Gorilla gorilla gorilla: Mandible

Object Details

Notes: Right and left hands found in rotunda hallway, Summer 2017, numbered #220060 in pencil, then-articulated with mis-matched radia/ulna of A22460. Hand patina is different than rest of this skeleton, perhaps processed for exhibit. Suspected match, but not confirmed.
Record Last Modified: 18 Mar 2022
Specimen Count: 1

Collection Date: 9 Dec 1917

Collector: C. R. Aschemeier

Place: Fernan Vaz, Mperi, Gabon, Africa

See more items in: Vertebrate Zoology; Mammals

Published Name: Gorilla gorilla gorilla; Gorilla gorilla

Data Source: NMNH - Vertebrate Zoology - Mammals Division

Other Numbers: Mammals Field Number : 429
USNM Number: 220060

Taxonomy: Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Mammalia, Eutheria, Primates, Haplorrhini, Hominidae

Preparation: Skeleton; Skin; Skull
Sex: Female

Record ID: nmnhvz_7275272

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/35a6ead8e-0ece-4556-a0ac-74c9b62973c2

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