|
OVPP-P-41 |
13324 |
|
|
R. LC |
|
|
|
|
|
-- |
BKII 19531, CAST. |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
|
Carnivora |
|
|
|
Viverridae |
Pseudocivetta ingens |
|
|
|
|
|
Yes |
|
F558 |
3081 |
|
|
CARA-f, NRL-f |
|
106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) |
|
|
|
-- |
The authors say this specimen comes from "SI" though this is not a known locality. |
152 - W. Auffenberg |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Reptilia |
Testudines |
Cryptodira |
|
Testidinoidea |
Testudinidae |
|
|
Geochelone |
sp. |
|
The author puts this specimen in Geochelone, species B. |
No |
|
OVPP-Geochelone 2 |
3107 |
24 - DK |
|
PLR-f, CARA-f |
|
105 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (?) |
I |
|
|
Auffenberg, W. 1981. The fossil turtles of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, Africa. Copeia 1981:509-522. |
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. |
152 - W. Auffenberg |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Reptilia |
Testudines |
Cryptodira |
|
Testidinoidea |
Testudinidae |
|
|
Geochelone |
pardalis |
|
The author mentions there are over 3,000 fossilized turtle fragments from Olduvai Gorge, 98% of which are from the species Pelusios sinuatus. However, it is unclear which specimens belong to which species based on the description given. When it was unclear, the specimen is only referred to as belonging to the Order Testudines. |
No |
|
F558 |
6848 |
|
|
CARA-f, NRL-f |
|
106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) |
|
|
|
-- |
The authors say this specimen comes from "SI" though this is not a known locality. |
152 - W. Auffenberg |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Reptilia |
Testudines |
Cryptodira |
|
Testidinoidea |
Testudinidae |
|
|
Geochelone |
sp. |
|
The author puts this specimen in Geochelone, species B. |
No |
|
M. 17073 |
10386 |
|
|
An isolated lower canine tooth. |
1953 |
106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) |
II |
|
B.K.II |
LSB Leakey. 1958. Fossil Mammals of Africa: Some East African Pleistocene Suidae. British Museum. No. 14. |
Brit. Mus. Palaeont. Dept. Marked Old. B.K.II, 1953/443 |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
1958 |
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suina |
|
Suoidea |
Suoidea |
Suidae |
|
Potamochoerus |
majus |
|
|
Yes |
|
1931 II 36 |
8638 |
|
|
R-MTC |
1913 |
116 - Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie (BSPG), Munich, Germany |
|
|
|
Dietrich, 1933? |
MTC 3. Label/publication taxon ID: Koiropotamus sp. Reck Field No.: IV 266. Museum label notes: |
|
|
273 - Reck expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suiformes |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
|
|
Koiropotamus |
|
|
Inventoried by Faysal Bibi in 2012. |
No |
|
1931 II 35 |
8808 |
|
|
CRA, R/d-P, R/d-M, L/d-P, L/d-M |
1913 |
116 - Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie (BSPG), Munich, Germany |
|
|
|
Dietrich, W.O. 1937. Pleistoz |
Reck Field No.: none. Dietrich 1937:97 states this is probably from Bed IV. Leakey 1965 refers to Koiropotamus as Potamochoerus (Koiropotamus). Museum label notes: juv., female, Horizont 4. Almost complete cranium w R dP4-M1, L P1, L dP4-M1. |
|
|
273 - Reck expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suiformes |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
|
|
Koiropotamus |
|
|
Inventoried by Faysal Bibi in 2012. |
No |
|
COP-12-122 |
9706 |
|
|
MAN-f, L/R-I, L/R-C-f |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
II |
Upper |
|
-- |
Mandibular symphysis with left and right I1 and left I2 erupting, left and right canine roots present and alveolus for left P1. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2013/06/23 |
254 - COP |
Unknown |
Y |
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suiformes |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-368 |
9739 |
|
|
MTC |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
II |
Lower |
|
-- |
Third metacarpal. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2013/06/24 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suiformes |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-499 |
9869 |
|
|
SKULL, AXIS, CER, PHX, HUM-f |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
I |
Lower |
2 meters below Tuff 1A. |
-- |
Skull with associated post-crania. Pieces labeled A through P. A = cranium, B= right mandible fragment, C= left mandible fragment, D= right mandibular symphysis through P4, E= left mandibular symphysis, F-J= teeth, K= axis, L-M+ cervical vertebrae, O= intermediate phalanx, P= distal humerus. Two additional bags of bones and bone fragments that were found at OVPP-499 locality with carnivore breakage and tooth marks. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
|
253 - OVPP |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suiformes |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
M. 17090 |
10388 |
|
|
A broken fragment of the left side of a mandible with damaged first molar, but with second and third molars intact. |
|
106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) |
II |
|
Kamasian Pluvial |
LSB Leakey. 1958. Fossil Mammals of Africa: Some East African Pleistocene Suidae. British Museum. No. 14. |
Holotype. Formerly Coryndon Museum No. F. 3666. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
1942 |
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suina |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
Suinae |
Suini |
Mesochoerus |
olduvaiensis |
|
|
Yes |
|
OLD-973 |
11837 |
|
|
C |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
Bed I |
Surface |
|
-- |
OLD-973 |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Perissodactyla |
