- 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 species appears to be well represented, indicating that there are several specimens.
OVPP-Saccostomus 1
- CODI ID:
- 32
- Arch. Locality:
- 6 - FLK NN
- Geo. Locality:
- Elements Preserved:
- UK
- Sediment/Matrix Adhering:
Taxonomy
- Class:
- Mammalia
- Order:
- Rodentia
- Suborder:
- Infraorder:
- Superfamily:
- Family:
- Nesomyidae
- Subfamily:
- Cricetomyinae
- Tribe:
- Saccostomurini
- Genus:
- Saccostomus
- Species:
- indet.
- Subspecies:
- Taxonomic Notes:
- Author is not totally convinced of its taxonomy. It may represent an unknown murid.
- Taxonomic Problems:
- Bed:
- I
- Level:
- middle
- In Situ:
- No
- Stratigraphic Horizon:
- 3