1

CODI ID:
35
Arch. Locality:
5 - FLK
Geo. Locality:
Elements Preserved:
P, M, I, C, MAN, MAX
Sediment/Matrix Adhering:

Taxonomy

Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Rodentia
Suborder:
Myomorpha
Infraorder:
Myodonta
Superfamily:
Muroidea
Family:
Muridae
Subfamily:
Tribe:
Genus:
Species:
Subspecies:
Taxonomic Notes:
Taxonomic Problems:
Bed:
I
Level:
middle (Zinjanthropus)
In Situ:
No
Stratigraphic Horizon:
22 feet below the upper limit of bed I.

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