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:
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
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 1957.92

CODI ID:
4352
Arch. Locality:
19 - SHK
Geo. Locality:
Elements Preserved:
L-HOR
Sediment/Matrix Adhering:

Taxonomy

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

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