- Excavation/Discovery Date:
- 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:
- Several specimens are present.
OVPP-Tatera 1
- CODI ID:
- 25
- Arch. Locality:
- 5 - FLK
- Geo. Locality:
- Elements Preserved:
- Sediment/Matrix Adhering:
Taxonomy
- Class:
- Mammalia
- Order:
- Rodentia
- Suborder:
- Myomorpha
- Infraorder:
- Myodonta
- Superfamily:
- Muroidea
- Family:
- Muridae
- Subfamily:
- Gerbillinae
- Tribe:
- Taterillini
- Genus:
- Tatera
- 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.