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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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50 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
M. 14683 1345 R/L-, TUSK 106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) I Hopwood, A. 1934. New fossil mammals from Olduvai, Tanganyika territory. Annals of the Magazine of Natural History. 10: 546-550. Two tusks, which are probably from the same individual represent the two paratypes. 293 - A.T. Hopwood Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Suiformes Suoidea Suidae Koiropotamus majus Paratypes No
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
MB.Ma.16578 9246 TUSK 1913 128 - Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Germany -- Mfn room number: 0026. 273 - Reck expedition Unknown Mammalia Proboscidea Tethytheria Behemota Elephantoidea Elephantidae Elephas recki Inventoried by Faysal Bibi in 2012. No
MB.Ma.40615 9250 TUSK-f 1913 128 - Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Germany -- Reck field number: IV 24. Mfn room number: 0026. 273 - Reck expedition Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Suiformes Hippopotamoidea Hippopotamidae Inventoried by Faysal Bibi in 2012. No
MB.Ma.40616 9251 TUSK-f 1913 128 - Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Germany -- Reck field number: IV 24. Mfn room number: 0026. 273 - Reck expedition Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Suiformes Hippopotamoidea Hippopotamidae Inventoried by Faysal Bibi in 2012. No
MB.Ma.40617 9252 TUSK-f 1913 128 - Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Germany -- Reck field number: IV 24. Mfn room number: 0026. 273 - Reck expedition Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Suiformes Hippopotamoidea Hippopotamidae Inventoried by Faysal Bibi in 2012. No
MB.Ma.45504 9238 TUSK 1913 128 - Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Germany -- Reck field number: XIX 1460. Mfn room number: 0026. 273 - Reck expedition Unknown Mammalia Proboscidea Tethytheria Behemota Elephantoidea Elephantidae Elephas recki Inventoried by Faysal Bibi in 2012. No
MB.Ma.45505 9236 TUSK 1913 128 - Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Germany -- Mfn room number: 0026. 273 - Reck expedition Unknown Mammalia Proboscidea Tethytheria Behemota Elephantoidea Elephantidae Elephas recki Inventoried by Faysal Bibi in 2012. No
MB.Ma.45512 9239 TUSK 1913 128 - Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Germany -- Mfn room number: 0026. 273 - Reck expedition Unknown Mammalia Proboscidea Tethytheria Behemota Elephantoidea Elephantidae Elephas recki Inventoried by Faysal Bibi in 2012. No
MB.Ma.45794 9240 TUSK 1913 128 - Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Germany -- Mfn room number: 0026. 273 - Reck expedition Unknown Mammalia Proboscidea Tethytheria Behemota Elephantoidea Elephantidae Elephas recki Inventoried by Faysal Bibi in 2012. No
OLD-101 11422 TUSK-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-101 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OLD-268 12529 TUSK-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-268; tusk fragments with multiple fragments Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae No
OLD-311 11432 TUSK-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-311 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OLD-315 12231 TUSK-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK Bed I -- OLD-315 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OLD-317 12551 TUSK-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK II -- OLD-317 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae No
OLD-330 12558 316 - VEK S TUSK 114 - Natural History Museum UK I -- OLD-330; "O VEK I S" Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Tethytheria Behemota Elephantoidea Hippopotamidae found in Hippo drawer Unknown
OLD-338 11919 TUSK-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK Bed I -- OLD-338 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OLD-342 11875 TUSK-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-342 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OLD-349 11386 TUSK-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-349 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OLD-357 12564 69 - GRK S TUSK 114 - Natural History Museum UK II -- OLD-357; tusk in concretion; "OLD Y GRK II S 27 V ?" Unknown in concretion Mammalia Artiodactyla Tethytheria Behemota Elephantoidea Hippopotamidae in Hippo drawer Unknown
OLD-370 11433 TUSK-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-370 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OLD-386 11889 TUSK 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-386 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OLD-47 12644 TUSK-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-47 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Tethytheria Behemota Elephantoidea Hippopotamidae No
OLD-53 12696 CRA-f, L/R-MAN-f, SKEL-f, TOOTH-f, TUSK-f (23 total) 114 - Natural History Museum UK II -- OLD-53; Immature CRA, MAN and SKEL frags and teeth and tusk frags. MAN-f has erupting tusk; Note says "please try and fit together". The left and right MAN frags fit along the symphysis Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Tethytheria Behemota Elephantoidea Hippopotamidae No
OLD-576 12732 TUSK-f (3) 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-576 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Tethytheria Behemota Elephantoidea Hippopotamidae No
OLD-578 12734 TUSK-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-578 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Tethytheria Behemota Elephantoidea Hippopotamidae No
OLD-581 11956 TUSK-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-581 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla HIppopotamidae Yes
OLD-583 11421 TUSK-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-583 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OLD-584 11420 TUSK-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-584 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OLD-590 11958 TUSK 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-590 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OLD-599 11430 TUSK-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-599 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OLD-605 11431 TUSK-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-605 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OLD-651 11986 TUSK 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-651 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OLD-680 12343 TUSK-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-680 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OLD-691 11437 TUSK 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-691 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OLD-692 11423 TUSK-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-692 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OLD-699 11416 TUSK-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-699 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OLD-702 11438 TUSK 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-702 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OLD-716 12335 TUSK 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-716 Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Hippomorpha Suidae Yes
OLD-727 12841 TUSK (2) 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-727; associated pair of tusks; two tusks; one tusk is in two parts Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Suiformes Suoidea Suidae No