- Excavation/Discovery Date:
- ID By:
- 150 - Butler and Greenwood
- ID Date:
- Research Team:
- Repository:
- Bibilographic Information:
- Butler, P., and Greenwood, M. 1979. Soricidae (Mammalia) from the Early Pleistocene of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 67:329-379.
- Curatorial Notes:
- Authors describe specimen as "left mandibular ramus with P4-M2 moderately worn, and with the roots of I1, I2, and M3.
OVPP-Soricidae 1
- CODI ID:
- 3851
- Arch. Locality:
- 7 - FLK North
- Geo. Locality:
- Elements Preserved:
- L-MAN
- Sediment/Matrix Adhering:
Taxonomy
- Class:
- Mammalia
- Order:
- Insectivora
- Suborder:
- Infraorder:
- Superfamily:
- Soricoidea
- Family:
- Soricidae
- Subfamily:
- Tribe:
- Genus:
- Species:
- Subspecies:
- Taxonomic Notes:
- One of five specimens of indeterminant species of Soricidae from Olduvai. Authors state that there appears to be three different species represented in the indeterminant specimens. This specimen is described as Species I.
- Taxonomic Problems:
- Bed:
- I
- Level:
- 2
- In Situ:
- Unknown
- Stratigraphic Horizon: