Excavation/Discovery Date:
1955
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 may represent a rare bovid from Olduvai. It is pictured in plate 88. Original information indicated that this specimen was located in Nairobi. This specimen is likely within the material that was repatriated to Dar in 2011, but this has yet to be confirmed.

P.P.F. 4

CODI ID:
209
Arch. Locality:
5 - FLK
Geo. Locality:
Elements Preserved:
HOR
Sediment/Matrix Adhering:

Taxonomy

Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Artiodactyla
Suborder:
Ruminantia
Infraorder:
Superfamily:
Bovoidea
Family:
Bovidae
Subfamily:
Tribe:
Genus:
Thaleroceros
Species:
Subspecies:
Taxonomic Notes:
This specimen was reclassified as an unidentified Alcelaphine by Gentry and Gentry (1978).
Taxonomic Problems:
Bed:
Level:
In Situ:
No
Stratigraphic Horizon:

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