Excavation/Discovery Date:
1959
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 specimen is pictured in plate 32.

OVPP-Tapinochoerus 2

CODI ID:
247
Arch. Locality:
5 - FLK
Geo. Locality:
Elements Preserved:
M
Sediment/Matrix Adhering:

Taxonomy

Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Artiodactyla
Suborder:
Suiformes
Infraorder:
Superfamily:
Suoidea
Family:
Suidae
Subfamily:
Suinae
Tribe:
Phacochoerini
Genus:
Tapinochoerus
Species:
sp.
Subspecies:
Taxonomic Notes:
Taxonomic Problems:
Bed:
I
Level:
middle (Zinjanthropus)
In Situ:
Unknown
Stratigraphic Horizon:
22 feet below the upper limit of bed I.

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