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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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79 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-1417 13136 22 - SC CAL 114 - Natural History Museum UK II S -- OLD-1417; "OLDY SC II S 9.V. 35" Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae No
M 103969 12975 22 - SC L-FRLT, L-HOR 1935 114 - Natural History Museum UK II -- OLD-944; left frontlet with horncore base; "Bed II Surface Site SC" 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Alcelaphinae Alcelaphini Parmularius angusticornis No
M 103981 12955 22 - SC L-FRLT, L-HOR 1935 114 - Natural History Museum UK II -- OLD-900; "Bed II Surface SC"; Leakey 1935 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Alcelaphinae Alcelaphini Parmularius angusticornis No
OVPP-Testudines 18 3095 22 - SC SHEL-f 106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) II -- 152 - W. Auffenberg Unknown Reptilia Testudines The author mentions there are over 3,000 fossilized turtle fragments from Olduvai Gorge, 98% of which are from the species Pelusios sinuatus. However, it is unclear which specimens belong to which species based on the description given. When it was unclear, the specimen is only referred to as belonging to the Order Testudines. No
M 103877 12923 22 - SC CER 114 - Natural History Museum UK II -- OLD-831; may be associated with OLD-816/M 103878; "OLD Y. S.C. II S 9.V.35" Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Bovinae Bovini No
OLD-1298 11053 22 - SC 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania -- OLD-1298 Unknown Yes
SC 1864/H38A 8078 22 - SC R-I 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania "SC" (scree?) on North side, Tuff IID. -- In box with S1028/H38. Right maxillary I1. Note in box states "OH38 - L & R upper I1 - Theropithecus. (GS, REL, & ACW 1986). Found with the hominid OH38 left upper M2. SC on North side, Tuff IID." 2012/07/25 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea Cercopithecidae Cercopithecinae Papionini Theropithecus No
OLD 68/S.9 opp. S.C. IV S ? IV. C KNM 2.4.3 8066 22 - SC CRA-f, R-ZYG-f, L/R-MAX, R/L-M, R/L-P, R/L-C-f 1968 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania IV Surface? -- 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. Partial cranium: Left and right maxillae and right zygomatic fragment present. Right and left M1-3, P 3-4, and canines present. Crown of left canine broken off. Only root of right canine is preserved. Incisors not preserved. Left M3 crown broken off. Buccal side of left M2 crown broken off. Distal portion of buccal side of left M1 crown broken off. Needs preparation. 2012/07/23 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Y Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea Cercopithecidae No
SC 1028/H38 8077 22 - SC L-I 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania "SC" (scree?) on North side, Tuff IID. -- In box with SC 1864/H38. Left maxillary I1. Label in box states "OH38 - L & R upper I1- Theropithecus. (GS, REL, ACW 1986). Found with the hominid OH38 left upper M2. SC on North side, Tuff IID". 2012/07/25 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea Cercopithecidae Cercopithecinae Papionini Theropithecus No
M. 29416 1001 22 - SC R-HOR-f 1935 106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) II Surface Gentry, A. W., and Gentry, A. 1978. Fossil Bovidae (Mammalia) of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Part I. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History): Geology 29:289-446. A right horn core base. 137 - A. Gentry No Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Alcelaphinae Alcelaphini Parmularius angusticornis "The small basal diameters of M 29416 give it an appearance like P. altidens" (Gentry and Gentry, 1978:388). No
OVPP-Parmularias 5 1002 22 - SC L-HOR, (n=4) 1935 106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) II Gentry, A. W., and Gentry, A. 1978. Fossil Bovidae (Mammalia) of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Part I. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History): Geology 29:289-446. 137 - A. Gentry No Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Alcelaphinae Alcelaphini Parmularius angusticornis No
SC II 1962.068/6662 1291 22 - SC MTT 1962 104 - Unknown II Gentry, A. W., and Gentry, A. 1978. Fossil Bovidae (Mammalia) of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Part I. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History): Geology 29:289-446. 137 - A. Gentry Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Bovinae Bovini Syncerus acoelotus No
M. 14950 177 22 - SC FRLT, L-HOR, R-HOR-f 106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) II upper Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. This specimen is pictured in plate 79 of Leakey (1965). 130 - L.S.B. Leakey 264 - Leakey family expedition No Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Antilopinae Antilopini Antidorcas kattwinkelli Holotype - This specimen was reclassified by Gentry and Gentry (1978) as Megalotragus kattwinkeli. No
OLD 580 3695 22 - SC MAN-f, M 1957 104 - Unknown II Leakey, L., and Whitworth, T. 1958. Notes on the genus Simopithecus, with a description of a new species from Olduvai. 130 - L.S.B. Leakey 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea Cercopithecidae Cynocephalinae Simopithecus jonathani No
