|
OVPP-Bitis 12 |
1939 |
|
|
RIB |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
|
|
Rage J. 1973. Fossil snakes from Olduvai, Tanzania. In: Fossil vertebrates of Africa, vol. 3:1-6. |
Several ribs are present. It is unclear how many individuals are present. |
149 - J. C. Rage |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Reptilia |
Squamata |
|
|
|
Viperidae |
|
|
Bitis |
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Geochelone 3 |
3108 |
24 - DK |
|
PERI-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 |
|
MW 49/136 |
3110 |
|
|
PERI-f |
|
106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) |
|
|
|
Auffenberg, W. 1981. The fossil turtles of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, Africa. Copeia 1981:509-522. |
|
152 - W. Auffenberg |
|
|
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 |
|
MW 49/136 |
6877 |
|
|
PERI-f |
|
106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) |
|
|
|
Auffenberg, W. 1981. The fossil turtles of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, Africa. Copeia 1981:509-522. |
|
152 - W. Auffenberg |
|
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
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-498 |
9868 |
|
|
I-f |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
I |
Upper |
Below Tuff 1B. |
-- |
Fragment of incisor. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2013/06/26 |
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 |
|
OVPP-619 |
9992 |
|
|
I |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
I |
Lower |
Surface 4m below Tuff IB; sandy calcareous clays. |
-- |
|
157 - L. Hlusko |
2013/07/02 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Suidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
M. 14682 |
10382 |
|
|
Part of a left mandibular ramus with P3-M1 and the alveolus for P2. |
1934 |
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
IV |
upper part, Middle Pleistocene |
Kanjeran Pluvial |
LSB Leakey. 1958. Fossil Mammals of Africa: Some East African Pleistocene Suidae. British Museum. No. 14. |
|
|
1934 |
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suiformes |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
|
|
Potamochoerus |
majus |
|
Holotype. Originally classified as Koiropotamus majus (Hopwood, 1934). Reclassified as Potamochoerus majus (Leakey, 1942). |
Unknown |
|
M. 14683 |
10383 |
|
|
Two upper tusks, probably of the same individual. |
1934 |
106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) |
I |
lower part, Middle Pleistocene |
Kamasian Pluvial |
LSB Leakey. 1958. Fossil Mammals of Africa: Some East African Pleistocene Suidae. British Museum. No. 14. |
British Museum Palaeontology Department |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
1942 |
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suiformes |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
|
|
Potamochoerus |
majus |
|
Paratypes. Originally classified as Koiropotamus majus (Hopwood, 1934). Reclassified as Potamochoerus majus (Leakey, 1942). |
Yes |
|
M. 17071 |
10384 |
|
|
The greater part of a mandible. |
1953 |
106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) |
II |
|
Chellean I Living Site |
LSB Leakey. 1958. Fossil Mammals of Africa: Some East African Pleistocene Suidae. British Museum. No. 14. |
marked Old. B.K.II, 1953/454; Brit. Mus. Palaeont. Dept. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
1958 |
|
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suiformes |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
|
|
Potamochoerus |
majus |
|
|
Yes |
|
M. 17074 |
10385 |
|
|
A fragment of mandible with a well preserved lower third molar |
1935 |
106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) |
I |
top of Bed I |
F.L.K. |
LSB Leakey. 1958. Fossil Mammals of Africa: Some East African Pleistocene Suidae. British Museum. No. 14. |
Brit. Mus. Palaeont. Dept. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
1958 |
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suina |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
|
|
Potamochoerus |
majus |
|
|
Yes |
|
M. 17112 |
10387 |
|
|
An upper third molar in a fragment of maxilla. |
|
106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) |
II |
|
F.L.K. |
|
Brit. Mus. Palaeont. Dept. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
1958 |
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suina |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
Suidae |
|
Potamochoerus |
majus |
|
|
Yes |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
OVPP-13 |
7691 |
|
|
MAN-f, M, I |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
I |
|
Less than 0.5 meters above Bed I lava. |
-- |
In matrix, fragments; needs preparation. Possibly associated postcranial specimens. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
|
253 - OVPP |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suiformes |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-51 |
7729 |
|
|
MAN, M, I |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
I |
Lower |
Claystone interbedded with sandstone; concretions coming from sandstone above claystone; one meter above Tuff IB. |
-- |
Complete suid mandible in sandstone concretion. Needs significant preparation. Visible teeth unobscured by concretion are right and left central incisors and portion of left M3. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2012/6/28 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
Y |
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suiformes |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD-916 |
11814 |
|
|
I |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-916 |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Perissodactyla |
Hippomorpha |
|
|
Suidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Yes |
|
OLD-325 |
11872 |
|
|
I |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-325 |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Perissodactyla |
Hippomorpha |
|
|
Suidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Yes |
|
OLD-822 |
12916 |
27 - MNK |
|
I (2), MAX-f |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-822; "OLDOWAY MNK 6.5.35." |
|
|
|
Unknown |
two incisors with maxillary fragment adhering |
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suiformes |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD-911 |
12958 |
|
|
I (2), TOOTH |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-911; juvenile; 2 incisors and one other tooth, possibly premolar |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suina |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD-924 |
12960 |
313 - GRK |
|
L-MAN-f, I (2) |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
II |
|
|
-- |
OLD-924; L-MAN-f with symphysis and I1-2; GRK II 8.5.35 |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suina |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
|
|
Kolpochoerus |
olduvaiensis |
|
|
No |
|
OLD 15776 |
10162 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
L-FIB |
|
|
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. |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Aves |
Strigiformes |
|
|
|
Strigidae |
|
|
Bubo |
leakeyae |
|
|
No |
|
OLD-206 |
11785 |
|
|
TIB |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-206 |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Perissodactyla |
Ceratomorpha |
Tapiromorpha |
Rhinocerotoidea |
Rhinocerotidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Yes |
|
OLD-242 |
12228 |
|
|
TIB |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-242 |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Perissodactyla |
Ceratomorpha |
Tapiromorpha |
Rhinocerotoidea |
Rhinocerotidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Yes |
|
OLD-94 |
12281 |
|
|
TIB |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-94 |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Perissodactyla |
Ceratomorpha |
Tapiromorpha |
Rhinocerotoidea |
Rhinocerotidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Yes |
|
OLD-92 |
12285 |
|
|
TIB |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-92; tibia distal end |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Perissodactyla |
Ceratomorpha |
Tapiromorpha |
Rhinocerotoidea |
Rhinocerotidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Yes |
|
OLD-90 |
12954 |
40 - JK |
|
TIB |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
IV |
|
|
-- |
OLD-90 |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Perissodactyla |
Ceratomorpha |
Tapiromorpha |
Rhinocerotoidea |
Rhinocerotidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD-152b |
13250 |
|
|
PIS |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-152b |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Perissodactyla |
Ceratomorpha |
Tapiromorpha |
Rhinocerotoidea |
Rhinocerotidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
UCMP 42071 |
12809 |
|
|
DIST HUM |
|
276 - University of California Museum of Paleontology |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1948 |
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Caniformia |
Arctoidea |
|
Mustelidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Yes |
|
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 |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Rodentia |
Myomorpha |
Myodonta |
Muroidea |
Muridae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Muridae 2 |
37 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
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. |
|
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Rodentia |
Myomorpha |
Myodonta |
Muroidea |
Muridae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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 |
|
OVPP-Elephantulus 16 |
2862 |
7 - FLK North |
|
MAX, M, P, I |
|
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
I |
|
5 |
Butler, P., and Greenwood, M. 1976. Elephant-shrews (Macroscelididae) from Olduvai and Makapansgat. In: Fossil Vertebrates of Africa,vol. 4. pp. 1-56. |
|
150 - Butler and Greenwood |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
|
Macroscelididae |
|
|
Elephantulus |
fuscus |
leakeyi |
|
No |
|
OVPP-Elephantulus 23 |
2869 |
7 - FLK North |
|
MAX, P, I |
|
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
I |
|
5 |
Butler, P., and Greenwood, M. 1976. Elephant-shrews (Macroscelididae) from Olduvai and Makapansgat. In: Fossil Vertebrates of Africa,vol. 4. pp. 1-56. |
|
150 - Butler and Greenwood |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
|
Macroscelididae |
|
|
Elephantulus |
fuscus |
leakeyi |
|
No |
|
OVPP-Elephantulus 24 |
2870 |
7 - FLK North |
|
MAX, P, C, I |
|
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
I |
|
3 |
Butler, P., and Greenwood, M. 1976. Elephant-shrews (Macroscelididae) from Olduvai and Makapansgat. In: Fossil Vertebrates of Africa,vol. 4. pp. 1-56. |
|
150 - Butler and Greenwood |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
|
Macroscelididae |
|
|
Elephantulus |
fuscus |
leakeyi |
|
No |
|
OVPP-Elephantulus 27 |
2873 |
7 - FLK North |
|
MAX, P, I |
|
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
I |
|
|
Butler, P., and Greenwood, M. 1976. Elephant-shrews (Macroscelididae) from Olduvai and Makapansgat. In: Fossil Vertebrates of Africa,vol. 4. pp. 1-56. |
|
150 - Butler and Greenwood |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
|
Macroscelididae |
|
|
Elephantulus |
fuscus |
leakeyi |
|
No |
|
OVPP-Elephantulus 28 |
2874 |
7 - FLK North |
|
MAN-f, P-d, P, C-d, I |
|
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
I |
|
2 |
Butler, P., and Greenwood, M. 1976. Elephant-shrews (Macroscelididae) from Olduvai and Makapansgat. In: Fossil Vertebrates of Africa,vol. 4. pp. 1-56. |
The incisor is unerupted. |
150 - Butler and Greenwood |
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264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
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Mammalia |
Insectivora |
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Macroscelididae |
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Elephantulus |
fuscus |
leakeyi |
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No |