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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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138 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
1911 VI 10 8507 AST-f 1911 116 - Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie (BSPG), Munich, Germany -- Partial astragulus. Reck Field No.: Unknown or N/A. Museum label notes: grosser Cavicornier. Label also says 273 - Reck expedition Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Giraffoidea Giraffidae Inventoried by Faysal Bibi in 2012. No
1911 VI 10b 8508 AST 1911 116 - Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie (BSPG), Munich, Germany -- Reck Field No.: Unknown or N/A. Museum label notes: grosser Cavicornier. Label also says Metacarpus but this is not present. 273 - Reck expedition Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Giraffoidea Giraffidae Inventoried by Faysal Bibi in 2012. No
1911 VI 501 8592 L-M 1911 116 - Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie (BSPG), Munich, Germany Dietrich, W.O. 1937. Pleistoz M2. Reck Field No.: none. Originally described by Dietrich as part of 1911 VI 9. Leakey, 1965 used the name Libytherium olduvaiensis. 273 - Reck expedition Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Giraffoidea Giraffidae Sivatheriinae Sivatherium olduvaiensis Inventoried by Faysal Bibi in 2012. No
1911 VI 9 8593 L-M 1911 116 - Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie (BSPG), Munich, Germany Dietrich, W.O. 1937. Pleistoz M1. Reck Field No.: none. 1911 VI 501 originally shared same number. 273 - Reck expedition Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Giraffoidea Giraffidae Sivatheriinae Sivatherium olduvaiensis Inventoried by Faysal Bibi in 2012. No
1911 VI 9a 8781 PHX 1911 116 - Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie (BSPG), Munich, Germany -- Intermediate. Label/publication taxon ID: Helladotherium? Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Giraffoidea Giraffidae Sivatheriinae Sivatherium Inventoried by Faysal Bibi in 2012. No
1931 II 1196 8815 SCP-f 1913 116 - Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie (BSPG), Munich, Germany -- Fragment. Label/publication taxon ID: none. Reck Field No.: none. No label, no field number. V large size (giraffe?). This specimen's number was not visible in any photographs. There are multiple photographs with fossils that potentially represent this specimen. As a result, all photographs that may represent the specimen were added to this record. 273 - Reck expedition Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Giraffoidea Giraffidae Sivatheriinae Inventoried by Faysal Bibi in 2012. No
1931 II 1197 8816 SCP-f 1913 116 - Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie (BSPG), Munich, Germany -- Fragment at glenoid. Label/publication taxon ID: none. Reck Field No.: none. No label, no field number. 273 - Reck expedition Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Giraffoidea Giraffidae Sivatheriinae Inventoried by Faysal Bibi in 2012. No
FLK N I 637 114 5 - FLK HOR 1960 105 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (?) I middle upper layers in the middle level. Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. 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. 130 - L.S.B. Leakey 264 - Leakey family expedition Yes Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Giraffoidea Giraffidae Palaeotraginae Okapia stillei Gentry and Gentry (1978) later identified this specimen as Parmularius altidens. No
M 104214 12847 L-FRLT-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK I -- OLD-737 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Giraffoidea Giraffidae No
M. 14200 1348 R-P 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. 293 - A.T. Hopwood Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Giraffoidea Giraffidae Helladotherium olduvaiensis Holotype No
M. 14686 1349 R-MAN, R-P, R-M 106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) II Hopwood, A. 1934. New fossil mammals from Olduvai, Tanganyika territory. Annals of the Magazine of Natural History. 10: 546-550. The author suggests this specimen is "probably" from Bed II. 293 - A.T. Hopwood Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Giraffoidea Giraffidae Helladotherium olduvaiensis Paratype No
M. 14687 1350 TIB-f, FEM-f, FIB-f 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. This specimen is described as a "partial hind-limb". Whether it is a tibia, femur, or fibula is unknown. 293 - A.T. Hopwood Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Giraffoidea Giraffidae Helladotherium olduvaiensis Paratype No
M. 21466 116 MAN, P, M 106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) II, IV Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. This specimen is pictured in plates 36 and 37. The author indicates this species is well represented in Beds 2 and 4, suggesting other materials may be available in the BMNH. 130 - L.S.B. Leakey 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Giraffoidea Giraffidae Giraffinae Giraffini Giraffa jumae Holotype No
OLD 1960 F200 3714 5 - FLK R-MAN-f, d-P, M 1960 105 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (?) I Harris, J. M., Solounias, N., and Geraads, D. 2010. Giraffoidea. Werdelin, L., Sanders, W. J., eds. In: Cenozoic Mammals of Africa. London: University of California Press. pp. 393-428. 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. 155 - Harris, Solounias, and Geraads 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Giraffoidea Giraffidae Giraffinae Giraffini Giraffa pygmaea Paratype No
OLD-100 12206 POD 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-100 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Giraffidae Yes
OLD-1000 13319 R-HUM 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1000; "NG Bed IV Surface 20.V.35"; right distal humerus Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Giraffidae No
OLD-102 12208 AST 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-102; found in drawer with note saying 'Sivatherium astragali' Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Giraffidae Yes
OLD-105 12398 AST 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-105; found with note saying "Sivatherium astragali" Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminatia Giraffoidea Giraffidae No
OLD-106 11455 AST 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-106; found in drawer with note saying 'Sivatherium astragali' Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Giraffidae Yes
OLD-124 12416 M 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-124 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminatia Giraffoidea Giraffidae in Giraffe drawer No
OLD-125 12417 Tarsal 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-125 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminatia Giraffoidea Giraffidae in Giraffe drawer No
OLD-126 12418 TAR 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-126 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminatia Giraffoidea Giraffidae in Giraffe drawer No
OLD-127 12275 CAL 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-127 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Giraffoidea Giraffidae Sivatheriinae Sivatherium Yes
OLD-223 12497 AST 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-223; Found in drawer with note saying "Sivatherium astragali" Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminatia Giraffoidea Giraffidae No
OLD-245 11844 PHX 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-245 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Giraffidae Yes
OLD-25 11846 TIB-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-25; tibia distal end fragment Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Giraffidae Yes
OLD-258 12521 PVG 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-258; fragment of os coxae (ilium) Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Giraffoidea Giraffidae Sivatheriinae Sivatherium No
OLD-337 11873 PHX 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-337 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Giraffidae Yes
OLD-340 11874 MTP 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-340; metapodial distal end Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Giraffidae Yes
OLD-373 11879 MTP 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-373; metapodial distal end Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Giraffidae Yes
OLD-391 11923 MTP 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-391; metapodial distal end Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Giraffidae Yes
OLD-42 12598 HUM 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-42; distal end of humerus Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Giraffoidea Giraffidae Unknown
OLD-429 12360 AST 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-429 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Giraffoidea Giraffidae Yes
OLD-43 12606 FEM-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-43; proximal femur fragment Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Giraffoidea Giraffidae Sivatheriinae Sivatherium Unknown
OLD-44a 13266 HUM 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-44a; distal end of humerus Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Giraffoidea Giraffidae No
OLD-44b 13267 FEM-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-44b; distal end femur fragment Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Giraffoidea Giraffidae No
OLD-45 12235 VER 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-45 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Giraffoidea Giraffidae Sivatheriinae Sivatherium Yes
OLD-50 12357 PHX 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-50 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Giraffoidea Giraffidae Yes
OLD-500 12674 321 - GHJK MTP 114 - Natural History Museum UK II -- OLD-500; podial; "OLDY GHJK II S 31.V.35." Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Giraffoidea Giraffidae No
OLD-54 12354 PHX 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-54 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Giraffoidea Giraffidae Yes