OH 38 3753 22 - SC R-M , I , I 1971 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania II Upper >IID Fluvo-lacustrine Leakey, M.D. 1978. Olduvai fossil hominids:their stratigraphic positions and associations. In: Jolly, CJ, editor. Early hominids of Africa. London:Duckworth. P. 3-16. Molar is right M2. Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya. 142 - M. D. Leakey 264 - Leakey family expedition Yes Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Hominoidea Hominidae Australopithecus boisei No
OH 36 3751 22 - SC ULNA 1970 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania II Upper Tuff IID Leakey, M.D. 1978. Olduvai fossil hominids:their stratigraphic positions and associations. In: Jolly, CJ, editor. Early hominids of Africa. London:Duckworth. P. 3-16. Almost complete. Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya. 142 - M. D. Leakey 264 - Leakey family expedition Yes Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Hominoidea Hominidae Homininae Hominini Homo erectus No
OVPP-L-1521 10449 22 - SC 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania 8 Molars, mix of mandibular and maxillary Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Hippomorpha Equidae Yes
OVPP-L-1086 10365 22 - SC FEM-f 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania Box: SC. Specimen label: OLD/71.SC.279 Unknown Mammalia No
OVPP-L-1088 10367 22 - SC FEM-f 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania Box: SC. Specimen label: OLD/71.SC. Unknown Mammalia No
OVPP-L-1089 10368 22 - SC TIB-f 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania Box: SC. Specimen label: OLD/71.SC.506 Unknown Mammalia No
OVPP-L-1090 10369 22 - SC UK-f 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania Box: SC. Specimen label: OLD/71.SC.552 Unknown Y Mammalia No
OVPP-L-1091 10370 22 - SC PHX 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania Box: SC. Specimen label: OLD/71.SC.1857 Unknown Mammalia No
OVPP-L-1092 10371 22 - SC PHX 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania Box: SC. 10 specimens: OLD/71.SC.41, OLD/71.SC.109, OLD/71.SC.322, OLD/71.SC.760, OLD/71.SC.761, OLD/71.SC.1324, OLD/71.SC.1462, OLD/71.SC.1475, OLD/71.SC.1576, OLD/71.SC.1605 Unknown Mammalia No
OVPP-L-1093 10372 22 - SC PHX , UK-f 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania Box: SC. 9 specimens: OLD/71.SC.84, OLD/71.SC.86, OLD/71.SC.684, OLD/71.SC.685, OLD/71.SC.1293, OLD/71.SC.1294, OLD/71.SC.1387, OLD/71.SC.1471, OLD/71.SC.1472 Unknown Mammalia No
OVPP-L-1094 10373 22 - SC AST , POD 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania Box: SC. 7 specimens: OLD/71.SC.103, OLD/71.SC.352, OLD/71.SC.480, OLD/71.SC.507, OLD/71.SC.1310, OLD/71.SC.1686, OLD/71.SC.1815 Unknown Mammalia No
OVPP-L-1095 10374 22 - SC UK-f 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania Box: SC. 5 specimens: OLD/71.SC.98, OLD/71.SC.231, OLD/71.SC.234, OLD/71.SC.481, OLD/71.SC.926 Unknown Mammalia No
OVPP-L-1097 10376 22 - SC MTP-f 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania Box: SC. 7 specimens: OLD/71.SC.67, OLD/71.SC.108, OLD/71.SC.532, OLD/71.SC.1333, OLD/71.SC.1725, OLD/71.SC.1726, OLD/71.SC.1806 Unknown Mammalia No
OVPP-L-1098 10377 22 - SC UK-f 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania Box: SC. Specimen label: OLD/71.SC.93, OLD/71.SC.288, OLD/71.SC.683, OLD/71.SC.1560, OLD/71.SC.1945 Unknown Mammalia No
OVPP-L-1099 10378 22 - SC UK 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania Box: SC. Micromammal Birds Crocs - Teeth Unknown Mammalia No
OVPP-L-1518 10446 22 - SC 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania Vertebrae Unknown Mammalia Yes
OVPP-L-1520 10448 22 - SC 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania 2 Molars Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Suina Suidae Yes
OVPP-L-1522 10450 22 - SC 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania 10 Foot bones Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyl Yes
OVPP-L-1523 10451 22 - SC 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania 5 Fragments, of which 3 are distal metapodial Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyl and Perissodatyl Yes
OVPP-L-1524 10452 22 - SC 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania 10 Molars, incl. 1 Papionini maxillary right M3 and 1 Hyenidae maxillary P4 Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Hippomorpha Equidae Yes
OVPP-L-1525 10453 22 - SC 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania 7 Teeth, various taxa Unknown Mammalia Yes
OVPP-L-1526 10455 22 - SC 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania Unknown Yes
OVPP-L-1527 10456 22 - SC 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania 8 Bone fragments Unknown Mammalia Yes
OVPP-L-1528 10457 22 - SC 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania 2 Molar fragments Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Giraffidae Yes
OVPP-L-1529 10458 22 - SC 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania 11 Podials, incl. distal phalyanx, astragalus intermediate phalanx + other tarsal bones Unknown Mammalia Yes
OVPP-L-1530 10459 22 - SC 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania 26 Cranio-dental pieces, mixed permanent and deciduous Unknown Mammalia Primate Cercopithidae Yes