|
OH 18 |
3733 |
55 - FLK W |
283 - 45 |
PHX |
1969 |
104 - Unknown |
II |
Middle- 10 feet above base of Bed II, below Tuff IIC |
Surface |
Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
Phalanx of the hand. |
|
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Hominoidea |
Hominidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OH 47 |
3762 |
|
|
|
|
104 - Unknown |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OH 61 |
3776 |
80 - MCK |
|
SKEL |
1982 |
104 - Unknown |
Naisiusiu? |
|
|
-- |
Crouched burial. |
|
|
|
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Hominoidea |
Hominidae |
Homininae |
Hominini |
Homo |
sapiens |
|
|
No |
|
OH 64 |
3779 |
81 - HWK W |
|
TOOTH |
1989 |
104 - Unknown |
II |
Lowermost |
20 mm above Tuff IF in "basal waxy clay". |
Clarke, R.J. Published online 4 May 2012. A Homo habilis maxilla and other newly-discovered hominid fossils from Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Olduvai Special issue, JHE |
|
|
|
|
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Hominoidea |
Hominidae |
|
|
Australopithecus |
boisei |
|
|
No |
|
OLD 60 |
8413 |
5 - FLK |
|
FIB-f, TIB-f, UK-f |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Hominoidea |
Hominidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
01. R. K-153 |
3282 |
|
|
R-MAN-f, M |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
|
|
Jaeger, J.J. 1976. Les rongeurs (Mammalia, Rodentia) du Pleistocene inferieur d’Olduvai Bed I (Tanzanie) 1ere Partie: Les Murides. Fossil vertebrates of Africa 4:58-120. |
This species is found at FLK I; FLK NNI layers 2 and 3; FLK NI layers 1, 2, 3, and 4. It is unclear where individual specimens were recovered. |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Rodentia |
Myomorpha |
Myodonta |
Muroidea |
Muridae |
Murinae |
|
Thallomys |
quadrilobatus |
|
|
No |
|
01. R. L3-240 |
3370 |
|
|
R-M |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
|
|
Jaeger, J.J. 1976. Les rongeurs (Mammalia, Rodentia) du Pleistocene inferieur d’Olduvai Bed I (Tanzanie) 1ere Partie: Les Murides. Fossil vertebrates of Africa 4:58-120. |
This species is found at FLK NNI layer 2 and 3; FLK NI layers 1-6; FLK I Main site. It is unclear where individual specimens were recovered. |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Rodentia |
Myomorpha |
Myodonta |
Muroidea |
Muridae |
Murinae |
|
Zelotomys |
leakeyi |
|
|
No |
|
01. R. M2-272 |
3402 |
|
|
R-MAX-f, M |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
|
|
Jaeger, J.J. 1976. Les rongeurs (Mammalia, Rodentia) du Pleistocene inferieur d’Olduvai Bed I (Tanzanie) 1ere Partie: Les Murides. Fossil vertebrates of Africa 4:58-120. |
This species is found at FLK NNI layer 2 and 3; FLK NI layers 1-6; FLK I Main site. It is unclear where individual specimens were recovered. |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Rodentia |
Myomorpha |
Myodonta |
Muroidea |
Muridae |
Murinae |
|
Zelotomys |
leakeyi |
|
|
No |
|
01. R. L3-272 |
3404 |
|
|
R-MAX-f, M |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
|
|
Jaeger, J.J. 1976. Les rongeurs (Mammalia, Rodentia) du Pleistocene inferieur d’Olduvai Bed I (Tanzanie) 1ere Partie: Les Murides. Fossil vertebrates of Africa 4:58-120. |
This species is found at FLK NNI layer 2 and 3; FLK NI layers 1-6; FLK I Main site. It is unclear where individual specimens were recovered. |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Steatomys 2 |
522 |
7 - FLK North |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
|
|
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Rodentia |
Myomorpha |
Myodonta |
Muroidea |
Muridae |
Dendromurinae |
|
Steatomys |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Mesochoerus 1 |
252 |
23 - TK |
|
M |
|
104 - Unknown |
II |
|
Lower layers |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
|
|
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suiformes |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
Suinae |
Suini |
Mesochoerus |
heseloni |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Bufonidae 3 |
328 |
7 - FLK North |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
1, 2, 3, 4, 6 |
Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
|
|
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Amphibia |
Anura |
|
|
|
Bufonidae |
|
|
Indet. |
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Struthio 7 |
403 |
19 - SHK |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
II |
middle |
|
Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
This specimen is describe as being found at the "Skull Site" by the author. |
|
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Aves |
Struthioniformes |
Struthioni |
Struthionides |
|
Struthionidae |
|
|
Struthio |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Insectivora 2 |
412 |
11 - HWK |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
II |
lower |
2 |
Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
|
|
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Indet. |
|
|
|
No |
|
S. 61 |
3120 |
23 - TK |
|
CRA-f, MAN-f |
1961 |
104 - Unknown |
II |
|
|
Leakey, M., and Leakey, R. 1976. Further Cercopithecinae (Mammalia, Primates) from the Plio/Pleistocene of East Africa. Fossil vertebrates of Africa 4:121-146. |
This specimen is crushed. |
|
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Cercopithecoidea |
Cercopithecidae |
Cercopithecinae |
Papionini |
Papio |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
01. R. M4-35 |
3165 |
|
|
R-MAX-f, PAL, M |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
|
|
Jaeger, J.J. 1976. Les rongeurs (Mammalia, Rodentia) du Pleistocene inferieur d’Olduvai Bed I (Tanzanie) 1ere Partie: Les Murides. Fossil vertebrates of Africa 4:58-120. |
This species is found at FLK NI, layers 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6; FLK NNI, layers 2 and 3; FLK I, Zinjanthropus layer. It is unclear where individual specimens come from, however. |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Rodentia |
Myomorpha |
Myodonta |
Muroidea |
Muridae |
Murinae |
|
Praomys |
minor |
|
|
No |
|
01. R. M5-65 |
3195 |
|
|
R-MAN-f, M |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
|
|
Jaeger, J.J. 1976. Les rongeurs (Mammalia, Rodentia) du Pleistocene inferieur d’Olduvai Bed I (Tanzanie) 1ere Partie: Les Murides. Fossil vertebrates of Africa 4:58-120. |
This species is found at FLK NI, layers 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6; FLK NNI, layers 2 and 3; FLK I, Zinjanthropus layer. It is unclear where individual specimens come from, however. |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Rodentia |
Myomorpha |
Myodonta |
Muroidea |
Muridae |
Murinae |
|
Praomys |
minor |
|
|
No |
|
FLK N I Unknown Phenacotragus 1 |
1526 |
7 - FLK North |
|
R-HOR |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
|
5 |
Gentry, A. W. 1966 Fossil Antilopini of East Africa. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History, Geology. 12: 43-106. 9 pls. |
This specimen is pictured in plate 7A. |
|
|
273 - Reck expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Antilopinae |
Neotragini |
Phenacotragus |
recki |
|
|
No |
|
OLD 1472 |
3694 |
63 - JLK |
|
MAN, M, P |
1957 |
104 - Unknown |
IV |
|
|
Leakey, L., and Whitworth, T. 1958. Notes on the genus Simopithecus, with a description of a new species from Olduvai. |
This specimen is pictured in plate 4, figure 1; plate 5, figure 1; plate 6, figure 1; plate 8, plate 9, and plate 10. All descriptions of this specimen indicate that the pictured specimen is the holotype. In plate 4, however, the description reads female S. jonathani so it is unclear whether this is the same specimen or not. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Cercopithecoidea |
Cercopithecidae |
Cynocephalinae |
|
Simopithecus |
jonathani |
|
Holotype |
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 |
|
K 14/1960 |
4184 |
|
|
MAX-f |
1960 |
104 - Unknown |
|
|
|
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
No information on the locality is given. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Caniformia |
Cynoidea |
|
Canidae |
|
|
Canis |
mesomelas |
latirostris |
|
No |
|
FLK I/E-G 391 |
2 |
5 - FLK |
|
L-MAN, L/R-RAM-f, L-P, L-M, R-P, R-M |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle (Zinjanthropus) |
22 feet below the upper limit of Bed I. |
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 |
Primates |
Strepsirrhini |
Lorisiformes |
|
Galagidae |
|
|
Galago |
senegalensis |
|
|
No |
|
BK II 1963.2718 |
875 |
10 - BK |
|
R-HOR-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. |
|
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Alcelaphinae |
Alcelaphini |
Alcelaphus |
howardi |
|
Gentry and Gentry (1978) reclassified this specimen as Megalotragus kattwinkeli. |
No |
|
FLK N I 9394 |
932 |
7 - FLK North |
|
L-MTC |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
5 |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
This specimen is pictured in Gentry and Gentry (1978a) plate 19, figure 2 (lower). |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Caprinae |
Caprini |
|
|
|
Gentry and Gentry (1978) reclassified this specimen to aff. Caprinae. |
No |
|
BK II 1952.1495 |
1036 |
10 - BK |
|
L-HOR |
1952 |
104 - Unknown |
II |
|
|
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
This specimen is pictured in Leakey (1965) plate 86, left most specimen. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Antilopinae |
Antilopini |
Gazella |
|
|
Gentry and Gentry (1978) say this specimen is of "Type A" variety and could "doubtfully be included in D. niro." |
No |
|
BK II 067/5238 |
1037 |
10 - BK |
|
|
|
104 - Unknown |
II |
|
|
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
This specimen is pictured in plate 86, 3rd from the left. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Antilopinae |
Antilopini |
Gazella |
|
|
Gentry and Gentry (1978) say this specimen is of "Type A" variety and could "doubtfully be included in D. niro." |
No |
|
BK II 1957.876 |
1040 |
10 - BK |
|
L-HOR |
1957 |
104 - Unknown |
II |
|
|
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 |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Antilopinae |
Antilopini |
Gazella |
|
|
Gentry and Gentry (1978) say this specimen is of "Type A" variety and could "doubtfully be included in D. niro." |
No |
|
FLK I/E-G 393 |
4 |
5 - FLK |
|
L-RAM, L-P, L-M |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle (Zinjanthropus) |
22 feet below the upper limit of bed I. |
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 |
Primates |
Strepsirrhini |
Lorisiformes |
|
Galagidae |
|
|
Galago |
senegalensis |
|
|
No |
|
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-Myosorex 2 |
6 |
7 - FLK North |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
This species is described as very common. Individual specimens are not described. It is the most common shrew in layer 5. |
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-Crocidura 2 |
9 |
7 - FLK North |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
3, 4, 5 |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
A few specimens found in layers 3, 4, and 5. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
Soricoidea |
Soricidae |
Crocidurinae |
|
Crocidura |
hindei |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Suncus 1 |
10 |
7 - FLK North |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
Several specimens found in all layers of FLK N I. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
Soricoidea |
Soricidae |
Crocidurinae |
|
Suncus |
sp. |
|
It resembles S. gracilis but has features distinguishing it as its own species. |
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-Suncus 3 |
12 |
7 - FLK North |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
Several specimens from FLK N I |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
Soricoidea |
Soricidae |
Crocidurinae |
|
Suncus |
orangiae |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Suncus 4 |
13 |
5 - FLK |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle (Zinjanthropus) |
22 feet below the upper limit of bed I. |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
Only one specimen is found in the Zinjanthropus level (22). |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
Soricoidea |
Soricidae |
Crocidurinae |
|
Suncus |
orangiae |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Nasilio 1 |
14 |
7 - FLK North |
|
MAX |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
Abundant in layers 5 and above and particularly abundant in layers 3 and 2. Several maxillary specimens found. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
|
Macroscelididae |
|
|
Nasilio |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Elephantulus 1 |
15 |
7 - FLK North |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
Several specimens. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
|
Macroscelididae |
|
|
Elephantulus |
sp. |
|
The absence of lower 3rd molar suggests it is not in the genus Nasilio. |
No |
|
OVPP-Macroscelididae 1 |
16 |
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. |
One juvenile specimen is found in layer 2 or 3. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
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264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
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Mammalia |
Insectivora |
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Macroscelididae |
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No |
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OVPP-Megadermidae 1 |
19 |
7 - FLK North |
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MAX |
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104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
3 |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
Unidentified megadermid. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
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Mammalia |
Chiroptera |
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|
|
Megadermidae |
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|
|
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No |