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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-Chelonia 5	693	7 - FLK North		UK		104 - Unknown	II	lower		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
	DK I 141	966	24 - DK		HUM		104 - Unknown	I			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	Parmularius	altidens			No
	FLK N I 231	1234	7 - FLK North		MAN		104 - Unknown	I			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 mandible is from an immature individual.	137 - A. Gentry		273 - Reck expedition	Unknown		Mammalia	Artiodactyla	Ruminantia		Bovoidea	Bovidae	Antilopinae	Antilopini	Antidorcas	recki			No
	D. 33	1491	5 - FLK		MTC-f	1960	104 - Unknown	I			Gentry, A. W. 1966 Fossil Antilopini of East Africa. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History, Geology. 12: 43-106. 9 pls.	Proximal end	137 - A. Gentry			Unknown		Mammalia	Artiodactyla	Ruminantia		Bovoidea	Bovidae	Antilopinae	Antilopini	Gazella				No
	1953 BK II Extension 425	1815	10 - BK		R-RAD-f	1953	122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania	II			Gentry, A. W. 1967. Pelorovis oldowayensis Reck, an extinct bovid from East Africa: British Museum. pp. 245-299		137 - A. Gentry		264 - Leakey family expedition	Unknown		Mammalia	Artiodactyla	Ruminantia		Bovoidea	Bovidae	Bovinae	Bovini	Pelorovis	oldowayensis			No
	OVPP-Cichlidae 11	2572	6 - FLK NN		RAY, VER, SPINE	1960	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.	It is unclear how many individuals are represented by these specimens. The specimens are from trench VI (980).	151 - Greenwood and Todd			Unknown		Actinopterygii	Perciformes				Cichlidae							No
	01. R. M5-18	3148			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 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6; FLK NNI, layers 1, 2, and 3; FLK I, Zinjanthropus layer. It is unclear where individual specimens come from, however.	153 - J. Jaeger			Unknown		Mammalia	Rodentia	Myomorpha	Myodonta	Muroidea	Muridae	Murinae		Mus	petteri			No
	01. R. M2-273	3405			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 NNI layer 2 and 3; FLK NI layers 1-6; FLK I Main site. It is unclear where individual specimens were recovered.	153 - J. Jaeger			Unknown		Mammalia	Rodentia	Myomorpha	Myodonta	Muroidea	Muridae	Murinae		Zelotomys	leakeyi			No
	01. R. M5-520	3662			L-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 NNI layers 2 and 3; FLK NI layers 1-6; FLK I. It is unclear where individual specimens were recovered.	153 - J. Jaeger			Unknown		Mammalia	Rodentia	Myomorpha	Myodonta	Muroidea	Muridae	Murinae		Aethomys	lavocati			No
	361	3938			MTT			I/II			Petter, G. 1973. Carnivores Pleistocenes du ravin d’Olduvai (Tanzanie). Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:43-100.	Specimen is the third metatarsal. Author lists specimen in an assemblage that is described as coming from FLK N, FLK NN, KK, BK, and DK but does not specifically assign site.	157 - L. Hlusko	2012/6/25		Unknown		Aves												No
	124	6579	19 - SHK		L-FRO, L-SPHT	1957	104 - Unknown	II			Greenwood, P., and Todd, E. 1970. Fish remains from Olduvai. In: Fossil Vertebrates of Africa,vol. 2 New York: Academic Press. pp. 225-241.	The two bones are in articulation.	151 - Greenwood and Todd			Unknown		Actinopterygii	Siluriformes				Clariidae			Clarias	sp.			No
	OVPP-168	7846			FEM		126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania	III/IV		Five meters below Masek/Ndutu.	--	Needs preparation- in three pieces.	157 - L. Hlusko	2012/07/06	253 - OVPP	No		Mammalia	Artiodactyla	Ruminantia		Bovoidea	Bovidae							No
	OLD 61/2974	8104			MAN-f		122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania	I			--	Fragment of alveolar margin of mandible. Card in bag states "Field no. 067/2974, Bed I, MPC I, OLD 1961". Pleistocene.		2012/07/26	264 - Leakey family expedition	Unknown		Mammalia	Primates	Anthropoidea	Haplorhini	Cercopithecoidea	Cercopithecidae							No
	OVPP-L-237	8379			M		126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania				--	Specimen label: OLD-87-87-Z-S. Box #: OLD 87-3-E.	158 - W. Reiner	2012/07/01		Unknown	Y	Mammalia	Perissodactyla	Hippomorpha			Equidae							No
	1931 II 594	8641			MTT	1913	116 - Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie (BSPG), Munich, Germany				Black E. 1937. Fossil Antelopes of Olduvai. Scientific results of the Olduvai Expedition 1913:64.	Distal epiphysis (juvenile). Label/publication taxon ID: Gorgon taurinus semiticus. Reck Field No.: XVI 1272.			273 - Reck expedition	Unknown		Mammalia	Artiodactyla	Ruminantia		Bovoidea	Bovidae	Alcelaphinae	Alcelaphini	Megalotragus	kattwinkeli		Inventoried by Faysal Bibi in 2012.	No
	1931 II 811	8897			I	1913	116 - Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie (BSPG), Munich, Germany				Black E. 1937. Fossil Antelopes of Olduvai. Scientific results of the Olduvai Expedition 1913:61.	Incisor. Label/publication taxon ID: Gorgon taurinus semiticus. Reck Field No.: VI 213.			273 - Reck expedition	Unknown		Mammalia	Artiodactyla	Ruminantia		Bovoidea	Bovidae	Alcelaphinae	Alcelaphini	Megalotragus	kattwinkeli		Inventoried by Faysal Bibi in 2012.	No
