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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
	OH 44	3759	5 - FLK		R-M	1970	122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania	I	Zinjanthropus floor	Surface.	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.	Specimen is a crown of upper right M1. Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya.	142 - M. D. Leakey		264 - Leakey family expedition	No		Mammalia	Primates	Anthropoidea	Haplorhini	Hominoidea	Hominidae	Homininae	Hominini	Homo	habilis			No
	7446	7643	7 - FLK North		CRA-f, TOOTH			I	Zinjanthropus	3	Petter, G. 1973. Carnivores Pleistocenes du ravin d’Olduvai (Tanzanie). Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:43-100.	Specimen is the anterior portion of the skull with teeth. Specimen is broken.				Unknown		Mammalia	Carnivora	Caniformia	Cynoidea		Canidae			Canis	mesomelas	latirostris		No
	7304	7644	7 - FLK North		R-MAN, C, P, (n=4), M, (n=3)			I	Zinjanthropus	3	Petter, G. 1973. Carnivores Pleistocenes du ravin d’Olduvai (Tanzanie). Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:43-100.	Specimen is a right mandible with canine to M3.				Unknown		Mammalia	Carnivora	Caniformia	Cynoidea		Canidae			Canis	mesomelas	latirostris		No
	6520	7645	7 - FLK North		M			I	Zinjanthropus	3	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	Caniformia	Cynoidea		Canidae			Canis	mesomelas	latirostris		No
	2676	7646	7 - FLK North		M			I	Zinjanthropus	3	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	Caniformia	Cynoidea		Canidae			Canis	mesomelas	latirostris		No
	7188	7647	7 - FLK North		FEM-f			I	Zinjanthropus	3	Petter, G. 1973. Carnivores Pleistocenes du ravin d’Olduvai (Tanzanie). Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:43-100.					Unknown		Mammalia	Carnivora	Caniformia	Cynoidea		Canidae			Canis	mesomelas	latirostris		No
	7075	7648	7 - FLK North		FEM			I	Zinjanthropus	3	Petter, G. 1973. Carnivores Pleistocenes du ravin d’Olduvai (Tanzanie). Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:43-100.					Unknown		Mammalia	Carnivora	Caniformia	Cynoidea		Canidae			Canis	mesomelas	latirostris		No
	1672	7649	7 - FLK North		HUM-f			I	Zinjanthropus	3	Petter, G. 1973. Carnivores Pleistocenes du ravin d’Olduvai (Tanzanie). Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:43-100.	Specimen is the distal portion of a humerus.				Unknown		Mammalia	Carnivora	Caniformia	Cynoidea		Canidae			Canis	mesomelas	latirostris		No
	OH 75	3790	5 - FLK		R-HUM	2009	127 - National Natural History Museum, Arusha, Tanzania	I	Zinjanthropus	Surface.	OLAPP/Earthwatch”Discovered by an Earthwatch project led by F.T. Masao in 2003 and 2004, respectively, and will be described elsewhere.” -R. Clarke (2011)					No		Mammalia	Primates	Anthropoidea	Haplorhini	Hominoidea	hominidae						A. cf. africanus/H. habilisOH 62-like	No
	OVPP-Myosorex 12	3811	5 - FLK		MAN, (n=2)			I	Zinjanthropus		Butler, P., and Greenwood, M. 1979. Soricidae (Mammalia) from the Early Pleistocene of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 67:329-379.		150 - Butler and Greenwood			Unknown		Mammalia	Insectivora			Soricoidea	Soricidae	Crocidurinae		Myosorex	robinsoni			No
	OVPP-Sylvisorex 8	3822	5 - FLK		MAN-f, (n=2)			I	Zinjanthropus		Butler, P., and Greenwood, M. 1979. Soricidae (Mammalia) from the Early Pleistocene of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 67:329-379.		150 - Butler and Greenwood			Unknown		Mammalia	Insectivora			Soricoidea	Soricidae			Sylvisorex	olduvaiensis		Described as Suncus cf. lixus by Butler & Greenwood (1965).	No
	OVPP-Suncus 16	3835	5 - FLK		MAN			I	Zinjanthropus		Butler, P., and Greenwood, M. 1979. Soricidae (Mammalia) from the Early Pleistocene of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 67:329-379.		150 - Butler and Greenwood			Unknown		Mammalia	Insectivora			Soricoidea	Soricidae	Crocidurinae		Suncus	varilla	meesteri		No
	7446	3882	7 - FLK North		CRA-f, TOOTH			I	Zinjanthropus	3	Petter, G. 1973. Carnivores Pleistocenes du ravin d’Olduvai (Tanzanie). Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:43-100.	Specimen is the anterior portion of the skull with teeth. Specimen is broken.				Unknown		Mammalia	Carnivora	Caniformia	Cynoidea		Canidae			Canis	mesomelas	latirostris		No
	7304	3883	7 - FLK North		R-MAN, C, P, (n=4), M, (n=3)			I	Zinjanthropus	3	Petter, G. 1973. Carnivores Pleistocenes du ravin d’Olduvai (Tanzanie). Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:43-100.	Specimen is a right mandible with canine to M3.				Unknown		Mammalia	Carnivora	Caniformia	Cynoidea		Canidae			Canis	mesomelas	latirostris		No
	6520	3884	7 - FLK North		M			I	Zinjanthropus	3	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	Caniformia	Cynoidea		Canidae			Canis	mesomelas	latirostris		No
	2676	3885	7 - FLK North		M			I	Zinjanthropus	3	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	Caniformia	Cynoidea		Canidae			Canis	mesomelas	latirostris		No
	7188	3886	7 - FLK North		FEM-f			I	Zinjanthropus	3	Petter, G. 1973. Carnivores Pleistocenes du ravin d’Olduvai (Tanzanie). Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:43-100.					Unknown		Mammalia	Carnivora	Caniformia	Cynoidea		Canidae			Canis	mesomelas	latirostris		No
	7075	3887	7 - FLK North		FEM			I	Zinjanthropus	3	Petter, G. 1973. Carnivores Pleistocenes du ravin d’Olduvai (Tanzanie). Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:43-100.					Unknown		Mammalia	Carnivora	Caniformia	Cynoidea		Canidae			Canis	mesomelas	latirostris		No
	1672	3888	7 - FLK North		HUM-f			I	Zinjanthropus	3	Petter, G. 1973. Carnivores Pleistocenes du ravin d’Olduvai (Tanzanie). Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:43-100.	Specimen is the distal portion of a humerus.				Unknown		Mammalia	Carnivora	Caniformia	Cynoidea		Canidae			Canis	mesomelas	latirostris		No
	OVPP-Canis 1	3889	7 - FLK North		AST, CAL, MTP			I	Zinjanthropus	3	Petter, G. 1973. Carnivores Pleistocenes du ravin d’Olduvai (Tanzanie). Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:43-100.	Author does not specify number of each element or whether any of the specimens are from the same individual.				Unknown		Mammalia	Carnivora	Caniformia	Cynoidea		Canidae			Canis	mesomelas	latirostris		No
	OH 76	3791	55 - FLK W		R-M	2010	127 - National Natural History Museum, Arusha, Tanzania	II	Upper?	Surface.	“Discovered by an Earthwatch project led by F.T. Masao in 2003 and 2004, respectively, and will be described elsewhere.” -R. Clarke (2011)	Right upper M1 with roots.				No		Mammalia	Primates	Anthropoidea	Haplorhini	Hominoidea	Hominidae							No
	M. 18779	1312	39 - MRC		R-MAX-f		106 - Natural History Museum UK (?)	II	Upper, surface?		Jolly, C. J. 1972. The classification and natural history of Theropithecus (Simopithecus)(Andrews, 1916), baboons of the African Plio-Pleistocene: British Museum (Natural History)		146 - C. J. Jolly			Yes		Mammalia	Primates	Anthropoidea	Haplorhini	Cercopithecoidea	Cercopithecidae	Cercopithecinae	Papionini	Theropithecus	gelada			No
	M. 14682	10382			Part of a left mandibular ramus with P3-M1 and the alveolus for P2.	1934	114 - Natural History Museum UK	IV	upper part, Middle Pleistocene	Kanjeran Pluvial	LSB Leakey. 1958. Fossil Mammals of Africa: Some East African Pleistocene Suidae. British Museum. No. 14.			1934		Unknown		Mammalia	Artiodactyla	Suiformes		Suoidea	Suidae			Potamochoerus	majus		Holotype. Originally classified as Koiropotamus majus (Hopwood, 1934). Reclassified as Potamochoerus majus (Leakey, 1942).	Unknown
	OH 9	3724	71 - LLK	284 - 46	CALV	2 December 1960	122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania	II	Upper II D	Surface	Leakey LSB. 1966. Homo habilis, Homo erectus and the Australopithecines. Nature, 209(5030), 1279–1281.	Calvaria. "Chellean Man."			264 - Leakey family expedition	No	Yes.	Mammalia	Primates	Anthropoidea	Haplorhini	Hominoidea	Hominidae	Homininae	Hominini	Homo	erectus			No
	OH 10	3725	7 - FLK North	283 - 45	R-PHX	1961	122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania	I	Upper (level 5)	3.5 feet below marker Tuff IF at top of Bed I	Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.	Terminal first phalanx. Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya.	154 - Leakey and Leakey		264 - Leakey family expedition	Yes		Mammalia	Primates	Anthropoidea	Haplorhini	Hominoidea	Hominidae	Homininae	Hominini					No
	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 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-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-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-Chelonia 10	698	10 - BK		UK		104 - Unknown	II	upper		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	Unknown		Reptilia	Chelonia							Indet.				No
	COP-12-88	9672			PHX		126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania	I	Upper		--	Distal phalanx.	157 - L. Hlusko	2013/06/22	254 - COP	Unknown		Mammalia	Artiodactyla	Ruminantia		Bovoidea	Bovidae							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 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-Cercocebus 1	428	10 - BK		UK		104 - Unknown	II	upper		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	Unknown		Mammalia	Primates	Anthropoidea	Haplorhini	Cercopithecoidea	Cercopithecidae			Cercocebus	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-184	7862			R-M		126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania	II	Upper		--	Right maxillary M3.	157 - L. Hlusko	2012/07/06	253 - OVPP	No		Mammalia	Artiodactyla	Ruminantia		Bovoidea	Bovidae							No
	COP-12-99	9683			MTC		126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania	II	Upper		--	Fifth metacarpal.	157 - L. Hlusko	2013/06/22	254 - COP	Unknown		Mammalia	Perissodactyla	Ceratomorpha	Tapiromorpha	Rhinocerotoidea	Rhinocerotidae							No
	OVPP-185	7863			L-M		126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania	II	Upper		--	Left maxillary M1 or M2.	157 - L. Hlusko	2012/07/06	253 - OVPP	No		Mammalia	Artiodactyla	Ruminantia		Bovoidea	Bovidae							No
	OVPP-186	7864			P		126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania	II	Upper		--		157 - L. Hlusko	2012/07/06	253 - OVPP	No		Mammalia	Perissodactyla	Hippomorpha			Equidae							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