|
OVPP-Testudines 17 |
3088 |
9 - THC |
|
SHEL-f |
|
106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) |
I |
|
|
-- |
|
152 - W. Auffenberg |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Reptilia |
Testudines |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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 |
|
THC I 1959.129 |
1095 |
9 - THC |
|
L-HOR-f |
1959 |
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. |
|
137 - A. Gentry |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Alcelaphinae |
Aepycerotini |
Aepyceros |
melampus |
|
|
No |
|
OH 73 |
3788 |
81 - HWK W |
|
L-P |
2006 |
127 - National Natural History Museum, Arusha, Tanzania |
I |
Upper |
Surface. |
Clarke, R.J. Published online 4 May 2012. A Homo habilis maxilla and other newly-discovered hominid fossils from Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Olduvai Special issue, JHE |
Left P3.Specimen is pictured third from the left bottom in image 1.Specimen is shown on left in image 2. |
|
|
|
No |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Hominoidea |
Hominidae |
Homininae |
Hominini |
Homo |
habilis |
sensu stricto |
|
No |
|
OH 69 |
3784 |
80 - MCK |
|
L-P |
2002 |
127 - National Natural History Museum, Arusha, Tanzania |
II |
Lower |
|
|
Lower P4.Specimen is pictured on left in image 1.Specimen is pictured on left in image 2. |
|
|
|
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Hominoidea |
Hominidae |
Homininae |
Hominini |
Homo |
habilis |
sunsu lato |
|
No |
|
OH 70 |
3785 |
80 - MCK |
|
L-M-f |
2002 |
127 - National Natural History Museum, Arusha, Tanzania |
II |
Lower |
|
|
Distrobuccal portion of upper M1 crown.Specimen is pictured on bottom right of image 1. |
|
|
|
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Hominoidea |
Hominidae |
|
|
Australopithecus |
africanus |
|
OH 24-like |
No |
|
067/5594 MCK II Simo L? |
8112 |
80 - MCK |
|
L-PVG |
|
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
II |
|
|
-- |
Left os coxa. From same individual as 0675593 MCK II Simo R (R os coxa). Type specimen. Card for specimen found in pile of cards in box 189 in House of Culture, Dar es Salaam (specimen and card in part of collection recently returned from Nairobi). Card has been put in bag with specimen. Card states "giant baboon". |
|
2012/07/30 |
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Cercopithecoidea |
Cercopithecidae |
Cynocephalinae |
|
Simopithecus |
oswaldi |
|
|
No |
|
067/56 16 MCK II |
8148 |
80 - MCK |
|
L-CAL |
|
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
II |
|
|
-- |
Left calcaneus. Type specimen. Specimen is in the same bag with 067/5610, 067/5611 and 067/5609. Card with specimen states "N609". |
|
2012/07/30 |
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Cercopithecoidea |
Cercopithecidae |
Cynocephalinae |
|
Simopithecus |
oswaldi |
|
|
No |
|
OLD 1962 067/5608 MCK II Simo. Lt.Max |
8167 |
80 - MCK |
|
L-MAX, P-f, M |
|
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
II |
|
|
-- |
Left maxilla with fourth premolar (roots) and first molar to third molar. |
|
2012/07/31 |
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Cercopithecoidea |
Cercopithecidae |
Cynocephalinae |
|
Simopithecus |
|
|
|
No |
|
067/5609 MCK II Simo |
8187 |
80 - MCK |
|
L-SCP-f |
|
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
II |
|
|
-- |
Partial left scapula preserving glenoid process and acromion, and superior 1/3 of spine and lateral border. Found in bag with 067/5622 (R scapula, possibly from same individual.) |
|
2012/08/01 |
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Cercopithecoidea |
Cercopithecidae |
Cynocephalinae |
|
Simopithecus |
|
|
|
No |
|
F556 |
3101 |
8 - MK |
|
SHEL-f |
|
106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) |
IV |
|
|
-- |
|
152 - W. Auffenberg |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Reptilia |
Testudines |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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 |
|
F565 |
3102 |
8 - MK |
|
SHEL-f |
|
106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) |
IV |
|
|
-- |
|
152 - W. Auffenberg |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Reptilia |
Testudines |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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 |
|
F57 |
3103 |
8 - MK |
|
SHEL-f |
|
106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) |
IV |
|
|
-- |
|
152 - W. Auffenberg |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Reptilia |
Testudines |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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 |
|
F645 |
3104 |
8 - MK |
|
SHEL-f |
|
106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) |
IV |
|
|
-- |
|
152 - W. Auffenberg |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Reptilia |
Testudines |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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 |
|
F6647 |
3105 |
8 - MK |
|
SHEL-f |
|
106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) |
IV |
|
|
-- |
|
152 - W. Auffenberg |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Reptilia |
Testudines |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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 |
|
OH 62 |
3777 |
78 - FLK S |
|
SKULL-f, UK |
1987 |
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
I |
Middle
Surface. |
Johanson, D. C., Masao, F. T., Eck, G. G., White, T. D., Walter, R. C., Kimbel, W. H., Asfaw,B., Manega, P. C., Ndessokia, P. & Suwa, G. (1987). New partial skeleton of HomoJohanson, D.C., Masao |
Postcranial and skull fragments, 302 pieces. |
|
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Hominoidea |
Hominidae |
Homininae |
Hominini |
Homo |
habilis |
|
|
No |
|
|
M 103944 |
12739 |
78 - FLK S |
|
R-M (3), L-M |
1935 |
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
II |
|
|
-- |
OLD-588; right upper M1, M2, and M3 and left M2; "OLD Y FLK II S 3/VII/35" |
|
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Bovinae |
Tragelaphini |
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OH 74 |
3789 |
72 - FLK Maiko Gully |
|
L-M |
2007 |
127 - National Natural History Museum, Arusha, Tanzania |
I |
ID above |
Surface. |
|
Left M2, unerupted.Specimen is pictured second from the bottom left in image 1.Specimen is shown on right in image 2. |
|
|
|
No |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Hominoidea |
Hominidae |
|
|
Australopithecus |
boisei |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Testudines 16 |
3087 |
70 - EHK |
|
SHEL-f |
|
106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) |
I |
|
|
-- |
|
152 - W. Auffenberg |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Reptilia |
Testudines |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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 |
|
OVPP-Heterocephalus 6 |
2901 |
7 - FLK North |
|
SKULL-f, R/L-M |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
|
Denys, C. 1989. A new species of bathyergid rodent from Olduvai Bed I (Tanzania, Lower Pleistocene). Neue Jahrbuecher Geologica Palaeontologica 5:257-264. |
This specimen is picture in figure 1-1 and 1-2. |
147 - C. Denys |
|
|
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Rodentia |
|
|
|
Bathyergidae |
Heterocephalinae |
|
Heterocephalus |
jaegeri |
|
Holotype? |
No |
|
OVPP-Heterocephalus 3 |
2902 |
7 - FLK North |
|
SKULL-f, R/L-M |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
|
Denys, C. 1989. A new species of bathyergid rodent from Olduvai Bed I (Tanzania, Lower Pleistocene). Neue Jahrbuecher Geologica Palaeontologica 5:257-264. |
This specimen is pictured in figure 1-3. |
147 - C. Denys |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Rodentia |
|
|
|
Bathyergidae |
Heterocephalinae |
|
Heterocephalus |
jaegeri |
|
Hypodigm |
No |
|
01. R. L5-58 |
3128 |
7 - FLK North |
|
L-MAX-f, M |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
|
5 |
Jaeger, J.J. 1976. Les rongeurs (Mammalia, Rodentia) du Pleistocene inferieur d’Olduvai Bed I (Tanzanie) 1ere Partie: Les Murides. Fossil vertebrates of Africa 4:58-120. |
This specimen is pictured in plate 3, figures G and H. |
153 - J. Jaeger |
|
|
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Rodentia |
Myomorpha |
Myodonta |
Muroidea |
Muridae |
Murinae |
|
Praomys |
minor |
|
|
No |
|
OH 21 |
3736 |
7 - FLK North |
|
L-M |
1968 |
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
I |
Upper |
Surface |
Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
Upper left M1, small and unworn. Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya. |
142 - M. D. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Hominoidea |
Hominidae |
Homininae |
Hominini |
Homo |
habilis |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Soricidae 1 |
3851 |
7 - FLK North |
|
L-MAN |
|
|
I |
2 |
|
Butler, P., and Greenwood, M. 1979. Soricidae (Mammalia) from the Early Pleistocene of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 67:329-379. |
Authors describe specimen as "left mandibular ramus with P4-M2 moderately worn, and with the roots of I1, I2, and M3. |
150 - Butler and Greenwood |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
Soricoidea |
Soricidae |
|
|
|
|
|
