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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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405 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
OVPP-669 10042 M-f 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania I Lower 3m below carbonate that overlies Tuff IA channel fill. -- 157 - L. Hlusko 2013/07/04 253 - OVPP No Mammalia Artiodactyla Suiformes Hippopotamoidea Hippopotamidae No
OVPP-L-1605 10391 38 - WK 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OVPP-L-1606 10392 Unknown Hippopotamidae Yes
OVPP-L-1607 10393 38 - WK Tusk Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OVPP-L-1609 10395 38 - WK Tusk Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OVPP-L-1610 10396 38 - WK Long bone shaft Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OVPP-L-1611 10397 38 - WK Distal femur Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OVPP-L-1612 10398 38 - WK Fragment of distal femur Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OVPP-L-1613 10399 38 - WK 10 bone fragments Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OVPP-L-1614 10400 38 - WK Carpal bones Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OVPP-L-1615 10401 38 - WK Tusk Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OVPP-L-1616 10402 40 - JK 13 Mandibular fragments with teeth (approximately P3-M2 and canine) Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OVPP-L-1617 10403 40 - JK 2 Tooth fragments Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OVPP-L-1618 10404 38 - WK Carpal bones Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OVPP-L-1619 10405 38 - WK Fragment of pelvis Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OVPP-L-1620 10406 41 - WK E Fragments of long bone shaft Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OVPP-L-1621 10407 41 - WK E Fragments of longbone Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OVPP-L-1622 10408 41 - WK E Long bone shaft Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OVPP-L-1623 10409 41 - WK E Fragment of a long bone Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OVPP-L-1624 10410 41 - WK E Proximal femur Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OVPP-L-1568 10490 297 - TK Fish Gully Canine Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OVPP-Hippopotamus 1 112 CRA, MAX, MAN 104 - Unknown I, II, IV Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. The author mentions several specimens from beds 1, 2, and 4. 130 - L.S.B. Leakey 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Suiformes Hippopotamoidea Hippopotamidae Hippopotaminae Hippopotamus gorgops No
OLD-346 11383 MTP 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-346; found in hippopotamus drawer Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OLD-347 11384 MTP 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-347; found in hippopotamus drawer Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OLD-348 11385 M 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-348 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OLD-349 11386 TUSK-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-349 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OLD-350 11387 MAX-f, M (2) 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-350; maxilla fragment with 2 molars Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OLD-351 11388 MTP 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-351; found in hippopotamus drawer Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OLD-352 11389 M 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-352; "?II (written in Bic)" Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OLD-355 11392 M , MAX-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-355; molar with adhering maxilla fragment; found in hippopotamus drawer Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OLD-356 11393 PHX 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-356; distal phalanx, pedal bone; found in hippopotamus drawer Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OLD-358 11395 MTC 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-358; Subfossil? Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OLD-412 11414 MTP 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-412; found in hippopotamus drawer Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OLD-339 11415 MTP-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-339; metapodial distal end fragment. Looks sectioned Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OLD-699 11416 TUSK-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-699 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OLD-159 11417 M 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-159 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OLD-883 11418 TOOTH 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-883 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OLD-671 11419 M 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-671 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OLD-584 11420 TUSK-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-584 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OLD-583 11421 TUSK-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-583 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes