|
OVPP-Tragelaphus 4 |
616 |
24 - DK |
|
MAX, MAN |
|
104 - Unknown |
II |
lower |
|
Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
Gentry and Gentry (1978) indicate more specimens have been found at this site. |
142 - M. D. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Bovinae |
Strepsicerotini |
Strepsiceros |
maryanus |
|
This specimen was reclassified as Tragelaphus strepsiceros maryanus by Gentry and Gentry (1978). |
No |
|
HWK EE II 1972.3916 |
707 |
37 - HWK EE |
|
R-MAX, R-M |
1972 |
104 - Unknown |
II |
lower middle |
|
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 |
Bovinae |
Tragelaphini |
Tragelaphus |
strepsiceros |
maryanus |
This specimen is rather small for later greater kudus. |
No |
|
Rhino K 068/6655 |
770 |
47 - Rhino Korongo |
|
R-MAX |
|
104 - Unknown |
II |
upper |
|
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. |
The author says this specimen is "probably from upper Bed II". It is pictured in plate 3. |
137 - A. Gentry |
|
|
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Bovinae |
Bovini |
Syncerus |
acoelotus |
|
|
No |
|
BK II 1963.2226 |
841 |
10 - BK |
|
L-MAX-f, L-M |
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. |
This specimen is pictured in plate 11, figure 4 |
137 - A. Gentry |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Hippotraginae |
Hippotragini |
Hippotragus |
gigas |
|
|
No |
|
BK II 1963.458 |
1302 |
10 - BK |
|
MAX |
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. |
This is specimen is from an immature individual. |
137 - A. Gentry |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Alcelaphinae |
Alcelaphini |
Indet. |
|
|
|
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. 14681 |
1313 |
|
|
L-MAX-f, L-M, L-P |
|
106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) |
II |
|
|
Hopwood, A. 1934. New fossil mammals from Olduvai, Tanganyika territory. Annals of the Magazine of Natural History. 10: 546-550. |
This specimen is pictured in plate 14b and 14c (Jolly, 1972). |
293 - A.T. Hopwood |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Cercopithecoidea |
Cercopithecidae |
Cynocephalinae |
|
Simopithecus |
leakeyi |
|
This specimen was reclassified as aff. Theropithecus by Jolly (1972). |
No |
|
1957 SHK II 232 |
1692 |
19 - SHK |
|
MAX-f |
1957 |
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 |
This specimen is pictured in plate 3, figure 4. |
137 - A. Gentry |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Bovinae |
Bovini |
Pelorovis |
oldowayensis |
|
|
No |
|
068/6514 |
3711 |
34 - MLK |
|
CRA, MAX-f, R/L-P, R/L-M |
|
104 - Unknown |
II |
middle |
|
Leakey, M. G., and Leakey, R. E. F. 1973. Pleistocene Colobinae from East Africa. Leakey, L. S. B., Savage, R. J. G., Coryndon, S. C., eds. In: Fossil Vertebrates of Africa,vol. 3. London: Academic Pr |
This specimen is pictured in plate 3. |
154 - Leakey and Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Cercopithecoidea |
Cercopithecidae |
Colobinae |
Colobini |
Cercopithecoides |
kimeui |
|
Holotype |
No |
|
OH 13 |
3728 |
27 - MNK |
287 - 88 "Skull Site" |
MAN
, MAX
, CRA-f |
1963 |
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
II |
Lower Middle IIB |
5 feet above chert horizon |
|
Paratpye. "This consists of a sub-adult skull, probably female, with the third molars coming into wear. It is represented by the greater part of the mandible, including the complete dentition, although the crowns of the incisors are damaged and the left ascending ram us is not preserved; the greater part of the maxillae, represented by two fragments both lacking the anterior portions; the greater part of the occipital; the right parietal and temporal; parts of the left parietal and temporal; together with a few frontal fragments and approximately fifty additional pieces which it has not been possible to fit together" (Leakey MD, 1971:231). Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya. 5 pieces found at House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Hominoidea |
Hominidae |
Homininae |
Hominini |
Homo |
habilis |
|
Paratype |
No |
|
2609 |
3943 |
|
|
MAX, P, (n=4), M, (M=2) |
|
|
II |
|
|
Petter, G. 1973. Carnivores Pleistocenes du ravin d’Olduvai (Tanzanie). Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:43-100. |
Author lists specimen in an assemblage that is described as coming from FLK N, FLK NN, and MNK but does not specifically assign site.Specimen is pictured in image 1. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2012/6/28 |
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Cercopithecoidea |
Cercopithecidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-29 |
7706 |
|
|
R-MAX-f |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
II |
Upper |
One meter below Bed III contact. |
-- |
Right bovid maxillary fragment with M1 and half of M2. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2012/6/28 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
Y |
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-31 |
7708 |
|
|
L-MAX-f, M, P |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
II |
Upper |
One meter below Bed III contact. |
-- |
Left maxilla fragment with P4 and M1. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2012/6/28 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-261 |
7939 |
|
|
L-MAX-f, L-M |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
II |
Middle |
|
-- |
Left maxillary fragment with M2-M3.Needs preparation. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2012/07/08 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
Y |
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suiformes |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD 69/S.133 DC II |
8073 |
30 - DC |
|
MAX, TOOTH-f, CRA-f |
|
