- 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-Saccostomus 3
- CODI ID:
- 439
- Arch. Locality:
- 5 - FLK
- Geo. Locality:
- Elements Preserved:
- Sediment/Matrix Adhering:
Taxonomy
- Class:
- Mammalia
- Order:
- Rodentia
- Suborder:
- Infraorder:
- Superfamily:
- Family:
- Nesomyidae
- Subfamily:
- Cricetomyinae
- Tribe:
- Saccostomurini
- Genus:
- Saccostomus
- Species:
- sp.
- Subspecies:
- Taxonomic Notes:
- Taxonomic Problems:
- Bed:
- I
- Level:
- middle (Zinjanthropus)
- In Situ:
- Yes
- Stratigraphic Horizon:
- 22 feet below the upper limit of bed I.