	1931 II 919	9153			THO	1913	116 - Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie (BSPG), Munich, Germany				--	Thoracic. Label/publication taxon ID: Philantomba monticola. Reck Field No.: IV 269.			273 - Reck expedition	Unknown		Mammalia	Artiodactyla	Ruminantia		Bovoidea	Bovidae	Antilopinae	Antilopini				Inventoried by Faysal Bibi in 2012.	No
	RMNH1	9409			FEM		129 - National Natural History Museum, Naturalis, Leiden, The Netherlands (RMNH)				--		159 - R. Bernor			Unknown		Mammalia	Perissodactyla	Hippomorpha			Equidae	Equinae	Hipparionini	Eurygnathohippus			Inventoried by Ray Bernor. Identified by Bernor as genus Eurygnathohippus.	No
	COP-12-83	9667			M		126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania	I			--		157 - L. Hlusko	2013/06/22	254 - COP	Unknown		Mammalia	Artiodactyla	Ruminantia		Bovoidea	Bovidae							No
	OVPP-552	9923			HOR		126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania	I	Lower	Sand about 1.5m below Tuff IA.	--		157 - L. Hlusko	2013/06/30	253 - OVPP	No		Mammalia	Artiodactyla	Ruminantia		Bovoidea	Bovidae							No
	OLD FLK NI 19721	10198	6 - FLK NN		ULNA-f	1960-2		I			Haarhoff, P.J. 1993. Latest Pliocene mousebirds (Aves, Coliidae) from Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Ann S Afr Mus. 103:191–211.	One proximal end of an ulna. "The specimen numbers are catalogue numbers of the Olduvai fossil birds, and the data are kept at the Department of Zoology, University of Florida, Gainesville. The fossils belong to the Tanzanian Ministry of Antiquities, Dar es Salaam. They were collected by Mary Leakey in 1960-1962" (Haarhoff, 1993:193).				Unknown		Aves	Coliiformes				Coliidae	Urocoliinae		Urocolius				No
	OLD-883	11418			TOOTH		114 - Natural History Museum UK				--	OLD-883				Unknown		Mammalia	Artiodactyla				Hippopotamidae							Yes
	OLD-1347a	11615	19 - SHK		PHX		114 - Natural History Museum UK	II			--	OLD-1347a; proximal phalanx				Unknown		Mammalia	Artiodactyla				Bovidae							No
	OLD-306	11866			AST		114 - Natural History Museum UK				--	OLD-306				Unknown		Mammalia	Artiodactyla				Hippopotamidae							Yes
	OLD-1905	11990			LIMB-f		114 - Natural History Museum UK				--	OLD-1905; unidentified limb immature fragment				Unknown		Mammalia												Yes
	OLD-1181	12019	19 - SHK		R-MTC-f		114 - Natural History Museum UK	Bed II			--	OLD-1181; right metacarpal proximal end fragment				Unknown		Mammalia	Artiodactyla	Ruminantia	Behemota	Bovoidea	Bovidae	Antilopinae	Antilopini	Antidorcas	recki			Yes
	OLD-716	12335			TUSK		114 - Natural History Museum UK				--	OLD-716				Unknown		Mammalia	Perissodactyla	Hippomorpha			Suidae							Yes
	OLD-110	12402			PHX		114 - Natural History Museum UK				--	OLD-110; PHX intermediate				Unknown		Mammalia	Perissodactyla											No
	M 103884	12850			M		114 - Natural History Museum UK	I			--	OLD-740; lower left M1 or M2; collected by Bate and Oakley; presented 1947				Unknown		Mammalia	Artiodactyla	Ruminantia		Bovoidea	Bovidae	Bovinae	Tragelaphini	Tragelaphus				No
	M. 104123	13020			L-M		114 - Natural History Museum UK	I			--	Left upper M2; OLD-1106; (Last edit SC 2019)				Unknown		Mammalia	Artiodactyla	Ruminantia		Bovoidea	Bovidae	Alcelaphinae	Alcelaphini					No
	M. 21448	140			FRO, HOR	1931	106 - Natural History Museum UK (?)	II		surface	Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.	This specimen is pictured in plate 61.	293 - A.T. Hopwood		264 - Leakey family expedition	No		Mammalia	Artiodactyla	Ruminantia		Bovoidea	Bovidae	Hippotraginae	Hippotragini	Hippotragus	gigas			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
	DK I 58	967	24 - DK		RAD		104 - Unknown	I			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	Parmularius	altidens			No
	FLK N I 1310	1235	7 - FLK North		MAN		104 - Unknown	I			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 mandible is from an immature individual.	137 - A. Gentry		273 - Reck expedition	Unknown		Mammalia	Artiodactyla	Ruminantia		Bovoidea	Bovidae	Antilopinae	Antilopini	Antidorcas	recki			No
	D. 34	1492	5 - FLK		MTC-f	1960	104 - Unknown	I			Gentry, A. W. 1966 Fossil Antilopini of East Africa. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History, Geology. 12: 43-106. 9 pls.	Proximal end	137 - A. Gentry			Unknown		Mammalia	Artiodactyla	Ruminantia		Bovoidea	Bovidae	Antilopinae	Antilopini	Gazella				No
	1952 BK II 188	1816	10 - BK		R-RAD-f	1952	122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania	II			Gentry, A. W. 1967. Pelorovis oldowayensis Reck, an extinct bovid from East Africa: British Museum. pp. 245-299		137 - A. Gentry		264 - Leakey family expedition	Unknown		Mammalia	Artiodactyla	Ruminantia		Bovoidea	Bovidae	Bovinae	Bovini	Pelorovis	oldowayensis			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