- Excavation/Discovery Date:
- 1957
- ID By:
- 137 - A. Gentry
- ID Date:
- Research Team:
- 264 - Leakey family expedition
- Repository:
- 105 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (?)
- 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:
- 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.
SHK II 1957.474
- CODI ID:
- 735
- Arch. Locality:
- 19 - SHK
- Geo. Locality:
- Elements Preserved:
- L-TIB-f
- Sediment/Matrix Adhering:
Taxonomy
- Class:
- Mammalia
- Order:
- Artiodactyla
- Suborder:
- Ruminantia
- Infraorder:
- Superfamily:
- Bovoidea
- Family:
- Bovidae
- Subfamily:
- Bovinae
- Tribe:
- Tragelaphini
- Genus:
- Tragelaphus
- Species:
- scriptus
- Subspecies:
- Taxonomic Notes:
- The authors indicate this specimen is from a "bushbuck-sized tragelaphine", though it is described under the Tragelaphus aff. scriptus headline.
- Taxonomic Problems:
- Bed:
- II
- Level:
- In Situ:
- Unknown
- Stratigraphic Horizon: