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 is found in all levels.

OVPP-Saccostomus 2

CODI ID:: 34
Arch. Locality:: 7 - FLK North
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:: sp.
Subspecies:
Taxonomic Notes:: Author is not completely of its taxonomy. It might represent an unidentified murid.
Taxonomic Problems:

Bed:: I
Level:: upper
In Situ:: No
Stratigraphic Horizon:: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

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