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OVPP-P-1 |
13276 |
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Distal FEM-f |
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-- |
Bed I surf OLD-S-I 1941 F.887 |
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Unknown |
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Indet. |
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Yes |
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OVPP-P-6 |
13281 |
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Several tympanic bullae + a few dental frags.
,
, |
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-- |
FLKNNI Bed V GRAVEL. Original. Looks Modern, Not Fossilized |
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Unknown |
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Carnivora |
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Felidae |
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Yes |
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OVPP-P-8 |
13283 |
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Distal MTP-f |
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-- |
HWK E II 18'-28'-S |
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Unknown |
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Yes |
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OVPP-P-9 |
13284 |
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Frag. diaphysis long bone
,
, |
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-- |
HWK E II 906 L-2. Original. |
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Unknown |
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Yes |
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OVPP-P-11 |
13286 |
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Distal MTP-f |
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-- |
HWK East Level2 067-1983. Original |
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Unknown |
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Yes |
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OVPP-P-19 |
13295 |
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TEM, middle ear ossicles |
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-- |
NN tympanic bulla and middle ear ossicles. Looks modern, not fossilized |
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Unknown |
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Yes |
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OVPP-P-24 |
13300 |
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C or Crocodile TOOTH |
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-- |
OLD BKIIE 1953-122 |
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Unknown |
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Yes |
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OVPP-P-26 |
13302 |
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LIMB-f (Humerus) |
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-- |
OLD NI I-4 5086 |
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Unknown |
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Yes |
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OVPP-P-27 |
13303 |
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LIMB (femur) -f |
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-- |
OLD-60 DALK Bed IV |
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Unknown |
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Carnivora |
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Felidae |
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Panthera |
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Yes |
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OVPP-P-28 |
13304 |
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Pelvix-f, VER-f, PHX, TOOTH |
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-- |
OLD-60 FLKNI L-3 067-1303 |
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Unknown |
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Yes |
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OVPP-P-33 |
13309 |
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LIMB-f |
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-- |
OLD-63 BKII 1449 |
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Unknown |
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Yes |
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OVPP-P-34 |
13310 |
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LIMB-f |
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-- |
OLD-63 MNKII I-1 067-1539 |
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Unknown |
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Aves |
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Yes |
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OVPP-P-65 |
13345 |
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PREMAX-MAX (incisors; R. C-P4, L. C-M1)-f |
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-- |
OLD-63 DKI, L-12. CAST |
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Unknown |
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Yes |
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OVPP-Mammalia |
3801 |
83 - FLK NW |
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AST, (n=33), CAL, (n=73), FEM, (n=272), HUM, (n=186), I, (n=316), M, (n=108), MAN, (n=161), MAX, (n=68), MTP, (n=257), PHX, (n=77), PVG, (n=218), RAD, (n=55), SCP, (n=40), TIB, (n=395), ULNA, (n=76), VER, (n=595) |
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I |
20 |
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Arcos, S., Sevilla, P., and Fernandez-Jalvo, Y. 2010. Preliminary small mammal taphonomy of FLK NW level 20 (Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania). Quarternary Research 74:405-410. |
MNI is 198. Authors describe specimens as "small mammals". |
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Unknown |
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Mammalia |
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Authors describe specimens as "small mammals". |
No |
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OVPP-Clarias 40 |
3857 |
6 - FLK NN |
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L-CLEI-f |
1960 |
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I |
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2 |
Greenwood, P., and Todd, E. 1970. Fish remains from Olduvai. In: Fossil Vertebrates of Africa,vol. 2 New York: Academic Press. pp. 225-241. |
This specimen was found in trench II extension E. |
151 - Greenwood and Todd |
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|
Yes |
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Actinopterygii |
Siluriformes |
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Clariidae |
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Clarias |
sp. |
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No |
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1311 |
3901 |
7 - FLK North |
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R-FEM, R-TIB |
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I |
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4 |
Petter, G. 1973. Carnivores Pleistocenes du ravin d’Olduvai (Tanzanie). Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:43-100. |
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Unknown |
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Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Feliformia |
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Herpestidae |
Herpestinae |
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Ichneumia |
albicauda |
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No |
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380 |
3930 |
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I |
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I/II |
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|
Petter, G. 1973. Carnivores Pleistocenes du ravin d’Olduvai (Tanzanie). Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:43-100. |
Specimen is lower I3.Author lists specimen in an assemblage that is described as coming from FLK N, FLK NN, KK, BK, and DK but does not specifically assign site. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
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Unknown |
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Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
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Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
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No |
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303 |
3945 |
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L-I |
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Petter, G. 1973. Carnivores Pleistocenes du ravin d’Olduvai (Tanzanie). Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:43-100. |
Specimen is upper I3.Author lists specimen in an assemblage that is described as coming from BK, THL, and FLK N but does not specifically assign site. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2012/6/28 |
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Unknown |
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Mammalia |
Carnivora |
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No |
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1311 |
7662 |
7 - FLK North |
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R-FEM, R-TIB |
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I |
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4 |
Petter, G. 1973. Carnivores Pleistocenes du ravin d’Olduvai (Tanzanie). Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:43-100. |
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Unknown |
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Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Feliformia |
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|
Herpestidae |
Herpestinae |
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Ichneumia |
albicauda |
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No |
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OLD 15776 |
10162 |
6 - FLK NN |
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L-FIB |
|
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I |
|
Layer 3 scree |
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. |
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Unknown |
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Aves |
Strigiformes |
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Strigidae |
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Bubo |
leakeyae |
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No |
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OVPP-L-1568 |
10490 |
297 - TK Fish Gully |
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Canine |
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Unknown |
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Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
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Hippopotamidae |
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Yes |
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OLD 60 |
8413 |
5 - FLK |
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FIB-f, TIB-f, UK-f |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
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-- |
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Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Hominoidea |
Hominidae |
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No |
|
OVPP-Muridae 1 |
35 |
5 - FLK |
|
P, M, I, C, MAN, MAX |
|
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. |
Several unidentified murids |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
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264 - Leakey family expedition |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Rodentia |
Myomorpha |
Myodonta |
Muroidea |
Muridae |
|
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|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Muridae 2 |
37 |
6 - FLK NN |
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P, M, I, C |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
1 |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
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130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
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264 - Leakey family expedition |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Rodentia |
Myomorpha |
Myodonta |
Muroidea |
Muridae |
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|
No |
|
OVPP-Muridae 3 |
38 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
P, M, I, C |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
2, 3 |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
Several specimens of unidentified murids. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Rodentia |
Myomorpha |
Myodonta |
Muroidea |
Muridae |
|
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|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Muridae 4 |
40 |
7 - FLK North |
|
P, M, I, C |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
Several specimens of unidentified murids are present. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Rodentia |
Myomorpha |
Myodonta |
Muroidea |
Muridae |
|
|
|
|
|
The author is unsure of the taxonomy. |
No |
|
FLK N I 7500 |
41 |
7 - FLK North |
|
TIB |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
|
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
Image available from plate 13 comparing this lagomorph's tibia to other modern and extinct lagomorph tibiae. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Lagomorpha |
|
|
|
Leporidae |
|
|
Lepus |
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Mungos 2 |
80 |
7 - FLK North |
|
R-MAN, R-P, R-M, R-C, R-I |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
4 |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
|
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Feliformia |
|
|
Herpestidae |
Herpestinae |
|
Mungos |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Elephas 2 |
91 |
8 - MK |
|
MAN, C, M, I, P |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
lower |
|
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
Several other specimens found at this site in Bed I but probably fell from Bed II. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
Specimen was "embedded in matrix." |
Mammalia |
Proboscidea |
Tethytheria |
Behemota |
Elephantoidea |
Elephantidae |
|
|
Elephas |
africanavus |
|
|
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 |
|
OLD BK 2 132 |
264 |
10 - BK |
|
MAN, L/R-I |
|
104 - Unknown |
II |
upper |
|
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
This specimen is pictured in plate 20. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Perissodactyla |
Hippomorpha |
|
|
Equidae |
Equinae |
|
Stylohipparion |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Stylohipparion 1 |
265 |
|
|
MAN, L/R-I |
|
104 - Unknown |
|
|
|
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
This specimen is pictured in plate 20. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Perissodactyla |
Hippomorpha |
|
|
Equidae |
Equinae |
|
Stylohipparion |
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Pelorovis 86 |
752 |
27 - MNK |
|
I?, M?, P? |
|
104 - Unknown |
II |
|
|
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. |
The author states that teeth have been found at MNK but does not indicate which type(s) of teeth have been found. |
137 - A. Gentry |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Bovinae |
Bovini |
Pelorovis |
oldowayensis |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Syncerus 2 |
766 |
46 - JK 2 |
|
M?, I?, P? |
|
104 - Unknown |
III |
|
|
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. |
|
137 - A. Gentry |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Bovinae |
Bovini |
Syncerus |
acoelotus |
|
The authors describe teeth but not specifically which type(s) of teeth that are more likely to be from S. acoelotus than P. antiquus. |
No |
|
OVPP-Syncerus 3 |
767 |
10 - BK |
|
M?, I?, P? |
|
104 - Unknown |
II |
|
|
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. |
The authors discuss teeth found at BK II but does not specifically describe which type(s) of teeth are found. |
137 - A. Gentry |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Bovinae |
Bovini |
Syncerus |
acoelotus |
|
The authors describe these specimens as being smaller than P. oldowayensis. |
No |
|
OVPP-Syncerus 4 |
771 |
24 - DK |
|
I?, P?, M? |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
|
|
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. |
Authors mention "teeth" found here. |
137 - A. Gentry |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Bovinae |
Bovini |
Syncerus |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Syncerus 5 |
772 |
7 - FLK North |
|
I?, P?, M? |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
|
|
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. |
Authors mention "teeth" found here. |
137 - A. Gentry |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Bovinae |
Bovini |
Syncerus |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Syncerus 6 |
773 |
14 - HWK E |
|
I?, P?, M? |
|
104 - Unknown |
I, II |
|
|
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. |
Authors mention "teeth" found here. |
137 - A. Gentry |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Bovinae |
Bovini |
Syncerus |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Syncerus 7 |
774 |
23 - TK |
|
I?, P?, M? |
|
104 - Unknown |
II |
|
|
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. |
Authors mention "teeth" found here. |
137 - A. Gentry |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Bovinae |
Bovini |
Syncerus |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
S. 202 |
783 |
|
96 - 63 |
SKULL, P, M, I |
1970 |
104 - Unknown |
I |
|
|
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. |
This nearly complete skull with dentition is pictured in plate 6. |
137 - A. Gentry |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Reduncinae |
Reduncini |
Kobus |
sigmoidalis |
|
This specimen may belong to the species K. ellipsiprymnus. |
No |