Excavation/Discovery Date:
ID By:
157 - L. Hlusko
ID Date:
Research Team:
264 - Leakey family expedition
Repository:
Bibilographic Information:
Leakey, LSB. 1960. Recent discoveries at Olduvai Gorge. Nature 188:1050-1052.
Curatorial Notes:
Author describes specimen as "parts of the skull of a second individual," in reference to the first Z. boisei skull found at this site OH 5.

OVPP-Zinjanthropus 10

CODI ID:
3920
Arch. Locality:
5 - FLK
Geo. Locality:
Elements Preserved:
CRA-f
Sediment/Matrix Adhering:

Taxonomy

Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Artiodactyla
Suborder:
Ruminantia
Infraorder:
Superfamily:
Bovoidea
Family:
Bovidae
Subfamily:
Tribe:
Genus:
Species:
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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