One of five specimens of indeterminant species of Soricidae from Olduvai. Authors state that there appears to be three different species represented in the indeterminant specimens. This specimen is described as Species I. |
No |
|
OVPP-Soricidae 2 |
3852 |
7 - FLK North |
|
L-MAN, (n=3) |
|
|
I |
5 |
|
Butler, P., and Greenwood, M. 1979. Soricidae (Mammalia) from the Early Pleistocene of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 67:329-379. |
Three left mandibular fragments. |
150 - Butler and Greenwood |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
Soricoidea |
Soricidae |
|
|
|
|
|
Three of five specimens of indeterminant species of Soricidae from Olduvai. Authors state that there appears to be three different species represented in the indeterminant specimens. These specimens are described as Species II. |
No |
|
1734 |
3892 |
7 - FLK North |
|
L-HUM-f |
|
|
I |
|
|
Petter, G. 1973. Carnivores Pleistocenes du ravin d’Olduvai (Tanzanie). Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:43-100. |
|
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Caniformia |
Arctoidea |
|
Mustelidae |
Lutrinae |
Aonychini |
Aonyx |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Herpestes 5 |
3893 |
7 - FLK North |
|
L-M |
|
|
I |
|
4 |
Petter, G. 1973. Carnivores Pleistocenes du ravin d’Olduvai (Tanzanie). Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:43-100. |
Specimen is an upper M1. |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Feliformia |
|
|
Herpestidae |
Herpestinae |
|
Herpestes |
ichneumon |
|
|
No |
|
018 |
3903 |
7 - FLK North |
|
L-MAN, C |
|
|
I |
|
4 |
Petter, G. 1973. Carnivores Pleistocenes du ravin d’Olduvai (Tanzanie). Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:43-100. |
Specimen 6128 (molar) was found separately but determined to be from the same individual. |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Feliformia |
|
|
Herpestidae |
Herpestinae |
|
Ichneumia |
albicauda |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Ichneumia 1 |
3905 |
7 - FLK North |
|
L-MAX-f, P, (n=2) |
|
|
I |
|
4 |
-- |
Specimen is a fragment of left maxilla with P3 and P4. |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Feliformia |
|
|
Herpestidae |
Herpestinae |
|
Ichneumia |
albicauda |
|
|
No |
|
762 |
3908 |
7 - FLK North |
|
L-MAN, P, (n=3), M, (n=2), C |
|
|
I |
|
3 |
Petter, G. 1973. Carnivores Pleistocenes du ravin d’Olduvai (Tanzanie). Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:43-100. |
|
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Feliformia |
|
|
Herpestidae |
Herpestinae |
|
Mungos |
minutus |
|
|
No |
|
1734 |
7653 |
7 - FLK North |
|
L-HUM-f |
|
|
I |
|
|
Petter, G. 1973. Carnivores Pleistocenes du ravin d’Olduvai (Tanzanie). Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:43-100. |
|
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Caniformia |
Arctoidea |
|
Mustelidae |
Lutrinae |
Aonychini |
Aonyx |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Herpestes 4 |
7654 |
7 - FLK North |
|
L-M |
|
|
I |
|
4 |
Petter, G. 1973. Carnivores Pleistocenes du ravin d’Olduvai (Tanzanie). Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:43-100. |
Specimen is an upper M1. |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Feliformia |
|
|
Herpestidae |
Herpestinae |
|
Herpestes |
ichneumon |
|
|
No |
|
018 |
7664 |
7 - FLK North |
|
L-MAN, C |
|
|
I |
|
4 |
Petter, G. 1973. Carnivores Pleistocenes du ravin d’Olduvai (Tanzanie). Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:43-100. |
Specimen 6128 (molar) was found separately but determined to be from the same individual. |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Feliformia |
|
|
Herpestidae |
Herpestinae |
|
Ichneumia |
albicauda |
|
|
No |
|
762 |
7669 |
7 - FLK North |
|
L-MAN, P, (n=3), M, (n=2), C |
|
|
I |
|
3 |
Petter, G. 1973. Carnivores Pleistocenes du ravin d’Olduvai (Tanzanie). Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:43-100. |
|
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Feliformia |
|
|
Herpestidae |
Herpestinae |
|
Mungos |
minutus |
|
|
No |
|
OLD 61/7421 FLK N I Tr.III LS/1-2 |
8118 |
7 - FLK North |
|
L-FEM |
|
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
I |
1-2 |
Tr. III surface |
-- |
Shaft of left femur. |
|
2012/07/27 |
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
Y |
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Cercopithecoidea |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
FLK NI 12567 |
10186 |
7 - FLK North |
|
L-COR-f |
1960-62 |
|
I |
|
|
Haarhoff, P.J. 1993. Latest Pliocene mousebirds (Aves, Coliidae) from Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Ann S Afr Mus. 103:191–211. |
