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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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530 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-1908 13228 UK-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1908 Unknown Mammalia No
OLD-162 13316 UK (6) -- All need new numbers; HJW 227: 55/1103 MFW 1.P3; 228: 63/2304 BK II r.P4; 226: 59/FLK NN r.M1; 225: 574 GC III base r.M2; 230: 62/499 JK2 GP8 1.M3; 231,232: 52/520 BK IV r.M1-M2; 229: 55/720 BK II r.M2 Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Equidae No
OLD-1916 13272 UK-f -- OLD-1916 Unknown Mammalia No
OLD-1936 13247 UK-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1936 Unknown Mammalia No
OLD-1935 13246 UK-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1935 Unknown Mammalia No
OLD-1934 13245 UK-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1934 Unknown Mammalia No
OLD-1933 13244 UK-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1933 Unknown Mammalia No
OLD-1932 13243 UK-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1932 Unknown Mammalia Giraffidae or Bovidae Yes
OLD-1929 13240 27 - MNK UK-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK IV -- OLD-1929; maxilla fragment?; "Oldoway MNK IV S. 6.6.35" Unknown unknown Yes
OLD-1928 13239 UK-f (3) 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1928 Unknown Mammalia No
OLD-1924 13238 UK-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1924; egg fragment? Unknown ostrich egg? Unknown
OLD-1923 13237 UK-f (4) 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1923 Unknown unknown Yes
OLD-1919 13233 UK-f (5) 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1919; 5 unknown postcranial fragments Unknown Mammalia No
OLD-1915 13232 UK-f (20) 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1915; associated cranial and postcranial fragments, about 20 Unknown Mammalia No
OLD-1909 13229 UK-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1909; fragments used for dating Unknown unknown Yes
OLD-173 12464 5 - FLK UK-f (2) 114 - Natural History Museum UK I -- OLD-173; M. Pleistocene (KAMASIAN) Bed I FLK Olduvai TT found near "Deinotherium" skeleton; Colld. & presd. L.S.B. Leakey 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Vertebrate Yes
OLD-1893 13219 UK 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1893 Unknown Mammalia No
OLD-1885 13214 UK 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1885; probably MTP Unknown Mammalia No
OLD-1884 13213 UK 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1884 Unknown Mammalia No
OLD-1499 13143 UK-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK IV S -- OLD-1499 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae No
M 104217 13097 RIB-f, UK-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK I -- OLD-1182; box of 50+ fragments, mostly ribs Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Behemota Bovoidea Bovidae No
OLD-998 12996 UK (100) 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-998; assorted skeleton; several individuals; "SHK II herd immature"; about 100 pieces Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Antidorcas recki No
OLD-940 12972 19 - SHK UK 114 - Natural History Museum UK II -- OLD-940; right nasal bone Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Antidorcas recki No
OLD-674 12793 UK-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-674; distal-f Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Tethytheria Behemota Elephantoidea Hippopotamidae No
OLD-653 12779 UK-f (3) 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-653 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Giraffoidea Giraffidae No
OLD-64 12773 UK 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-64 Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Ceratomorpha Tapiromorpha Rhinocerotoidea Rhinocerotidae No
OLD-63 12766 UK 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-63 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Tethytheria Behemota Elephantoidea Hippopotamidae No
OLD-547 12712 UK-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-547 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Tethytheria Behemota Elephantoidea Hippopotamidae No
OLD-235 12510 LIMB, UK 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-235; post cranial bones; might be same individual as OLD-234 Unknown Mammalia Proboscidea Tethytheria Behemota Elephantoidea Elephantidae No
OVPP-Steatomys 2 522 7 - FLK North UK 104 - Unknown I upper 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. 264 - Leakey family expedition Yes Mammalia Rodentia Myomorpha Myodonta Muroidea Muridae Dendromurinae Steatomys sp. 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 Homo Johanson, 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
S.89 8080 CRA-f, MAX-f, R-P, R-M, OCC-f, UK 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania -- Cigar box with cranial and maxilla fragments labeled |A.1-21; KNM-B 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98". Fragments in cigar box probably from same individual as OLD69/S.89. Many fragments in bags (unidentified) and one small plastic box appear to be sieving fragments; note with OLD69/S.89 states "sieving frags. in 81I/K". Cranial fragments in cigar box include maxillary fragments, one fragment with RM3, one fragment with RP3-4 and M1. Buccal side of RP4 crown missing (broken off) and mesiobuccal portion of RM1 not present (broken off). Occipital fragments also in cigar box. Needs preparation. Probably same specimen as OLD69/S.89 but in different bag. 2012/07/25 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea Cercopithecidae No
UNLABELED SPECIMEN OLD? 2 8168 UK-f 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania -- Unlabeled fragments in bag in same package with other bags of unlabeled fragments and labeled type specimens of Simopithecus oswaldi. May go with cards found in stack without specimens for numbers 067/5591 or 067/5579 (cards for Simopithecus oswaldi type specimens). 2012/07/31 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea Cercopithecidae Cynocephalinae Simopithecus oswaldi No
UNLABELED FRAGMENTS in bag with 'MCK II Simo', '067/5615 MCK II Simo' and 'R'. 8170 UK-f 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania -- Three unlabeled unidentified fragments in bag with MCK II Simo (basilar portion of occipital), 067/5615 MCK II Simo (clavicle fragment.) and R (unidentified fragment.) 2012/07/31 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No
R OLD? 8171 UK-f 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania -- Unidentified fragment in bag with three unlabeled fragments. MCK II Simo (basilar portion of occipital), 067/5615 MCK II Simo (clavicle fragment). Simopithecus? 2012/07/31 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No
UNLABELED FRAGMENTS 8173 UK-f 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania -- Many unlabeled fragments in bag. Found in unknown package with bags of other unlabeled specimens and bags with type specimens for Simopithecus oswaldi. Found in box 189 package 4B. 2012/07/31 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No
FLK NNI 1011 8257 6 - FLK NN MAX, MAN, CRA-f, R/L-M, TOOTH-f, UK-f 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania I -- Packed in National Museum in Nairobi, Kenya in box 188 or 189 labeled "Cercopithecidae" for transport to National Museum of History, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Maxilla, mandible, cranium fragment, right second and third molar, left third molar, tooth fragment and unknown fragment. Other card in bag states "FLK NNI 1011 + another individual there? M3 etc ED `81". 2012/08/09 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No
OLD? FLK? 8258 91 - FLK (?) MAN-f, M, UK-f 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania -- Mandible fragment with molar. Specimen found in small box with other small fragments and OLD/1960 FLK I. Card in bag with specimen states "Olduvai 1960 FLK I Main dig. Zinj. level, section F. galago". Other card with specimens states "Strip 3 '9- 1+2' W". 2012/08/09 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No
OLD 60 8413 5 - FLK FIB-f, TIB-f, UK-f 104 - Unknown I -- Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Hominoidea Hominidae No
1931 II 608 8585 UK 1913 116 - Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie (BSPG), Munich, Germany -- Small bone fragment. Reck Field No.: VII 521. May be rock not bone. 273 - Reck expedition Unknown Inventoried by Faysal Bibi in 2012. No