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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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101 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-L-1038 10317 22 - SC VER-f 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania -- Box: OLD/71 SC TR II SPIT 6. Specimen label: OLD/71.SC.711 Unknown Mammalia No
OVPP-L-1044 10323 22 - SC VER-f 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania -- Box: SC Bone. 2 specimens: OLD/71.SC.558, OLD/71.SC.1855 Unknown Mammalia No
OVPP-L-1045 10324 22 - SC VER-f 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania -- Box: SC Bone. 6 specimens: OLD/71.SC.249, OLD/71.SC.256, OLD/71.SC.257, OLD/71.SC.275, OLD/71.SC.539, OLD/71.SC.560 Unknown Mammalia No
OVPP-L-1047 10326 22 - SC VER 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania -- Box: SC Bone. 2 specimens: OLD/71.SC.274, OLD/71.SC.1147 Unknown Mammalia No
OVPP-L-1048 10327 22 - SC VER 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania -- Box: SC Bone. 2 specimens: OLD/71.SC.578, OLD/71.SC.868 Unknown Y Mammalia No
OVPP-L-1046 10325 22 - SC VER , UK-f 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania Box: SC Bone. 2 specimens: OLD/71.SC.920, OLD/71.SC.1930 Unknown Mammalia Yes
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-1030 10309 22 - SC UK-f 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania -- Box: OLD/71 SC. TR II SPIT 6. 4 specimens: OLD/71.SC.608, OLD/71.SC.796, OLD/71.SC.1047, OLD/71.SC.1628 Unknown Mammalia No
OVPP-L-1035 10314 22 - SC UK-f 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania -- Box: OLD/71 SC. TR II. SPIT 6. 3 specimens: OLD/71.SC.614, OLD/71.SC.615, OLD/71.SC.654 Unknown Mammalia No
OVPP-L-1040 10319 22 - SC UK-f 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania -- Box: OLD/71 SC TR II SPIT 6. Specimen label: OLD/71.SC.583 Unknown Mammalia No
OVPP-L-1041 10320 22 - SC UK-f 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania -- Box: SC Site. 2 specimens: OLD/71.SC.458, OLD/71.SC.1270 Unknown Mammalia No
OVPP-L-1042 10321 22 - SC UK-f 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania -- Box: OLD/71 SC TR II SPIT 6. Specimen label: OLD/71.SC.700 Unknown Mammalia No
OVPP-L-1054 10333 22 - SC UK-f 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania -- Box: SC. 3 specimens: OLD/71.SC.46, OLD/71.SC.329, OLD/71.SC.450 Unknown Mammalia No
OVPP-L-1057 10336 22 - SC UK-f 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania Box: SC. Specimen label: OLD/71.SC.229 Unknown Mammalia No
OVPP-L-1059 10338 22 - SC UK-f 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania Box: SC. Specimen label: OLD/71.SC.500 Unknown Mammalia No
OVPP-L-1063 10342 22 - SC UK-f 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania Box: SC. Specimen label: OLD/71.SC.1321 Unknown Mammalia No
OVPP-L-1064 10343 22 - SC UK-f 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania Box: SC. Specimen label: OLD/71.SC.766 Unknown Mammalia No
OVPP-L-1067 10346 22 - SC UK-f 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania Box: SC. 2 specimens: OLD/71.SC.148, OLD/71.SC.987 Unknown Mammalia No
OVPP-L-1068 10347 22 - SC UK-f 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania Box: SC. Specimen label: OLD/71.SC.398 Unknown Mammalia No
OVPP-L-1071 10350 22 - SC UK-f 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania Box: SC. Specimen label: OLD/71.SC.471 Unknown Mammalia No
OVPP-L-1072 10351 22 - SC UK-f 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania Box: SC. Specimen label: OLD/71.SC.1640 Unknown Mammalia No
OVPP-L-1073 10352 22 - SC UK-f 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania Box: SC. Specimen label: OLD/71.SC.177 Unknown Mammalia No
OVPP-L-1076 10355 22 - SC UK-f 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania Box: SC. Specimen label: OLD/71.SC.962 Unknown Mammalia No
OVPP-L-1077 10356 22 - SC UK-f 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania Box: SC. Specimen label: OLD/71.SC. Unknown Mammalia No
OVPP-L-1087 10366 22 - SC UK-f 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania Box: SC. Specimen label: OLD/71.SC.102 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-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-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-1060 10339 22 - SC TIB-f 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania Box: SC. Specimen label: OLD/71.SC.687 Unknown Mammalia No
OVPP-L-1062 10341 22 - SC TIB-f 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania Box: SC. Specimen label: OLD/71.SC.1169 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-1049 10328 22 - SC THO 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania -- Box: SC Bone. Specimen label: OLD/71 Unknown Mammalia No
OVPP-L-1050 10329 22 - SC THO 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania -- Box: SC Bone. Specimen label: OLD/71 Unknown Mammalia 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
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
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
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-L-1032 10311 22 - SC PVG-f 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania -- Box: OLD/71 SC. TR II SPIT 6. 2 specimens: OLD/71.SC.594, OLD/71.SC.597 Unknown Mammalia No
OVPP-L-1034 10313 22 - SC PVG-f 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania -- Box: OLD/71 SC TR II SPIT 6. Specimen label: OLD/71.SC.469 Unknown Mammalia No