|
OVPP-L-1536 |
10466 |
27 - MNK |
|
|
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
|
|
|
|
Many indeterminate bone fragments |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Indeterminate |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Yes |
|
OLD-1542 |
13145 |
27 - MNK |
|
AST |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
II |
|
|
-- |
OLD-1542 |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
|
|
|
Bovidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OH 15 |
3730 |
27 - MNK |
287 - 88 "Skull Site" |
C
, M |
1963 |
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
II |
Lower Middle |
Above level of OH 13. |
Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
One canine, two molars. Canine is worn, molars are upper molars. "The teeth are exceedingly robust and show an unusual degree of wear. They were not found in close association; one molar and the canine lay approximately I ft. "Qelow the top of the tuff in which they occurred, whilst the second molar was 4 ft. distant and 1 ft. deeper in the deposit" (Leakey MD, 1971:232). Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya. 7 pieces found at House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. |
154 - Leakey and Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Hominoidea |
Hominidae |
Homininae |
Hominini |
Homo |
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD-601 |
12750 |
27 - MNK |
|
C |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
IV |
|
|
-- |
OLD-601; MNK IV ?S |
|
|
|
Unknown |
concretion adhering |
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suina |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD-1419 |
13137 |
27 - MNK |
|
CAL |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
II or IV |
S |
|
-- |
OLD-1419; "OLDOWAY MNK S IV OR II" |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
|
|
|
Bovidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OH 14 |
3729 |
27 - MNK |
287 - 88 "Skull Site" |
CRA-f
, FRO-f
, R-PAR-f |
1963 |
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
II |
Lower Middle B |
Surface. Inferred as same horizon as OH 13 (Leakey MD, 1971). |
Leakey, L.S.B., Tobias, P.V. & Napier, J.R. 1964. A new species of the genus Homo from Olduvai Gorge. Nature 202(4927): 7-9. |
Juvenile (sutures unfused). Thin skull. Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya. 11 pieces found at House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Hominoidea |
Hominidae |
|
|
|
|
|
Juvenile, parietal is thin. |
No |
|
OH 2 |
3718 |
27 - MNK |
279 - 88 |
CRA-f |
1935 |
106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) |
III/IV |
Lowest horizon of Bed IVa. |
Surface. Found at head of MNK Gully where Beds II and IV are exposed. |
Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
Two cranial vault fragments. Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya. Not found at House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. |
142 - M. D. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Hominoidea |
Hominidae |
Homininae |
Hominini |
Homo |
erectus |
|
Similar to OH 9 and OH 12. |
No |
|
OLD/67/5610 MNK II Simo |
8149 |
27 - MNK |
|
FIB |
|
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
II |
|
|
-- |
Fibula. Type specimen. Specimen in the same bag with 067/5616, 067/5611 and 067/5609. |
|
2012/07/30 |
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Cercopithecoidea |
Cercopithecidae |
Cynocephalinae |
|
Simopithecus |
oswaldi |
|
|
No |
|
OLD-822 |
12916 |
27 - MNK |
|
I (2), MAX-f |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-822; "OLDOWAY MNK 6.5.35." |
|
|
|
Unknown |
two incisors with maxillary fragment adhering |
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suiformes |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Pelorovis 86 |
752 |
27 - MNK |
|
I?, M?, P? |
|
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. |
The author states that teeth have been found at MNK but does not indicate which type(s) of teeth have been found. |
137 - A. Gentry |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Bovinae |
Bovini |
Pelorovis |
oldowayensis |
|
|
No |
|
B 44 |
3952 |
27 - MNK |
|
L-CUB |
|
|
II |
|
|
Petter, G. 1973. Carnivores Pleistocenes du ravin d’Olduvai (Tanzanie). Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:43-100. |
|
157 - L. Hlusko |
2012/6/28 |
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Cercopithecoidea |
Cercopithecidae |
Cercopithecinae |
Papionini |
Theropithecus |
|
|
|
No |
|
MNK II 3258 |
867 |
27 - MNK |
|
L-HOR, CRA-f, L-FRO |
|
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. |
This specimen is pictured in plate 12. |
137 - A. Gentry |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Alcelaphinae |
Alcelaphini |
Megalotragus |
kattwinkelli |
|
|
No |
|
MNK II 1963.2818 |
1277 |
27 - MNK |
|
L-HOR-f, CRA-f |
1963 |
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 |
Antilopinae |
Antilopini |
|
|
|
|
No |
|
MNK II 2716 |
902 |
27 - MNK |
|
L-HOR-f |
|
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. |
This specimen is pictured in plate 16, figure 1. |
137 - A. Gentry |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Alcelaphinae |
Alcelaphini |
Connochaetes |
taurinus |
olduvaiensis |
The authors suggest this specimen may be from C. taurinus and if so, would be the earliest of this subspecies at Olduvai. |
No |
|
067/2493 MNK II IV/4 |
8154 |
27 - MNK |
|
L-M |
|
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
II |
Middle |
|
-- |
Lower left M3. Pleistocene. Card in bag with specimen states "L.S.B. Leakey, Olduvai, OLD/63, middle II". |
|
2012/07/30 |
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Cercopithecoidea |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
M 104161 |
13044 |
27 - MNK |
|
L-MAN-f, P, M (2) |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-1130; L-MAN-f with P4-M2; "Oldoway 6.5.35 M.N.K. S" |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Alcelaphinae |
Alcelaphini |
|
|
|
|
No |
|
M 103894 |
12854 |
27 - MNK |
|
L-P |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
IV |
|
|
-- |
OLD-746; left lower P4; "OLD Y MNK IV S 15/5/35" |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Bovinae |
Bovini |
|
|
|
cf. Syncerus |
Unknown |
|
OLD 69 S.45 MNK Mid II.S |
8121 |
27 - MNK |
|
L-RAD-f |
|
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
II |
Middle |
Surface. |
-- |
Proximal end of left radius. Large. Preserves about 1/3 of shaft. Card in bag with specimen states "OLD/69 S-45 MNK Mid II-S". |
|
2012/07/27 |
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Cercopithecoidea |
Cercopithecidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD-1488 |
13142 |
27 - MNK |
|
LIMB |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
IV |
S |
|
-- |
OLD-1488; podial; "Oldoway MNK IV S 15.5.35" |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
|
|
|
Bovidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
1349 |
7659 |
27 - MNK |
|
M |
|
|
II |
|
|
Petter, G. 1973. Carnivores Pleistocenes du ravin d’Olduvai (Tanzanie). Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:43-100. |
Specimen is a lower M1. |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Feliformia |
|
|
Herpestidae |
Herpestinae |
|
Atilax |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
1349 |
3898 |
27 - MNK |
|
M |
|
|
II |
|
|
Petter, G. 1973. Carnivores Pleistocenes du ravin d’Olduvai (Tanzanie). Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:43-100. |
Specimen is a lower M1. |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Feliformia |
|
|
Herpestidae |
Herpestinae |
|
Atilax |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
OLD-866 |
12944 |
27 - MNK |
|
M |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-866; unworn molar; "OLDOWAY MNK S 6/5/35" |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suiformes |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD 69/S. 86 MNK II + |
8064 |
27 - MNK |
|
M |
1969 |
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
II |
|
|
-- |
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. Lower molar. M2 (?). Slightly worn. |
|
2012/07/23 |
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Cercopithecoidea |
Cercopithecidae |
Cynocephalinae |
|
Simopithecus |
|
|
|
No |
|
OH 32 |
3747 |
27 - MNK |
|
M-f |
1969 |
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
II |
Middle |
Surface. |
|
Broken. Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya. |
|
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Hominoidea |
Hominidae |
Homininae |
Hominini |
Homo |
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD-926 |
12961 |
27 - MNK |
|
M-f |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
III-IV |
|
|
-- |
OLD-926; "OLDOWAY MNK Surface III-IV ? 6.5.35" |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suina |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD-733 |
12844 |
27 - MNK |
|
M-f |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-733; "OLDOWAY 6/5/35 MNK S" |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suiformes |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD-621 |
12761 |
27 - MNK |
|
M-f |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-621; "MNK OLDOWAY 5/5/35 S" |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suina |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
MNK II 2070 |
1112 |
27 - MNK |
|
MAN, L-M |
|
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. |
This specimen is pictured in plate 36, figure 4. |
137 - A. Gentry |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Alcelaphinae |
Alcelaphini |
Indet. |
|
|
|
No |
|
MNK II 136 |
1147 |
27 - MNK |
|
MAN, M, P |
|
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 |
Alcelaphinae |
Alcelaphini |
|
|
|
This specimen is probably of Parmularius angusticornis or Damaliscus niro. It could also be from Connochaetes. |
No |
|
OVPP-Atilax 2 |
7660 |
27 - MNK |
|
MAN, M |
|
|
I |
|
|
Petter, G. 1973. Carnivores Pleistocenes du ravin d’Olduvai (Tanzanie). Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:43-100. |
Specimen is a mandible with M1. |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Feliformia |
|
|
Herpestidae |
Herpestinae |
|
Atilax |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Atilax 1 |
3899 |
27 - MNK |
|
MAN, M |
|
|
I |
|
|
Petter, G. 1973. Carnivores Pleistocenes du ravin d’Olduvai (Tanzanie). Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:43-100. |
Specimen is a mandible with M1. |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Feliformia |
|
|
Herpestidae |
Herpestinae |
|
Atilax |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
MNK II 1725 |
1183 |
27 - MNK |
|
MAN, M |
|
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 |
Alcelaphinae |
Alcelaphini |
Indet. |
|
|
This specimen is from a smaller alcelaphine than Parmularius angusticornis or Damaliscus niro. |
No |
|
MNK II 2403 |
1149 |
27 - MNK |
|
MAN, M |
|
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 |
Alcelaphinae |
Alcelaphini |
|
|
|
This specimen is probably of Parmularius angusticornis or Damaliscus niro. It could also be from Connochaetes. |
No |
|
MNK II 976 |
1148 |
27 - MNK |
|
MAN, M |
|
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 |
Alcelaphinae |
Alcelaphini |
|
|
|
This specimen is probably of Parmularius angusticornis or Damaliscus niro. It could also be from Connochaetes. |
No |
|
OH 13 |
3728 |
27 - MNK |
287 - 88 "Skull Site" |
MAN
, MAX
, CRA-f |
1963 |
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
II |
Lower Middle IIB |
5 feet above chert horizon |
|
Paratpye. "This consists of a sub-adult skull, probably female, with the third molars coming into wear. It is represented by the greater part of the mandible, including the complete dentition, although the crowns of the incisors are damaged and the left ascending ram us is not preserved; the greater part of the maxillae, represented by two fragments both lacking the anterior portions; the greater part of the occipital; the right parietal and temporal; parts of the left parietal and temporal; together with a few frontal fragments and approximately fifty additional pieces which it has not been possible to fit together" (Leakey MD, 1971:231). Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya. 5 pieces found at House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Hominoidea |
Hominidae |
Homininae |
Hominini |
Homo |
habilis |
|
Paratype |
No |
|
MNK II 2704 |
1132 |
27 - MNK |
|
MTC |
|
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 |
Alcelaphinae |
Alcelaphini |
|
|
|
This specimen is presumably from Megalotragus kattwinkelli or Connochaetes taurinus olduvaiensis. |
No |
|
OLD-210 |
12491 |
27 - MNK |
|
MTP |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-210; distal end of metapodial; "Oldoway 6/5/35 MNK surface" |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Perissodactyla |
Ceratomorpha |
Tapiromorpha |
Rhinocerotoidea |
Rhinocerotidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
MNK II 2718 |
1136 |
27 - MNK |
|
MTT |
|
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 |
Alcelaphinae |
Alcelaphini |
|
|
|
This specimen is presumably from Megalotragus kattwinkelli or Connochaetes taurinus olduvaiensis. |
No |
|
MNK II 169 |
1127 |
27 - MNK |
|
MTT |
|
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 |
Alcelaphinae |
Alcelaphini |
|
|
|
This specimen is presumably from Megalotragus kattwinkelli or Connochaetes taurinus olduvaiensis. |
No |
|
MNK II 752 |
1144 |
27 - MNK |
|
MTT |
|
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 |
Alcelaphinae |
Alcelaphini |
Connochaetes |
taurinus |
olduvaiensis |
|
No |