Hippomorpha |
|
|
Suidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Yes |
|
OLD-270 |
11849 |
|
|
C-f |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-270; canine distal end fragment |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Perissodactyla |
Hippomorpha |
|
|
Suidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Yes |
|
OLD-321 |
11871 |
|
|
C |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-321 |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Perissodactyla |
Hippomorpha |
|
|
Suidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Yes |
|
OLD-385 |
11888 |
|
|
C |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-385 |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Perissodactyla |
Hippomorpha |
|
|
Suidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Yes |
|
OLD-438 |
11934 |
|
|
C |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-438 |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Perissodactyla |
Hippomorpha |
|
|
Suidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Yes |
|
OLD-522 |
11942 |
|
|
C |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-522 |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Perissodactyla |
Hippomorpha |
|
|
Suidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Yes |
|
OLD-529 |
11945 |
|
|
C |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-529 |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Perissodactyla |
Hippomorpha |
|
|
Suidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Yes |
|
OLD-991 |
12239 |
70 - EHK |
|
C |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
Bed I |
|
|
-- |
OLD-991 |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Perissodactyla |
Hippomorpha |
|
|
Suidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Yes |
|
OLD-488 |
12661 |
|
|
C |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-488 |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suiformes |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD-538 |
12705 |
12 - CK |
|
C |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
IV |
S |
|
-- |
OLD-538; CK IV S |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suiformes |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD-601 |
12750 |
27 - MNK |
|
C |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
IV |
|
|
-- |
OLD-601; MNK IV ?S |
|
|
|
Unknown |
concretion adhering |
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suina |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD-678 |
12796 |
33 - SWK |
|
C |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
II |
|
|
-- |
OLD-678; 1 large fragment and 8 small fragments; SWK II S13 |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suina |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD-722 |
12836 |
67 - FC S |
|
C |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
II |
|
|
-- |
OLD-722 |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suiformes |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD-769 |
12873 |
65 - SHK S |
|
C |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
II |
|
|
-- |
OLD-769; upper canine; "OLDY SHK II S. 13.V.35." |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suiformes |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD-780 |
12881 |
|
|
C |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-780; surface |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suiformes |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD-818 |
12913 |
5 - FLK |
|
C |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
II |
|
|
-- |
OLD-818; FLK II S |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suiformes |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD-851 |
12934 |
5 - FLK |
|
C |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
II |
|
|
-- |
OLD-851 |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suiformes |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD-869 |
12945 |
|
|
C |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-869; lower canine |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suiformes |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD-980 |
12992 |
5 - FLK |
|
C |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
II |
|
|
-- |
OLD-980; FLK II S |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suina |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
G. 356 |
102 |
5 - FLK |
|
MAN, L/R-P, L/R-M, L/R-C, L/R-I |
1960 |
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle (Zinjanthropus) |
22 feet below the upper limit of bed I. |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
This specimen is pictured in plate 23. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suiformes |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
Suinae |
Suini |
Promesochoerus |
mukiri |
|
Holotype |
No |
|
FLK NN I 701 |
103 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
C |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
2 |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
This specimen is pictured in plate 24 next to modern Phacochoerus specimens. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suiformes |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
Suinae |
Suini |
Promesochoerus |
mukiri |
|
Paratype |
No |
|
6084 |
104 |
7 - FLK North |
|
C |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
1 |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
Two upper canines presumed to be female. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suiformes |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
Suinae |
Suini |
Promesochoerus |
mukiri |
|
Paratype |
No |
|
FLK N I 1235 |
105 |
7 - FLK North |
|
CRA, MAX, P, M |
1961 |
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
