Excavation/Discovery Date:
1957
ID By:
137 - A. Gentry
ID Date:
Research Team:
Repository:
Bibilographic Information:
Gentry, A. W., and Gentry, A. 1978. Fossil Bovidae (Mammalia) of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Part I. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History): Geology 29:289-446.
Curatorial Notes:

SHK II 1957.231

CODI ID:
1128
Arch. Locality:
19 - SHK
Geo. Locality:
Elements Preserved:
MTT
Sediment/Matrix Adhering:

Taxonomy

Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Artiodactyla
Suborder:
Ruminantia
Infraorder:
Superfamily:
Bovoidea
Family:
Bovidae
Subfamily:
Alcelaphinae
Tribe:
Alcelaphini
Genus:
Species:
Subspecies:
Taxonomic Notes:
This specimen is presumably from Megalotragus kattwinkelli or Connochaetes taurinus olduvaiensis.
Taxonomic Problems:
Bed:
II
Level:
In Situ:
Unknown
Stratigraphic Horizon:

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