- 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:
OVPP-Pipistrellus 1
- CODI ID:
- 24
- Arch. Locality:
- 6 - FLK NN
- Geo. Locality:
- Elements Preserved:
- MAN
- Sediment/Matrix Adhering:
Taxonomy
- Class:
- Mammalia
- Order:
- Chiroptera
- Suborder:
- Microchiroptera
- Infraorder:
- Superfamily:
- Vespertilionoidea
- Family:
- Vespertillionidae
- Subfamily:
- Vespertillioninae
- Tribe:
- Pipstrellini
- Genus:
- Pipistrellus
- Species:
- rueppelei
- Subspecies:
- Taxonomic Notes:
- This mandible resembles P. rueppelei but is somewhat larger and is roughly the size of P. dormeri from India.
- Taxonomic Problems:
- Bed:
- I
- Level:
- middle
- In Situ:
- Yes
- Stratigraphic Horizon:
- 3