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:

OVPP-Sylvisorex 8

CODI ID:
3822
Arch. Locality:
5 - FLK
Geo. Locality:
Elements Preserved:
MAN-f, (n=2)
Sediment/Matrix Adhering:

Taxonomy

Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Insectivora
Suborder:
Infraorder:
Superfamily:
Soricoidea
Family:
Soricidae
Subfamily:
Tribe:
Genus:
Sylvisorex
Species:
olduvaiensis
Subspecies:
Taxonomic Notes:
Described as Suncus cf. lixus by Butler & Greenwood (1965).
Taxonomic Problems:
Bed:
I
Level:
Zinjanthropus
In Situ:
Unknown
Stratigraphic Horizon:

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