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IMPORTANT NOTE: We have maintained the originally published taxonomic designation for each specimen despite the fact that many of these specimens have been reclassified since.  We chose to follow this protocol because of the difficulty in keeping up to date with all of the taxonomic groups, and our hesitancy to make a judgement call on taxonomic debates.  As such, please search the database with this in mind, perhaps using higher level taxonomic classifications for your query.

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326 specimens found
Image Spec # CODI Database ID Arch. Locality Geo. Locality Elements Preserved Excavation Date Repository Bed Level Stratigraphic Horizon Bibliographic Information Curatorial Notes ID By ID Date Research Team In Situ Sediment or Matrix Adhering Class Order Suborder Infraorder Superfamily Family Subfamily Tribe Genus Species Subspecies Taxonomic Notes Taxonomic Problems
OLD-180 12471 19 - SHK MTP-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK II -- OLD-180; distal metapodial fragment Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Equidae No
OLD-150 12442 MTP 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-150; distal metapodial Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Equidae No
OLD-151 12443 MTP 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-151; proximate metapodial Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Equidae No
OLD-157 12448 MTP 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-157; distal metapodial Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Equidae No
OLD-160 12451 MTP 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-160 Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Equidae No
OLD-172 12463 MTP 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-172; distal metapodial Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Equidae No
OLD-177 12467 69 - GRK S MTP 114 - Natural History Museum UK II -- OLD-177; distal end of metapodial Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Equidae No
OLD-178 12468 MTP-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK II -- OLD-178; distal metapodial fragment Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Equidae No
OLD-179 12469 MTP-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-179; distal metapodial fragment; "surface" Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Equidae No
OLD-704 12338 MTP 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-704 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OLD-194 12485 MTP 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-194; distal end of metapodial plus shaft Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Equidae No
UCMP 42072 12810 MTP-f 1948 276 - University of California Museum of Paleontology Unknown Mammalia Yes
OLD-1562 13158 MTP-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK IV -- OLD-1562; proximal MTP-f; May all be from Bed IV See strat info. for OLD-1558 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae No
OLD-1563 13159 MTP-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK IV -- OLD-1563; distal MTP-f; May all be from Bed IV See strat info. for OLD-1558 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae No
OLD-152a 13249 MTP 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-152a; proximal MTP Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Equidae No
OLD-195 13271 MTP -- OLD-195; distal end of MTP. Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Equidae Yes
OVPP-P-8 13283 Distal MTP-f -- HWK E II 18'-28'-S Unknown Yes
OVPP-P-11 13286 Distal MTP-f -- HWK East Level2 067-1983. Original Unknown Yes
OLD-148 12439 MTP 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-148; proximate metapodial Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Equidae No
OLD-149 12440 MTP 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-149; proximate metapodial Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Equidae No
OLD-197 12365 MTP 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-197; metapodial distal end Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Equidae Yes
OLD-196 12366 MTP 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-196; metapodial distal end Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Equidae Yes
UCMP 42009 12370 MTP 2-3 1948 276 - University of California Museum of Paleontology Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
UCMP 42066 12378 MTP-f 1948 276 - University of California Museum of Paleontology Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
M. 14185 12392 MTP 114 - Natural History Museum UK Current location 17G; drawer 11; MT3 Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Equidae No
OLD-123 12415 MTP 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-123 Unknown Mammalia No
OLD-679 12344 MTP 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-679 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OLD-687 12340 MTP 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-687 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OLD-147 12438 MTP 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-147; proximate metapodial Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Equidae No
OVPP-Mammalia 3801 83 - FLK NW 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) I 20 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". Unknown Mammalia Authors describe specimens as "small mammals". No
OVPP-12 7690 MTP 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania III Scree slope -- Proximal MC1 157 - L. Hlusko 253 - OVPP No Mammalia Carnivora No
OVPP-172 7850 MTP 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania III/IV Five meters below Masek/Ndutu. -- Proximal metapodial. 157 - L. Hlusko 2012/07/06 253 - OVPP No Mammalia Carnivora No
OVPP-229 7907 MTP 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania II Middle -- 157 - L. Hlusko 2012/07/06 253 - OVPP No Mammalia Carnivora No
OVPP-311 7989 MTP 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania I Lower 1 meter above Bed I lavas. -- Metapodial 157 - L. Hlusko 2012/07/11 253 - OVPP No Mammalia Carnivora No
OVPP-332 8010 MTP-f 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania II Lower On top of Tuff 1F. -- proximal metapodial 157 - L. Hlusko 2012/07/11 253 - OVPP No Mammalia Carnivora No
COP-12-9 9594 MTP 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania II Lowermost -- Fifth metapodial. Large. 157 - L. Hlusko 2013/06/21 254 - COP Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla No
OVPP-589 9962 MTP 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania I Lower Sandy clays right on top of granite, 10m below Tuff IB. -- 157 - L. Hlusko 2013/06/30 253 - OVPP No Mammalia Carnivora No
OVPP-616 9989 MTP 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania I Lower Surface; pebbly sands at top of Bed I section. -- 157 - L. Hlusko 2013/07/02 253 - OVPP No Y Mammalia Carnivora No
OVPP-689 10062 MTP-f 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania I Lower Surface, sandstone with pebbles about 5m above gray sandstone. -- 157 - L. Hlusko 2013/07/07 253 - OVPP No Mammalia Carnivora No
OVPP-L-1052 10331 22 - SC MTP-f 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania -- Box: SC. 3 specimens: OLD/71.SC.85, OLD/71.SC.696, OLD/71.SC.909 Unknown Mammalia No