Left coracoid fragment, left deltoid crest slightly damaged. "The specimen numbers are catalogue numbers of the Olduvai fossil birds, and the data are kept at the Department of Zoology, University of Florida, Gainesville. The fossils belong to the Tanzanian Ministry of Antiquities, Dar es Salaam. They were collected by Mary Leakey in 1960-1962" (Haarhoff, 1993:193). |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Aves |
Coliiformes |
|
|
|
Coliidae |
|
|
Colius |
cf. striatus |
|
|
No |
|
FLK NI 10195 |
10191 |
7 - FLK North |
|
L-HUM |
1960-2 |
|
I |
|
|
Haarhoff, P.J. 1993. Latest Pliocene mousebirds (Aves, Coliidae) from Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Ann S Afr Mus. 103:191–211. |
Left humerus with slightly damaged deltoid crest. "The specimen numbers are catalogue numbers of the Olduvai fossil birds, and the data are kept at the Department of Zoology, University of Florida, Gainesville. The fossils belong to the Tanzanian Ministry of Antiquities, Dar es Salaam. They were collected by Mary Leakey in 1960-1962" (Haarhoff, 1993:193). |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Aves |
Coliiformes |
|
|
|
Coliidae |
|
|
Colius |
cf. striatus |
|
|
No |
|
FLK NI 21182 |
10193 |
7 - FLK North |
|
L-RAD-f |
1960-2 |
|
I |
|
|
Haarhoff, P.J. 1993. Latest Pliocene mousebirds (Aves, Coliidae) from Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Ann S Afr Mus. 103:191–211. |
Left proximal radius fragment. "The specimen numbers are catalogue numbers of the Olduvai fossil birds, and the data are kept at the Department of Zoology, University of Florida, Gainesville. The fossils belong to the Tanzanian Ministry of Antiquities, Dar es Salaam. They were collected by Mary Leakey in 1960-1962" (Haarhoff, 1993:). |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Aves |
Coliiformes |
|
|
|
Coliidae |
|
|
Colius |
cf. striatus |
|
|
No |
|
FLK NI 12867 |
10194 |
7 - FLK North |
|
L-TARMET-f |
1960-2 |
|
I |
|
|
Haarhoff, P.J. 1993. Latest Pliocene mousebirds (Aves, Coliidae) from Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Ann S Afr Mus. 103:191–211. |
Left proximal tarsometatarsus fragment."The specimen numbers are catalogue numbers of the Olduvai fossil birds, and the data are kept at the Department of Zoology, University of Florida, Gainesville. The fossils belong to the Tanzanian Ministry of Antiquities, Dar es Salaam. They were collected by Mary Leakey in 1960-1962" (Haarhoff, 1993:). |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Aves |
Coliiformes |
|
|
|
Coliidae |
|
|
Colius |
cf. striatus |
|
|
No |
|
FLK NI 19721 |
10197 |
7 - FLK North |
|
L-ULNA-f |
1960-2 |
|
I |
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Haarhoff, P.J. 1993. Latest Pliocene mousebirds (Aves, Coliidae) from Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Ann S Afr Mus. 103:191–211. |
Left proximal ulna fragment. "The specimen numbers are catalogue numbers of the Olduvai fossil birds, and the data are kept at the Department of Zoology, University of Florida, Gainesville. The fossils belong to the Tanzanian Ministry of Antiquities, Dar es Salaam. They were collected by Mary Leakey in 1960-1962" (Haarhoff, 1993:193). |
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Unknown |
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Aves |
Coliiformes |
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Coliidae |
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Colius |
cf. striatus |
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No |
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FLK NI 29627 |
10199 |
7 - FLK North |
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L-HUM-f |
1960-2 |
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I |
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Haarhoff, P.J. 1993. Latest Pliocene mousebirds (Aves, Coliidae) from Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Ann S Afr Mus. 103:191–211. |
Left proximal humerus broken at base of bicipital crest. "The specimen numbers are catalogue numbers of the Olduvai fossil birds, and the data are kept at the Department of Zoology, University of Florida, Gainesville. The fossils belong to the Tanzanian Ministry of Antiquities, Dar es Salaam. They were collected by Mary Leakey in 1960-1962" (Haarhoff, 1993:193). |
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Unknown |
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Aves |
Coliiformes |
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Coliidae |
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Colius |
cf. striatus |
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No |