Excavation/Discovery Date:
ID By:
142 - M. D. Leakey
ID Date:
Research Team:
264 - Leakey family expedition
Repository:
104 - Unknown
Bibilographic Information:
Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
Curatorial Notes:

OVPP-Xenocephalus 3

CODI ID:
660
Arch. Locality:
32 - MNK Main
Geo. Locality:
Elements Preserved:
UK
Sediment/Matrix Adhering:

Taxonomy

Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Artiodactyla
Suborder:
Ruminantia
Infraorder:
Superfamily:
Bovoidea
Family:
Bovidae
Subfamily:
Alcelaphinae
Tribe:
Alcelaphini
Genus:
Xenocephalus
Species:
sp.
Subspecies:
Taxonomic Notes:
This specimen was reclassified as Megalotragus by Gentry and Gentry (1978).
Taxonomic Problems:
Bed:
II
Level:
middle
In Situ:
Unknown
Stratigraphic Horizon:

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