|
OVPP-Simopithecus 1 |
271 |
|
|
UK |
1913 |
104 - Unknown |
I, II, III, IV |
|
|
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
|
293 - A.T. Hopwood |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Cercopithecoidea |
Cercopithecidae |
Cynocephalinae |
|
Simopithecus |
oswaldi |
leakeyi |
|
No |
|
OVPP-Gerbillus 1 |
27 |
5 - FLK |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
|
5, 6 and perhaps above but not explicitly stated. |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
Elements preserved are not indicated by the author. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Rodentia |
Myomorpha |
Myodonta |
Muroidea |
Muridae |
Gerbilinae |
Gerbilini |
Gerbillus |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Heterocephalus 1 |
262 |
7 - FLK North |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
3, 4, 5, 6 |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
Elements preserved were not described by the author. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Rodentia |
|
|
|
Bathyergidae |
Heterocephalinae |
|
Heterocephalus |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Hystrix 3 |
261 |
7 - FLK North |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
1, 6 |
|
Details of elements preserved are not given by the author. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
|
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Rodentia |
Hystricognatha |
Hystricognathi |
|
Hystricidae |
Hystricinae |
|
Hystrix |
galatea |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Hystrix 2 |
260 |
5 - FLK |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle (Zinjanthropus) |
22 feet below the upper limit of bed I. |
|
Specimens preserved are not details but is rare where it is found. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
|
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Rodentia |
Hystricognatha |
Hystricognathi |
|
Hystricidae |
Hystricinae |
|
Hystrix |
galatea |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Hystrix 1 |
259 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
1 |
Leakey, LSB, 1951. Olduvai Gorge: a report on the evolution of the handaxe culture in Beds I-IV. Cambridge:Cambridge University Press. |
Information about the specimens preserved is not given. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Rodentia |
Hystricognatha |
Hystricognathi |
|
Hystricidae |
Hystricinae |
|
Hystrix |
galatea |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Dendromys 2 |
258 |
7 - FLK North |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
No information on the types of specimens is given. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Rodentia |
Myomorpha |
Myodonta |
Muroidea |
Muridae |
Dendromurinae |
|
Dendromys |
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Dendromys 1 |
257 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
3 |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
No information on the types of specimens is given. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Rodentia |
Myomorpha |
Myodonta |
Muroidea |
Muridae |
Dendromurinae |
|
Dendromys |
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Steatomys 1 |
256 |
5 - FLK |
|
UK |
|
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 is a very "constant type" but is never abundant. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Rodentia |
Myomorpha |
Myodonta |
Muroidea |
Muridae |
Dendromurinae |
|
Steatomys |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Pedetes 1 |
255 |
7 - FLK North |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
1 |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
The author indicates there are a "few specimens." |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Rodentia |
Anomaluromorpha |
|
|
Pedetidae |
|
|
Pedetes |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Macroscelididae 2 |
254 |
5 - FLK |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
|
|
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
One juvenile specimen is found but not described. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
|
Macroscelididae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Erinaceus 1 |
239 |
7 - FLK North |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
3, 4, 5 |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
There are several specimens found but are not individually described. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
Erinaceoidea |
Erinaceidae |
Erinaceinae |
|
Erinaceus |
major |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Varanus 1 |
231 |
|
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
|
|
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
Several specimens have been found but no description is given. |
140 - E.E. Williams |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Reptilia |
Squamata |
Scleroglossa |
Anguimorpha |
Varanoidea |
Varanidae |
|
|
Varanus |
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Trionyx 1 |
230 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
UK |
|
106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) |
I |
middle |
|
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
|
140 - E.E. Williams |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Reptilia |
Testudines |
Cryptodira |
|
|
Trionychidae |
|
|
Trionyx |
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Chelonia 1 |
229 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
1, 3 |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. 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. |
140 - E.E. Williams |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Reptilia |
Testudines |
|
|
|
Cheloniidae |
|
|
Chelonia |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Clarias 3 |
228 |
10 - BK |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
II, IV |
|
|
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 |
|
Actinopterygii |
Siluriformes |
|
|
|
Clariidae |
|
|
Clarias |
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Clarias 2 |
227 |
19 - SHK |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
II |
|
|
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 |
|
Actinopterygii |
Siluriformes |
|
|
|
Clariidae |
|
|
Clarias |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Tilapia 1 |
226 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
2, 3 |
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 |
Unknown |
|
Actinopterygii |
Perciformes |
|
|
|
Cichlidae |
Pseudocrenilabrinae |
Tilapini |
Tilapia |
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Clarias 1 |
225 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
2,3 |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
The author notes the presence of catfishes from this genus. No elements are described. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Actinopterygii |
Siluriformes |
|
|
|
Clariidae |
|
|
Clarias |
|
|
|
No |
|
F. 1003 |
224 |
|
|
UK |
|
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. |
The author indicates that similar specimens are housed in the BMNH. This specimen is held in Nairobi. 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 |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Alcelaphinae |
Alcelaphini |
Megalotragus |
kattwinkelli |
|
|
No |
|
749/1960 |
218 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
UK |
1960 |
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. |
Preserved elements have not been named. 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 |
Alcelaphinae |
Alcelaphini |
Parmularius |
altidens |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Phenacotragus 1 |
207 |
11 - HWK |
|
UK |
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. |
The author did not state what the element is or the museum number. It was found at the base of Bed II. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
273 - Reck expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Antilopinae |
Neotragini |
Phenacotragus |
recki |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Gazella 3 |
204 |
|
|
UK |
|
105 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (?) |
IV |
|
|
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
The author mentions a specimen housed in Nairobi, which resembles other gazelles but may represent a "more evolved species." There is no mention of elements preserved. 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 |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Antilopinae |
Antilopini |
Gazella |
|
|
|
No |
|
F. 948 |
163 |
|
|
UK |
1941 |
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. |
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 |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Alcelaphinae |
Alcelaphini |
Damaliscus |
antiquus |
|
This specimen was reclassified by Gentry and Gentry (1978) as Parmularius angusticornis. |
No |
|
P.P.R. 4 |
162 |
|
|
UK |
1941 |
105 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (?) |
|
|
|
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
This specimen was originally listed as Damaliscus antiquus by Schwartz and Leakey. 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 |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Alcelaphinae |
Alcelaphini |
Damaliscus |
angusticornis |
|
This specimen was reclassified by Gentry and Gentry (1978) as Parmularius angusticornis. |
No |
|
OVPP-Macroscelididae 1 |
16 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
2, 3 |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
One juvenile specimen is found in layer 2 or 3. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
|
Macroscelididae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Elephantulus 1 |
15 |
7 - FLK North |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
Several specimens. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
|
Macroscelididae |
|
|
Elephantulus |
sp. |
|
The absence of lower 3rd molar suggests it is not in the genus Nasilio. |
No |
|
OLD-162 |
13316 |
|
|
UK (6) |
|
|
|
|
|
-- |
All need new numbers; HJW 227: 55/1103 MFW 1.P3; 228: 63/2304 BK II r.P4; 226: 59/FLK NN r.M1; 225: 574 GC III base r.M2; 230: 62/499 JK2 GP8 1.M3; 231,232: 52/520 BK IV r.M1-M2; 229: 55/720 BK II r.M2 |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Perissodactyla |
|
|
|
Equidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD-1916 |
13272 |
|
|
UK-f |
|
|
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-1916 |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD-1936 |
13247 |
|
|
UK-f |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-1936 |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD-1935 |
13246 |
|
|
UK-f |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-1935 |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD-1934 |
13245 |
|
|
UK-f |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-1934 |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD-1933 |
13244 |
|
|
UK-f |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-1933 |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD-1932 |
13243 |
|
|
UK-f |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-1932 |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Giraffidae or Bovidae |
Yes |
|
OLD-1929 |
13240 |
27 - MNK |
|
UK-f |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
IV |
|
|
-- |
OLD-1929; maxilla fragment?; "Oldoway MNK IV S. 6.6.35" |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
unknown |
Yes |
|
OLD-1928 |
13239 |
|
|
UK-f (3) |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-1928 |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD-1924 |
13238 |
|
|
UK-f |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-1924; egg fragment? |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ostrich egg? |
Unknown |
|
OLD-1923 |
13237 |
|
|
UK-f (4) |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-1923 |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
unknown |
Yes |
|
OLD-1919 |
13233 |
|
|
UK-f (5) |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-1919; 5 unknown postcranial fragments |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD-1915 |
13232 |
|
|
UK-f (20) |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-1915; associated cranial and postcranial fragments, about 20 |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |