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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
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
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
OVPP-Giraffa 1 115 11 - HWK SKEL 104 - Unknown II lower Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. This is a complete skeleton. Some parts are pictured in plates 33, 34, and 35. 130 - L.S.B. Leakey 264 - Leakey family expedition Yes Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Giraffoidea Giraffidae Giraffinae Giraffini Giraffa gracilis Syntype 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
OVPP-L-238 8380 I 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania -- Specimen label: OLD-87-57-1-S. Box #: OLD 87-3-E. 158 - W. Reiner 2012/07/01 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Giraffoidea Giraffidae No
OVPP-L-182 8322 I 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania -- Specimen label: OLD-86-??-1-S. Box #: OLD 88-3-5. Box label: Bone & Teeth. 158 - W. Reiner 2012/07/01 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Giraffoidea Giraffidae 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
OVPP-114 7795 MTP-f 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania II Popcorn clays 3 meters below OLAPP hippo trench; 5 meters below Tuff 2A. -- Proximal metapodial. 157 - L. Hlusko 2012/6/30 253 - OVPP No Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Giraffoidea Giraffidae No
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
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
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-997 13318 L-HUM 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-997; distal left humerus Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Giraffidae No
OLD-99 12994 MTP 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-99 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Giraffoidea Giraffidae No
OLD-987 11808 MTP 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-987; metapodial distal end fragment Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Giraffidae Yes
OLD-952 12977 MTP-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-952; distal metapodial fragment; immature? Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Giraffoidea Giraffidae No
OLD-95 12280 M 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-95 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Giraffoidea Giraffidae Yes
OLD-939 12971 AST 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-939 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Giraffoidea Giraffidae found in drawer with note saying "Sivatherium astragali" Yes
OLD-917 11815 PHX 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-917 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Giraffidae Yes
OLD-915 11813 PHX 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-915 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Giraffidae Yes
OLD-873 12258 PHX 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-873 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Giraffidae Yes
OLD-862 12292 TOOTH 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-862 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Giraffoidea Giraffidae Yes
OLD-848 12297 AST 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-848 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Giraffoidea Giraffidae Yes
OLD-846 12298 AST 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-846 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Giraffoidea Giraffidae Yes
OLD-845 12299 MTP 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-845; metapodial distal end Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Giraffoidea Giraffidae Yes
OLD-843 12300 MTP 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-843; metapodial proximal end Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Giraffoidea Giraffidae Yes
OLD-841 12302 PHX 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-841 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Giraffoidea Giraffidae Yes
OLD-840 12303 MTP 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-840; metapodial proximal end Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Giraffoidea Giraffidae Yes
OLD-839 12304 AST 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-839 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Giraffoidea Giraffidae Yes
OLD-837 12305 TOOTH 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-837 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Giraffoidea Giraffidae Yes
OLD-836 12306 MTP 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-836; metapodial distal end; broken into three pieces; number notes "3" Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Giraffoidea Giraffidae Yes
OLD-835 12307 MTP 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-835; metapodial proximal end Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Giraffoidea Giraffidae Yes
OLD-814 12910 MAX-f, TOOTH 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-814; drawer 1; MAX-f with teeth Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Giraffoidea Giraffidae No
OLD-813 12312 PHX 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-813 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Giraffoidea Giraffidae Yes
OLD-812 12313 PHX 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-812 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Giraffoidea Giraffidae Yes
OLD-811 12909 51 - HEK MTP 114 - Natural History Museum UK I -- OLD-811; distal metapodial; "OLDOWAY HEK I 17.V.?" Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Giraffoidea Giraffidae No
OLD-810 12908 298 - CMK MTP 114 - Natural History Museum UK IV -- OLD-810; distal metapodial; "OLD CMK IV S 20.V.15" Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Giraffoidea Giraffidae No
OLD-778 12318 POD 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-778 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Giraffoidea Giraffidae Yes
OLD-777 12319 PHX 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-777 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Giraffoidea Giraffidae Yes
M 104214 12847 L-FRLT-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK I -- OLD-737 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Giraffoidea Giraffidae No
OLD-721 12334 PHX 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-721 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Giraffoidea Giraffidae Yes