- 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:
- Broken left mandible with some worn teeth.
OVPP-Soricidae 3
- CODI ID:
- 3853
- Arch. Locality:
- 24 - DK
- Geo. Locality:
- Elements Preserved:
- 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 III.
- Taxonomic Problems:
- Bed:
- I
- Level:
- 1
- In Situ:
- Unknown
- Stratigraphic Horizon: