|
878 |
2802 |
33 - SWK |
|
SPINE |
|
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. |
At least 3 (probably 4) individuals are represented by the Clarias specimens 626, 726, 727, 729, and 878. |
151 - Greenwood and Todd |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Actinopterygii |
Siluriformes |
|
|
|
Clariidae |
|
|
Clarias |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Cichlidae 23 |
2806 |
19 - SHK |
|
VER, SPINE |
1955 |
104 - Unknown |
IV |
|
|
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. |
151 - Greenwood and Todd |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Actinopterygii |
Perciformes |
|
|
|
Cichlidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Clarias 34 |
2807 |
66 - SHK SS |
|
L-SPINE |
1955 |
104 - Unknown |
III |
|
|
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 |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Actinopterygii |
Siluriformes |
|
|
|
Clariidae |
|
|
Clarias |
|
|
This specimen is "probably" from Clarias. |
No |
|
144 |
2810 |
19 - SHK |
|
L-SPINE, RAY, VER |
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. |
|
151 - Greenwood and Todd |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Actinopterygii |
Siluriformes |
|
|
|
Clariidae |
|
|
Clarias |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
272 |
2813 |
19 - SHK |
|
L-SPINE |
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. |
|
151 - Greenwood and Todd |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Actinopterygii |
Siluriformes |
|
|
|
Clariidae |
|
|
Clarias |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
604 |
2819 |
19 - SHK |
|
SPINE |
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. |
|
151 - Greenwood and Todd |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Actinopterygii |
Siluriformes |
|
|
|
Clariidae |
|
|
Clarias |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Clarias 35 |
2831 |
10 - BK |
|
R-SPINE |
1953 |
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. |
This specimen is described as coming from OLD/53 BK II, E 223. |
151 - Greenwood and Todd |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Actinopterygii |
Siluriformes |
|
|
|
Clariidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Clarias 36 |
2832 |
10 - BK |
|
R/L-FRO, MSEH, R-SUBO, CLEI-f, VER-f |
1955 |
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. |
MNI=3 or 4.They are described as coming from OLD/53 BK II, 153. |
151 - Greenwood and Todd |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Actinopterygii |
Siluriformes |
|
|
|
Clariidae |
|
|
Clarias |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
27 |
2836 |
10 - BK |
|
L-SPINE |
1953 |
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. |
|
151 - Greenwood and Todd |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Actinopterygii |
Siluriformes |
|
|
|
Clariidae |
|
|
Clarias |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
295 |
2837 |
10 - BK |
|
CLEI-f, L-SPINE |
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. |
|
151 - Greenwood and Todd |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Actinopterygii |
Siluriformes |
|
|
|
Clariidae |
|
|
Clarias |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
1365 |
2842 |
10 - BK |
|
L-SPINE-f |
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. |
|
151 - Greenwood and Todd |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Actinopterygii |
Siluriformes |
|
|
|
Clariidae |
|
|
Clarias |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Clarias 40 |
3857 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
L-CLEI-f |
1960 |
|
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 was found in trench II extension E. |
151 - Greenwood and Todd |
|
|
Yes |
|
Actinopterygii |
Siluriformes |
|
|
|
Clariidae |
|
|
Clarias |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
727 |
6571 |
33 - SWK |
|
R-SPINE |
|
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. |
At least 3 (probably 4) individuals are represented by the Clarias specimens 626, 726, 727, 729, and 878. |
151 - Greenwood and Todd |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Actinopterygii |
Siluriformes |
|
|
|
Clariidae |
|
|
Clarias |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
878 |
6573 |
33 - SWK |
|
SPINE |
|
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. |
At least 3 (probably 4) individuals are represented by the Clarias specimens 626, 726, 727, 729, and 878. |
151 - Greenwood and Todd |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Actinopterygii |
Siluriformes |
|
|
|
Clariidae |
|
|
Clarias |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
144 |
6581 |
19 - SHK |
|
L-SPINE, RAY, VER |
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. |
|
151 - Greenwood and Todd |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Actinopterygii |
Siluriformes |
|
|
|
Clariidae |
|
|
Clarias |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
272 |
6584 |
19 - SHK |
|
L-SPINE |
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. |
|
151 - Greenwood and Todd |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Actinopterygii |
Siluriformes |
|
|
|
Clariidae |
|
|
Clarias |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
604 |
6590 |
19 - SHK |
|
SPINE |
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. |
|
151 - Greenwood and Todd |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Actinopterygii |
Siluriformes |
|
|
|
Clariidae |
|
|
Clarias |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
27 |
6604 |
10 - BK |
|
L-SPINE |
1953 |
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. |
|
151 - Greenwood and Todd |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Actinopterygii |
Siluriformes |
|
|
|
Clariidae |
|
|
Clarias |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
295 |
6605 |
10 - BK |
|
CLEI-f, L-SPINE |
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. |
|
151 - Greenwood and Todd |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Actinopterygii |
Siluriformes |
|
|
|
Clariidae |
|
|
Clarias |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
1365 |
6610 |
10 - BK |
|
L-SPINE-f |
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. |
|
151 - Greenwood and Todd |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Actinopterygii |
Siluriformes |
|
|
|
Clariidae |
|
|
Clarias |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
M. 14687 |
1350 |
|
|
TIB-f, FEM-f, FIB-f |
|
106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) |
I |
|
|
Hopwood, A. 1934. New fossil mammals from Olduvai, Tanganyika territory. Annals of the Magazine of Natural History. 10: 546-550. |
This specimen is described as a "partial hind-limb". Whether it is a tibia, femur, or fibula is unknown. |
293 - A.T. Hopwood |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Giraffoidea |
Giraffidae |
|
|
Helladotherium |
olduvaiensis |
|
Paratype |
No |
|
OVPP-Muridae 1 |
35 |
5 - FLK |
|
P, M, I, C, MAN, MAX |
|
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. |
Several unidentified murids |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Rodentia |
Myomorpha |
Myodonta |
Muroidea |
Muridae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Muridae 2 |
37 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
P, M, I, C |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
1 |
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 |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Rodentia |
Myomorpha |
Myodonta |
Muroidea |
Muridae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Muridae 3 |
38 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
P, M, I, C |
|
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 of unidentified murids. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Rodentia |
Myomorpha |
Myodonta |
Muroidea |
Muridae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Muridae 4 |
40 |
7 - FLK North |
|
P, M, I, C |
|
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 of unidentified murids are present. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Rodentia |
Myomorpha |
Myodonta |
Muroidea |
Muridae |
|
|
|
|
|
The author is unsure of the taxonomy. |
No |
|
FLK N I 7500 |
41 |
7 - FLK North |
|
TIB |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
|
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
Image available from plate 13 comparing this lagomorph's tibia to other modern and extinct lagomorph tibiae. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Lagomorpha |
|
|
|
Leporidae |
|
|
Lepus |
|
|
|
No |
|
263/1959 |
42 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
L/R-MAN, L/R-P, L/R-M, L/R-I, L/R-C |
1959 |
105 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (?) |
I |
middle |
|
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
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 |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Feliformia |
|
|
Hyaenidae |
Hyaeninae |
|
Crocuta |
ultra |
|
|
No |
|
M. 20231 |
67 |
|
|
TIB-f |
|
106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) |
II |
|
|
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
No locality given. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Feliformia |
|
|
Felidae |
Pantherinae |
|
Panthera |
crassidens |
|
The author suggests this specimen may belong to the subfamily Machairodontinae. |
No |
|
M. 20230 |
68 |
|
|
TIB |
|
106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) |
II |
|
|
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
No locality given. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Feliformia |
|
|
Felidae |
Pantherinae |
|
Panthera |
crassidens |
|
The author suggests this specimen may belong to the subfamily Machairodontinae. |
No |
|
OVPP-Mungos 2 |
80 |
7 - FLK North |
|
R-MAN, R-P, R-M, R-C, R-I |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
4 |
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 |
Carnivora |
Feliformia |
|
|
Herpestidae |
Herpestinae |
|
Mungos |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Elephas 2 |
91 |
8 - MK |
|
MAN, C, M, I, P |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
lower |
|
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
Several other specimens found at this site in Bed I but probably fell from Bed II. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
Specimen was "embedded in matrix." |
Mammalia |
Proboscidea |
Tethytheria |
Behemota |
Elephantoidea |
Elephantidae |
|
|
Elephas |
africanavus |
|
|
No |
|
G. 356 |
102 |
5 - FLK |
|
MAN, L/R-P, L/R-M, L/R-C, L/R-I |
1960 |
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. |
This specimen is pictured in plate 23. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suiformes |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
Suinae |
Suini |
Promesochoerus |
mukiri |
|
Holotype |
No |
|
M. 21461 |
118 |
13 - RK |
|
CRA, R/L-HOR, R-I, R-P, R-M |
1931 |
106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) |
II |
upper |
|
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
This specimen is pictured in plates 38 and 39. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Bovinae |
Strepsicerotini |
Strepsiceros |
grandis |
|
Holotype. Gentry and Gentry (1978) reclassified this specimen as Tragelaphus strepsiceros grandis. |
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 BK 2 132 |
264 |
10 - BK |
|
MAN, L/R-I |
|
104 - Unknown |
II |
upper |
|
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
This specimen is pictured in plate 20. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Perissodactyla |
Hippomorpha |
|
|
Equidae |
Equinae |
|
Stylohipparion |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Stylohipparion 1 |
265 |
|
|
MAN, L/R-I |
|
104 - Unknown |
|
|
|
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
This specimen is pictured in plate 20. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Perissodactyla |
Hippomorpha |
|
|
Equidae |
Equinae |
|
Stylohipparion |
|
|
|
No |
|
M. 22436 |
1506 |
|
|
R/L-MAN, I, P, M |
|
106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) |
|
|
|
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
Two mandibles with full adult dentition that are probably from the same individual. It is pictured in plate 8A. |
137 - A. Gentry |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Antilopinae |
Neotragini |
Phenacotragus |
recki |
|
|
No |
|
OH 5 |
3713 |
5 - FLK |
283 - 45 |
CRA
, MAX
, M
, I
, C
, P |
17 July - 6 August 1959 |
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
I |
Middle (Zinj.) |
22 feet below the upper limit of Bed I (Tuff IF), approximately 20 feet above basalt. |
Leakey, L. S. B. 1959. A new fossil skull from Olduvai. Nature 184:491-493. |
Holotype. Almost complete cranium. Adolescent. One reconstructed fossil found at House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya. Additional pieces from NMK unpublished. |
142 - M. D. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Hominoidea |
Hominidae |
|
|
Zinjanthropus |
boisei |
|
Holotype. This specimen was reclassified as Paranthropus boisei by Robinson (1960). |
No |
|
OH 22 |
3737 |
73 - VEK/MNK |
|
R-MAN-f
, R-P
, R-M
, R-I-f
, R-C-f |
1968 |
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
III/IV |
|
Surface, indeterminate gravel |
Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
Right half of mandible with roots of I1-C and complete P3-M2. Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya. |
|
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Hominoidea |
Hominidae |
Homininae |
Hominini |
Homo |
cf. erectus |
|
|
No |
|
OH 34 |
3749 |
76 - JK W |
|
FEM
, TIB-f |
1962 |
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
III/ IV |
for Bed IV level = a |
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Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
Femur described as "slender" (Leakey MD, 1971) and shaft of tibia. Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya. |
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264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
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Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Hominoidea |
Hominidae |
Homininae |
Hominini |
Homo |
sp. |
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Slender bone |
No |