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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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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
	1957.56 P.P.T.3	139	18 - VEK		CRA-f, L/R-HOR	1957	105 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (?)	I	upper	Upper Villafranchian	Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.	This specimen is pictured in plates 59 and 60. It is from a female. 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	Hippotraginae	Hippotragini	Hippotragus	gigas		Paratype	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-Crocidura 4	417	7 - FLK North		UK		104 - Unknown	I	upper	3, 4, 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		Mammalia	Insectivora			Soricoidea	Soricidae	Crocidurinae		Crocidura	hindei			No
	OVPP-Chelonia 6	694	14 - HWK E		UK		104 - Unknown	II	lower	All levels	Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.	Several tortoises are represented in beds 1, 2, and 4. There is no mention of how many specimens or what elements are preserved.	142 - M. D. Leakey		264 - Leakey family expedition	Yes		Reptilia	Chelonia							Indet.				No
	OVPP-Clarias 21	2573	6 - FLK NN		FRO, MSEH, SPHT, L-OPER, SKULL-f, L/R-QUAD, L/R-DNTY, RAY-f		104 - Unknown	I		3	Greenwood, P., and Todd, E. 1970. Fish remains from Olduvai. In: Fossil Vertebrates of Africa,vol. 2 New York: Academic Press. pp. 225-241.	MNI=3.These specimens are from trench VI.	151 - Greenwood and Todd			Yes		Actinopterygii	Siluriformes				Clariidae			Clarias	sp.			No
	OVPP-Suncus 5	418	7 - FLK North		UK		104 - Unknown	I	upper	1, 2, 3, 4, 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		Mammalia	Insectivora			Soricoidea	Soricidae	Crocidurinae		Suncus	sp.			No
	OVPP-Chelonia 7	695	29 - FC W		UK		104 - Unknown	II	middle	both levels	Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.	Several tortoises are represented in beds 1, 2, and 4. There is no mention of how many specimens or what elements are preserved.	142 - M. D. Leakey		264 - Leakey family expedition	Yes		Reptilia	Chelonia							Indet.				No
	OVPP-Clarias 22	2576	6 - FLK NN		L-ETHM, SOCC, SKULL-f, R-PORB, L-PAL, R/L-EPHL, R/L-CRHL, R/L-ARTC, CLEI-f, VER, L/R-QUAD, L-DNTY	1960	104 - Unknown	I		2, 3	Greenwood, P., and Todd, E. 1970. Fish remains from Olduvai. In: Fossil Vertebrates of Africa,vol. 2 New York: Academic Press. pp. 225-241.	MNI=66. Multiple of each element is represented; authors do not specify the numbers for every element.These specimens are from trench II.	151 - Greenwood and Todd			Yes		Actinopterygii	Siluriformes				Clariidae			Clarias	sp.			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-Suncus 7	420	5 - FLK		UK		104 - Unknown	I	middle (Zinjanthropus)	22 feet below the upper limit of bed I.	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	orangiae			No
	OVPP-Suncus 8	421	7 - FLK North		UK		104 - Unknown	I	upper	All levels	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	orangiae			No
	OVPP-Clarias 23	2644	6 - FLK NN		SKULL-f, R/L-OPER, ARTC-f, QUAD-f, DNTY-f, URH:, R/L-RAY-f, CLEI-f, VER-f, ARCH-f	1960	104 - Unknown	I		2, 3	Greenwood, P., and Todd, E. 1970. Fish remains from Olduvai. In: Fossil Vertebrates of Africa,vol. 2 New York: Academic Press. pp. 225-241.	MNI=19.Multiple of each element is represented, authors do not specify number for every element.These specimens are from trench II, "long strip".	151 - Greenwood and Todd			Yes		Actinopterygii	Siluriformes				Clariidae			Clarias	sp.			No
	OVPP-Megadermidae 3	422	7 - FLK North		UK		104 - Unknown	I	upper	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	Chiroptera				Megadermidae			Indet.				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
	OVPP-Vespertilionidae 2	424	7 - FLK North		UK		104 - Unknown	I	upper	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	Chiroptera				Vespertilionidae			Indet.				No
	OVPP-Clarias 24	2667	6 - FLK NN		SKULL-f, R-SUBO, MSEH, SOCC, R/L-FRO, L-DRMS, PAL, R-QUAD, R/L-ARTC, R-DNTY, URHL, R/L-RAY-f, CLEI-f, VER-f	1960	104 - Unknown	I		2, 3	Greenwood, P., and Todd, E. 1970. Fish remains from Olduvai. In: Fossil Vertebrates of Africa,vol. 2 New York: Academic Press. pp. 225-241.	MNI=49. Multiple of each element is represented, authors do not specify number for every element.Specimens were found in trench III.	151 - Greenwood and Todd			Yes		Actinopterygii	Siluriformes				Clariidae			Clarias	sp.			No
	OVPP-Galago 1	426	24 - DK		UK		104 - Unknown	I	lower	2	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	Primates	Strepsirrhini	Lorisiformes		Galagidae			Galago	sp.			No
	FLK N I 1246	1243	7 - FLK North		TIB		104 - Unknown	I		1	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		273 - Reck expedition	Yes		Mammalia	Artiodactyla	Ruminantia		Bovoidea	Bovidae	Antilopinae	Antilopini	Antidorcas	recki			No
	OVPP-Clarias 25	2717	6 - FLK NN		SKULL-f, FRO-f, PSPH, PTRC-f, L-SORB, QUAD, ARTC-f	1960	104 - Unknown	I		2	Greenwood, P., and Todd, E. 1970. Fish remains from Olduvai. In: Fossil Vertebrates of Africa,vol. 2 New York: Academic Press. pp. 225-241.	This specimen is represented by a partially articulated skull.	151 - Greenwood and Todd			Yes		Actinopterygii	Siluriformes				Clariidae			Clarias	sp.			No
	BK II 1957.365	150	10 - BK		R-FRO, R-HOR-f	1957	105 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (?)	II			Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.	Author explicitly states this specimen was excavated but does not provide level. 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	Hippotraginae	Hippotragini	Hippotragus	equinus		This specimen was reclassified by Gentry and Gentry (1978) as Damaliscus niro.	No
	OVPP-Clarias 26	2718	6 - FLK NN		SKULL-f, SOCC-f, R/L-PAL, URHL, R-ARTC, R/L-DENTY, R/L-SPINE, VER-f	1960	104 - Unknown	I		2	Greenwood, P., and Todd, E. 1970. Fish remains from Olduvai. In: Fossil Vertebrates of Africa,vol. 2 New York: Academic Press. pp. 225-241.	MNI=9.Multiple of each element is represented, authors do not specify number for every element.	151 - Greenwood and Todd			Yes		Actinopterygii	Siluriformes				Clariidae			Clarias	sp.			No
	OVPP-Papio 3	429	24 - DK		UK		104 - Unknown	I	lower	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	Primates	Anthropoidea	Haplorhini	Cercopithecoidea	Cercopithecidae	Cercopithecinae	Papionini	Papio	sp.			No
	OVPP-Papio 4	430	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	Primates	Anthropoidea	Haplorhini	Cercopithecoidea	Cercopithecidae	Cercopithecinae	Papionini	Papio	sp.			No
	OVPP-Clarias 27	2728	6 - FLK NN		VOM, SKULL-f, FRO, L-SORB, L-SUBO, MSEH-f, L-OPER, IOPL-f, SUPP, CRHL, R/L-EPHL-f, R/L-ARTC, DNTY-f, CLEI-f, R/L-SPINE, VER-f	1960	104 - Unknown	I		2	Greenwood, P., and Todd, E. 1970. Fish remains from Olduvai. In: Fossil Vertebrates of Africa,vol. 2 New York: Academic Press. pp. 225-241.	MNI=49. Multiple of each element is represented, authors do not specify number of every element.These specimens come from trench III	151 - Greenwood and Todd			Yes		Actinopterygii	Siluriformes				Clariidae			Clarias	sp.			No
	OVPP-Primates 1	431	14 - HWK E		UK		104 - Unknown	II	lower	1, 2	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	Primates							Indet.				No
	M. 21425	154	19 - SHK		CRA, HOR		106 - Natural History Museum UK (?)	II			Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.	This specimen is pictured in plates 64 and 65. It was originally listed as Damaliscus angusticornis by Schwartz and Leakey.	137 - A. Gentry		264 - Leakey family expedition	Yes		Mammalia	Artiodactyla	Ruminantia		Bovoidea	Bovidae	Alcelaphinae	Alcelaphini	Damaliscus	angusticornis		This specimen was reclassified by Gentry and Gentry (1978) as Parmularius angusticornis.	No
	OVPP-Tatera 2	433	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.		135 - M. Hilzheimer		264 - Leakey family expedition	Yes		Mammalia	Rodentia	Myomorpha	Myodonta	Muroidea	Muridae	Gerbillinae	Taterillini	Tatera	sp.			No
	OVPP-Tatera 3	434	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.		142 - M. D. Leakey		264 - Leakey family expedition	Yes		Mammalia	Rodentia	Myomorpha	Myodonta	Muroidea	Muridae	Gerbillinae	Taterillini	Tatera	sp.			No
	OVPP-Otomys 1	435	5 - FLK		UK		104 - Unknown	I	middle (Zinjanthropus)	22 feet below the upper limit of bed I.	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	Rodentia	Myomorpha	Myodonta	Muroidea	Muridae	Murinae	Otomyini	Otomys	kempi			No
	OVPP-Clarias 29	2787	5 - FLK		NRCR, R-DNTY, R-PTER	1960	104 - Unknown	I	middle (Zinjanthropus)	22 feet below the upper limit of bed I.	Greenwood, P., and Todd, E. 1970. Fish remains from Olduvai. In: Fossil Vertebrates of Africa,vol. 2 New York: Academic Press. pp. 225-241.		151 - Greenwood and Todd			Yes		Actinopterygii	Siluriformes				Clariidae			Clarias			The authors don;t explicitly state that these specimens are of the genus Clarias, but mention it is similar to C. mossambicus.	No
	OVPP-Otomys 2	436	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	Rodentia	Myomorpha	Myodonta	Muroidea	Muridae	Murinae	Otomyini	Otomys	kempi			No
	BK II 1955 P.P.T. 1	159	10 - BK		CRA, L/R-HOR-f	1955	105 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (?)	II			Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.	This holotype specimen is pictured in plate 67. The author gave the specimen number as P.P.T. 3, but Gentry and Gentry (1978a) gave the correct number as P.P.T. 1. BK II was added to this specimen number to avoid confusion as there is another specimen with number P.P.T. 1. 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.	138 - E. Schwarz		264 - Leakey family expedition	Yes		Mammalia	Artiodactyla	Ruminantia		Bovoidea	Bovidae	Alcelaphinae	Alcelaphini	Damaliscus	angusticornis		Holotype - This specimen was reclassified by Gentry and Gentry (1978) as Parmularius angusticornis.	No
	OVPP-Otomys 3	437	7 - FLK North		UK		104 - Unknown	I	upper	All levels	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	Rodentia	Myomorpha	Myodonta	Muroidea	Muridae	Murinae	Otomyini	Otomys	kempi			No
	M. 21428	160	18 - VEK		CRA, L/R-HOR-f	1935	106 - Natural History Museum UK (?)	II			Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.	This specimen is pictured in plates 68 and 69. The specimen has VEK II written on it but it is registered as VEK I.	138 - E. Schwarz		264 - Leakey family expedition	Yes		Mammalia	Artiodactyla	Ruminantia		Bovoidea	Bovidae	Alcelaphinae	Alcelaphini	Damaliscus	angusticornis		Paratype - This specimen was reclassified by Gentry and Gentry (1978) as Parmularius angusticornis.	No
	OVPP-Gerbillus 2	438	7 - FLK North				104 - Unknown	I	upper	All levels	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	Rodentia	Myomorpha	Myodonta	Muroidea	Muridae	Gerbilinae	Gerbilini	Gerbillus	sp			No
	OVPP-Cichlidae 18	2790	7 - FLK North		RAY	1962	104 - Unknown	I		6	Greenwood, P., and Todd, E. 1970. Fish remains from Olduvai. In: Fossil Vertebrates of Africa,vol. 2 New York: Academic Press. pp. 225-241.	This specimen is from trench V.	151 - Greenwood and Todd			Yes		Actinopterygii	Perciformes				Cichlidae							No
	OVPP-571	9944			TIB, HUM-f		126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania	I	Lower	Sandstone 15m above ignimbrite, below Tuff IA but not sure how far below.	--	Immature.	157 - L. Hlusko	2013/06/30	253 - OVPP	Yes	Y	Mammalia	Artiodactyla	Ruminantia		Bovoidea	Bovidae							No
	SHK II 1957.1284	161	19 - SHK			1957	105 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (?)	II			Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.	Elements preserved were not described. 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.	138 - E. Schwarz		264 - Leakey family expedition	Yes		Mammalia	Artiodactyla	Ruminantia		Bovoidea	Bovidae	Alcelaphinae	Alcelaphini	Damaliscus	angusticornis		This specimen was reclassified by Gentry and Gentry (1978) as Parmularius angusticornis.	No
	OVPP-Saccostomus 3	439	5 - FLK				104 - Unknown	I	middle (Zinjanthropus)	22 feet below the upper limit of bed I.	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	Rodentia				Nesomyidae	Cricetomyinae	Saccostomurini	Saccostomus	sp.			No
	OVPP-Muridae 6	444	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.	The author mentions "various" murids at FLK NN.	142 - M. D. Leakey		264 - Leakey family expedition	Yes		Mammalia	Rodentia	Myomorpha	Myodonta	Muroidea	Muridae							No