|
OVPP-Myosorex 1 |
5 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
2, 3 |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
Several specimens were found but were not described. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
Soricoidea |
Soricidae |
Crocidurinae |
|
Myosorex |
robinsoni |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Crocidura 1 |
8 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
1, 3 |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
Ten specimens found in FLK NN I. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
Soricoidea |
Soricidae |
Crocidurinae |
|
Crocidura |
hindei |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Suncus 2 |
11 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
MAN, (n=242) |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
1, 2, 3 |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
242 lower jaw fragments occur in layers 1, 2, 3 but not in highest layers of Bed 1. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
Soricoidea |
Soricidae |
Crocidurinae |
|
Suncus |
lixus |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Pipistrellus 1 |
24 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
MAN |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
3 |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
|
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Chiroptera |
Microchiroptera |
|
Vespertilionoidea |
Vespertillionidae |
Vespertillioninae |
Pipstrellini |
Pipistrellus |
rueppelei |
|
This mandible resembles P. rueppelei but is somewhat larger and is roughly the size of P. dormeri from India. |
No |
|
OVPP-Herpestinae 4 |
81 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
R-MAN, R-d-P, R-C |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
1 |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
|
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Feliformia |
|
|
Herpestidae |
Herpestinae |
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Genetta 3 |
82 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
M |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
2, 3 |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
|
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Feliformia |
|
|
Viverridae |
Viverrinae |
|
Genetta |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Viverridae 1 |
83 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
M |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
2, 3 |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
|
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Feliformia |
|
|
Viverridae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Civettictis 1 |
84 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
d-M |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
2, 3 |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
|
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Feliformia |
|
|
Viverridae |
|
|
Civettictis |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Civettictis 2 |
85 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
M |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
2, 3 |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
Lower first molar. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Feliformia |
|
|
Viverridae |
|
|
Civettictis |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Civettictis 3 |
86 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
L-MAN, L-d-P, L-P |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
2, 3 |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
|
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Feliformia |
|
|
Viverridae |
|
|
Civettictis |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Protocyon 1 |
87 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
MAN, RAM-f, L-P, L-M |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
3 |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
|
133 - L. Werdelin |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Caniformia |
Cynoidea |
|
Canidae |
|
|
Prototocyon |
recki |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Genetta 4 |
89 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
L-MAN, L-P, L-d-P |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
3 |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
|
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Feliformia |
|
|
Viverridae |
Viverrinae |
|
Genetta |
|
|
|
No |
|
FLK NN I 608 |
212 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
MAN, CRA, HOR, MAX |
1960 |
105 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (?) |
I |
middle |
1, 2, 3 |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
This specimen was badly cracked and weathered prior to fossilization. Other specimens are found here as well. 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 |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Alcelaphinae |
Alcelaphini |
|
|
|
This specimen was reclassified as Hippotragus gigas by Gentry and Gentry (1978). |
No |
|
749/1960 |
218 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
UK |
1960 |
105 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (?) |
I |
middle |
|
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
Preserved elements have not been named. 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 |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Alcelaphinae |
Alcelaphini |
Parmularius |
altidens |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Clarias 1 |
225 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
2,3 |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
The author notes the presence of catfishes from this genus. No elements are described. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Actinopterygii |
Siluriformes |
|
|
|
Clariidae |
|
|
Clarias |
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Dendromys 1 |
257 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
3 |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
No information on the types of specimens is given. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Rodentia |
Myomorpha |
Myodonta |
Muroidea |
Muridae |
Dendromurinae |
|
Dendromys |
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Hystrix 1 |
259 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
1 |
Leakey, LSB, 1951. Olduvai Gorge: a report on the evolution of the handaxe culture in Beds I-IV. Cambridge:Cambridge University Press. |
Information about the specimens preserved is not given. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Rodentia |
Hystricognatha |
Hystricognathi |
|
Hystricidae |
Hystricinae |
|
Hystrix |
galatea |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Xenopus 3 |
319 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
2, 3 |
Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
|
