Excavation/Discovery Date:
1959
ID By:
130 - L.S.B. Leakey
ID Date:
Research Team:
264 - Leakey family expedition
Repository:
105 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (?)
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 plates 40, 41. The cranium and horn cones were found near the base of Bed 2.

OVPP-Tragelaphus 1

CODI ID:
121
Arch. Locality:
14 - HWK E
Geo. Locality:
Elements Preserved:
CRA, HOR
Sediment/Matrix Adhering:

Taxonomy

Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Artiodactyla
Suborder:
Ruminantia
Infraorder:
Superfamily:
Bovoidea
Family:
Bovidae
Subfamily:
Bovinae
Tribe:
Strepsicerotini
Genus:
Strepsiceros
Species:
maryanus
Subspecies:
Taxonomic Notes:
Holotype - Gentry and Gentry (1978) reclassified this specimen as Tragelaphus strepsiceros maryanus.
Taxonomic Problems:
Bed:
II
Level:
lower
In Situ:
Yes
Stratigraphic Horizon:
2

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