5 |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
This specimen is pictured in plate 25. It is the same individual as FLK N I 1236. The specimen is crushed. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suiformes |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
Suinae |
Suini |
Ectopotamochoerus |
dubius |
|
Holotype |
No |
|
FLK NN I 177/1960 |
107 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
CRA, MAX, P, M, C |
1960 |
105 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (?) |
I |
middle |
3 |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
This specimen is pictured in plate 28. This skull is "very crushed."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. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suiformes |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
Suinae |
Suini |
Potamochoerus |
intermedius |
|
Holotype |
No |
|
FLK N I 335 |
108 |
7 - FLK North |
|
R-MAN
, R-P
, R-M
, R-C |
1960 |
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
1, 2, 3 |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
Specimen consists of a right mandible that is missing incisors. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suiformes |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
Tetraconodontinae |
|
Notochoerus |
euilus |
|
Holotype. At the time of publication, it was considered along with FLK N I 441 to be the holotype of N. eulius. |
No |
|
OVPP-315 |
7993 |
|
|
C |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
I |
Lower |
1 meter above Bed I lavas. |
-- |
Maxillary canine. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2012/07/11 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suiformes |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-338 |
8016 |
|
|
C |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
I |
Upper |
3 meters below Tuff 1F. |
-- |
canine. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2012/07/11 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suiformes |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD 15802 |
10155 |
|
|
L-COR |
|
|
I |
|
Layer 3 |
Brodkorb P., Mourer-Chauviré, C. 1984. Fossil owls from early man sites of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Ostrich; Journal of African Ornithology 55:17-27. |
HOLOTYPE. "Left coracoid lacking the procoracoid and the external distal angle... Paratypes: The following specimens are from layer 3 of locality FLK NNI and can be attributed to the same individual as the holotype: 15740, premaxillae; 3301, lower part of right coracoid. 15364 and 15473, proximal and distal parts of left femur; 16377, distal part of right femur; 15701, distal part of left tibiotarsus; 15776, left fibula; 16262, proximal part of right tarsometatarsus; 15730, distal part of left tarsometatarsus; 15942, 15946, 16050, 16171, 16174, 16176 to 16180, pedal phalanges. Place of conservation of the material: The fossils are currently on deposit at the University of Florida, Department of Zoology, and will later be returned to Tanzania" (Brodkorb and Mourer-Chauvire, 1984:17, 19). Image notes: (Scale = 2 cm) A-B: Left coracoid, holotype, OLD 15802, FLK NNI, layer 3, A anterior face, B posterior face. C: Right tarsometatarsus, proximal part, paratype, OLD 16262, FLK NNI, scree, anterior face. D: Left tarsometatarsus, distal part, paratype, OLD 15730, FLK NNI, layer 3, anterior face. E-F: Left femur, proximal half, paratype, OLD 15364, FLK NNI, layer 2+3, E anterior face, F POSterior face. G-H: Left femur, distal part, paratype, OLD 15473, FLK NNI, layer 3, G anterior face, H posterior face. I: Left tarsometatarsus, almost complete, OLD 11574, FLK NI, layer 1, anterior face. J-K: Left femur, lacking the distal part, OLD 11586, FLK NI, layer 2, J anterior face, K posterior face. |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Aves |
Strigiformes |
|
|
|
Strigidae |
|
|
Bubo |
leakeyae |
|
|
No |
|
OLD 3301 |
10157 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
R-COR-f |
|
|
I |
|
Layer 3 |
Brodkorb P., Mourer-Chauviré, C. 1984. Fossil owls from early man sites of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Ostrich; Journal of African Ornithology 55:17-27. |
PARATYPE. "Paratypes: The following specimens are from layer 3 of locality FLK NNI and can be attributed to the same individual as the holotype: 15740, premaxillae; 3301, lower part of right coracoid. 15364 and 15473, proximal and distal parts of left femur; 16377, distal part of right femur; 15701, distal part of left tibiotarsus; 15776, left fibula; 16262, proximal part of right tarsometatarsus; 15730, distal part of left tarsometatarsus; 15942, 15946, 16050, 16171, 16174, 16176 to 16180, pedal phalanges. Place of conservation of the material: The fossils are currently on deposit at the University of Florida, Department of Zoology, and will later be returned to Tanzania" (Brodkorb and Mourer-Chauvire, 1984:17, 19). Image notes: (Scale = 2 cm) A-B: Left coracoid, holotype, OLD 15802, FLK NNI, layer 3, A anterior face, B posterior face. C: Right tarsometatarsus, proximal part, paratype, OLD 16262, FLK NNI, scree, anterior face. D: Left tarsometatarsus, distal part, paratype, OLD 15730, FLK NNI, layer 3, anterior face. E-F: Left femur, proximal half, paratype, OLD 15364, FLK NNI, layer 2+3, E anterior face, F POSterior face. G-H: Left femur, distal part, paratype, OLD 15473, FLK NNI, layer 3, G anterior face, H posterior face. I: Left tarsometatarsus, almost complete, OLD 11574, FLK NI, layer 1, anterior face. J-K: Left femur, lacking the distal part, OLD 11586, FLK NI, layer 2, J anterior face, K posterior face. |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Aves |
Strigiformes |
|
|
|
Strigidae |
|
|
Bubo |
leakeyae |
|
|
No |