142 - M. D. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Amphibia |
Anura |
|
|
|
Pipidae |
|
|
Xenopus |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Pipidae 2 |
324 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
2, 3 |
Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
|
142 - M. D. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Amphibia |
Anura |
|
|
|
Pipidae |
|
|
Indet. |
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Rana 1 |
329 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
2, 3 |
Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
|
142 - M. D. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Amphibia |
Anura |
|
|
|
Ranidae |
|
|
Rana |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Ptychadena 1 |
331 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
2, 3 |
Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
|
142 - M. D. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Amphibia |
Anura |
|
|
|
Ranidae |
|
|
Ptychadena |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Crocodylus 4 |
343 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
3 |
Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
|
142 - M. D. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Reptilia |
Crocodilia |
|
|
|
Crocodylidae |
|
|
Crocodylus |
niloticus |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Crocodylus 16 |
355 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
lower |
4 |
Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
|
142 - M. D. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Reptilia |
Crocodilia |
|
|
|
Crocodylidae |
|
|
Crocodylus |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Agamidae 2 |
364 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
2, 3 |
Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
|
142 - M. D. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Reptilia |
Squamata |
|
|
|
Agamidae |
|
|
Indet. |
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Chamaeleontidae 2 |
366 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
2, 3 |
Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
|
142 - M. D. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Reptilia |
Squamata |
|
|
|
Chamaeleontidae |
|
|
Indet. |
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Scincidae 2 |
369 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
3 |
Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
|
142 - M. D. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Reptilia |
Squamata |
|
|
|
Scincidae |
|
|
Indet. |
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Python 3 |
373 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
1, 2, 3 |
Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
|
142 - M. D. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Reptilia |
Squamata |
|
|
|
Boidae |
|
|
Python |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Boidae 3 |
379 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
2, 3, 5 |
Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
|
142 - M. D. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Reptilia |
Squamata |
|
|
|
Boidae |
|
|
Indet. |
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Colubridae 3 |
382 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
2, 3, 4 |
Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
|
142 - M. D. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Reptilia |
Squamata |
|
|
|
Colubridae |
|
|
Indet. |
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Naja 2 |
386 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
2, 3 |
Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
|
142 - M. D. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Reptilia |
Squamata |
|
|
|
Elapidae |
|
|
Naja |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Elapidae 2 |
388 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
2, 3 |
Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
|
142 - M. D. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Reptilia |
Squamata |
|
|
|
Elapidae |
|
|
Indet. |
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Bitis 3 |
392 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
2, 3 |
Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
|
142 - M. D. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Reptilia |
Squamata |
|
|
|
Viperidae |
|
|
Bitis |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Bitis 6 |
395 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
2, 3 |
Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
|
142 - M. D. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Reptilia |
Squamata |
|
|
|
Viperidae |
|
|
Bitis |
nasicornis |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Struthio 3 |
399 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
3 |
Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
|
142 - M. D. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Aves |
Struthioniformes |
Struthioni |
Struthionides |
|
Struthionidae |
|
|
Struthio |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Phoenicopteridae 2 |
405 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
lower |
4 |
Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
|
142 - M. D. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Aves |
Phoenicopteriformes |
|
|
|
Phoenicopteridae |
|
|
Indet. |
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Macroscelididae 4 |
410 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
2, 3 |
Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
|
142 - M. D. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
|
Macroscelididae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Myosorex 3 |
414 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
2, 3 |
Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
|
142 - M. D. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
Soricoidea |
Soricidae |
Crocidurinae |
|
Myosorex |
robinsoni |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Crocidura 3 |
416 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
1, 3 |
Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
|
142 - M. D. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
Soricoidea |
Soricidae |
Crocidurinae |
|
Crocidura |
hindei |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Suncus 6 |
419 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
1, 2, 3 |
Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
|
142 - M. D. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
Soricoidea |
Soricidae |
Crocidurinae |
|
Suncus |
lixus |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Vespertilionidae 1 |
423 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
3 |
Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
|
142 - M. D. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Chiroptera |
|
|
|
Vespertilionidae |
|
|
Indet. |
|
|
|
No |