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
II |
|
|
-- |
Maxilla with tooth fragments and partial cranium. Enclosed card states "Glamour Boy". Very fragmentary, fragments very small. Needs preparation. Fragments of this specimen (a maxilla with M3) in bag with OLD 69/S.89 SHKE (cranium). |
|
2012/07/25 |
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Cercopithecoidea |
Cercopithecidae |
Cynocephalinae |
|
Simopithecus |
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD/1957/1092 BK II |
8162 |
10 - BK |
|
R-MAX-f, M |
|
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
II |
|
|
-- |
Fragment. Right maxilla with upper second molar and (1092) upper third molar. Card in bag states "These teeth seem to be associated". In BM loan collection. Specimen together with OLD/1957/1091 BK II. |
|
2012/07/31 |
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Cercopithecoidea |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD/1957/1091 BK II |
8163 |
10 - BK |
|
R-MAX-f, M |
|
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
II |
|
|
-- |
Fragment. Right maxilla with upper second molar and (1091) upper third molar. Specimen together with OLD/1957/1092 BK II. In BM loan collection. |
|
2012/07/31 |
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Cercopithecoidea |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD 1962 067/5608 MCK II Simo. Lt.Max |
8167 |
80 - MCK |
|
L-MAX, P-f, M |
|
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
II |
|
|
-- |
Left maxilla with fourth premolar (roots) and first molar to third molar. |
|
2012/07/31 |
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Cercopithecoidea |
Cercopithecidae |
Cynocephalinae |
|
Simopithecus |
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD 1957/622 SHK II |
8208 |
19 - SHK |
|
L-MAX-f, P, M |
|
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
II |
|
|
-- |
Fragment of left maxilla with third and forth premolar and first molar. In BM loan collection. Card in bag with specimen states "Canine socket suggests male". |
|
2012/08/03 |
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Cercopithecoidea |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
COP-12-37 |
9622 |
|
|
R-M, MAX-f |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
II |
Upper |
|
-- |
Right maxillary half of M1 and complete M2 with maxilla fragment adhering. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2013/06/21 |
254 - COP |
Unknown |
Y |
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Bovinae |
Bovini |
|
|
|
|
No |
|
COP-12-98 |
9682 |
|
|
MAX-f, M |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
II |
Lowermost |
|
-- |
Maxilla fragment with two molars. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2013/06/22 |
254 - COP |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Perissodactyla |
Hippomorpha |
|
|
Equidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-393 |
9764 |
|
|
L-MAX-f, L-M |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
II |
Lower |
On top of Tuff 1F. |
-- |
Maxillary fragment with left M1-M3. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2013/06/24 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
|
Antilopini |
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-479 |
9850 |
|
|
L-MAX-f, L-M |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
II |
Lower |
2 meters below Ng'eju. |
-- |
Left maxilla with M1-2. Needs prep. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2013/06/26 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
Y |
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
|
Alcelaphini |
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-486 |
9857 |
|
|
MAX-f, TOOTH |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
II |
Lower |
On top of Tuff 1F. |
-- |
Bovid maxillary fragment with teeth covered in matrix. Needs prep. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2013/06/26 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
|
Tragelaphini |
|
|
|
|
No |
|
M. 17112 |
10387 |
|
|
An upper third molar in a fragment of maxilla. |
|
106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) |
II |
|
F.L.K. |
|
Brit. Mus. Palaeont. Dept. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
1958 |
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suina |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
Suidae |
|
Potamochoerus |
majus |
|
|
Yes |
|
M. 104057 |
12687 |
|
|
L-MAX-f, M (3) |
2.VII.35 |
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
II |
|
|
-- |
L-MAX-f with M1, M2, and M3; OLD-513; (Last edit SC 2019) |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Alcelaphinae |
Alcelaphini |
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD-551 |
12714 |
|
|
L-MAX-f, M |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
II |
|
|
-- |
OLD-551; L-MAX-f with M2 |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suina |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
|
|
Kolpochoerus |
olduvaiensis |
|
|
No |
|
OLD-788 |
12889 |
313 - GRK |
|
M, MAX-f |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
II |
|
|
-- |
OLD-788; "Oldoway GRK II 15/7/35" |
|
|
|
Unknown |
M with adhering MAX-f |
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Tethytheria |
Behemota |
Elephantoidea |
Hippopotamidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
M. 104105 |
13038 |
|
|
R-MAX, M (3) |
3/7/35 |
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
II |
|
|
-- |
"OLDY FLK II S 3.VII.35"; Right maxilla with M1-M3;OLD-1124; (Last edit SC 2019) |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Alcelaphinae |
Alcelaphini |
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-60 |
7738 |
|
|
L-MAX-f, L-P, L-M |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
III |
|
|
-- |
Left maxilla fragment P4-M2. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2012/6/29 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
Y |
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-77 |
7755 |
|
|
L-MAX-f, M |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
III |
|
Sand lens at top of Bed III. |
-- |
Left maxillary fragment with M1-3. Needs some preparation. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2012/6/29 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
Y |
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-291 |
7969 |
|
|
L-MAX-f, L-M |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
III |
|
Grey gravel horizon. Found right beside 1935 OH 2 marker. |
-- |
Left maxillary fragment with M2. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2012/07/08 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
Y |
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
COP-12-42 |
9628 |
|
|
R-MAX-f, R-M |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
III |
|
|
-- |
Right maxillary fragment with M2 and M3. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2013/06/21 |
254 - COP |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Bovinae |
Bovini |
|
|
|
|
No |
|
COP-12-139 |
9723 |
|
|
L-MAX-f, L-M |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
III |
|
|
-- |
Left maxillary M3 with maxilla adhering. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2013/06/23 |
254 - COP |
Unknown |
Y |
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suiformes |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
VFK III-IV 350 |
1067 |
44 - VFK |
|
SKULL, L/R-HOR, MAN, MAX |
|
105 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (?) |
III |
|
|
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 specimen is pictured in plate 29, figure 2. 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. |
137 - A. Gentry |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Alcelaphinae |
Alcelaphini |
Damaliscus |
agelaius |
|
Holotype |
No |
|
OVPP-24 |
7701 |
|
|
MAX-f, I, M, PHX |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
III, II |
|
Contact scree slope |
-- |
Maxilla fragment with four incisors, two molars and one intermediate phalanx. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2012/6/28 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Perissodactyla |
Hippomorpha |
|
|
Equidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
M. 21447 |
181 |
23 - TK |
|
CRA, L/R-MAX-f, L-HOR, L/R-P, L/R-M, L/R-I |
1931 |
106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) |
III, IV |
|
4 feet below Masek Beds |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
This neotype specimen is pictured in plates 81 and 82. The original holotype of M. kattwinkelli (VI-1099) was lost in WWII in Munich. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Alcelaphinae |
Alcelaphini |
Xenocephalus |
kattwinkelli |
|
Neotype - This specimen was reclassified by Gentry and Gentry (1978) as Megalotragus kattwinkeli. |
No |
|
OLD/69 MRC S.132 |
8048 |
39 - MRC |
|
R-MAX, ZYG-f, P, M, C |
1969 |
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
IV |
|
Surface |
-- |
Packed in National Museum in Nairobi, Kenya in box 188 or 189 labeled "Cercopithecidae" for transport to National Museum of History, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Enclosed card reads "Simopithecus - Parts of maxilla and skull. (total of 43 frags.) MRC Bed 4 (S. 116, 126 & 132)." Specimen from same individual as S. 123, which is labeled "MRC IV surface S. 123". |
|
2012/7/20 |
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Cercopithecoidea |
Cercopithecidae |
Cynocephalinae |
|
Simopithecus |
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD 68/S.9 opp. S.C. IV S ? IV. C KNM 2.4.3 |
8066 |
22 - SC |
|
CRA-f, R-ZYG-f, L/R-MAX, R/L-M, R/L-P, R/L-C-f |
1968 |
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
IV |
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Surface? |
-- |
Packed in National Museum in Nairobi, Kenya in box 188 or 189 labeled "Cercopithecidae" for transport to National Museum of History, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Partial cranium: Left and right maxillae and right zygomatic fragment present. Right and left M1-3, P 3-4, and canines present. Crown of left canine broken off. Only root of right canine is preserved. Incisors not preserved. Left M3 crown broken off. Buccal side of left M2 crown broken off. Distal portion of buccal side of left M1 crown broken off. Needs preparation. |
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2012/07/23 |
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
Y |
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Cercopithecoidea |
Cercopithecidae |
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No |
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OLDUVAI 1962 MLK IV Right Max Monkey |
8263 |
34 - MLK |
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R-MAX, P, M |
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122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
IV |
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Right maxilla with third premolar, and first and second molars. Card in bag with specimen states "Original type cabinet A". Cercopithecoides kimeni cranial vault+left and right maxilla". Specimen found in bag with specimen Olduvai. 1962 MLK IV left maxilla of monkey probably from the same individual. |
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2012/08/09 |
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
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Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Cercopithecoidea |
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No |