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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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7924 specimens found
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
OLD/69 S.105 OPP. SHK E 8150 62 - SHK E M 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania II Upper -- Molar without roots. Card with specimen states "Bed II Upper" and "erupting [Lower or upper?] M2". Archaeological locality is from opposite SHK E, based on the specimen label. 2012/07/30 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea Cercopithecidae Cynocephalinae Simopithecus No
OVPP-Erinaceus 92 8308 7 - FLK North I 104 - Unknown I Upper 3 Butler, P., and Greenwood, M. 1973. The early Pleistocene hedgehogs from Olduvai, Tanzania. Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:7-42. 150 - Butler and Greenwood Unknown Mammalia Insectivora Erinaceoidea Erinaceidae Erinaceinae Erinaceus broomi No
OVPP-Erinaceus 64 8309 7 - FLK North MAN-f, (n=, 55), M 104 - Unknown I Upper All Butler, P., and Greenwood, M. 1973. The early Pleistocene hedgehogs from Olduvai, Tanzania. Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:7-42. The author mentions 55 mandibles with associated molars. 150 - Butler and Greenwood Unknown Mammalia Insectivora Erinaceoidea Erinaceidae Erinaceinae Erinaceus broomi No
M. 17074 10385 A fragment of mandible with a well preserved lower third molar 1935 106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) I top of Bed I F.L.K. LSB Leakey. 1958. Fossil Mammals of Africa: Some East African Pleistocene Suidae. British Museum. No. 14. Brit. Mus. Palaeont. Dept. 130 - L.S.B. Leakey 1958 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Suina Suoidea Suidae Potamochoerus majus Yes
OLD 61/2955 DK I T.T. 8110 74 - DK E I 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania I T.T.? -- Lateral incisor (I2). In bag with OLD 63/2969. Pleistocene. 2012/07/26 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea Cercopithecidae No
OLD 61/2969 MPC I 8111 74 - DK E I 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania I T.T.? surface -- Lower incisor. Card in bag states "Old '61 DK I. T.T. surface 067/2955." Specimen is in bag with OLD 61/2955 DK I T.T. Card in bag states "MPC I = DK I". Pleistocene. 2012/07/26 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea Cercopithecidae No
M 103983 11390 10 - BK R-HOR 1935 114 - Natural History Museum UK Bed II Surface -- OLD-353 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Alcelaphinae Alcelaphini Parmularius angusticornis Yes
OLD-973 11837 C 114 - Natural History Museum UK Bed I Surface -- OLD-973 Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Hippomorpha Suidae Yes
OLD-244 11843 11 - HWK MTP 114 - Natural History Museum UK Bed I Surface -- OLD-244; metapodial distal end Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Equidae Yes
OLD-1491 12219 MTP-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK Bed IV Surface -- OLD-1491; metapodial distal end fragment Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1492 12220 MTP-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK Bed IV Surface -- OLD-1492; metapodial distal end fragment Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1493 12221 MTP-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK Bed IV Surface -- OLD-1493; metapodial proximal end fragment Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1494 12222 TIB-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK Bed IV Surface -- OLD-1494; tibia distal end fragment Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1495 12223 TIB-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK Bed IV Surface -- OLD-1495; tibia distal end fragment Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1496 12224 CAL 114 - Natural History Museum UK Bed IV Surface -- OLD-1496 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1497 12225 AST 114 - Natural History Museum UK Bed IV Surface -- OLD-1497 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1498 12226 PHX 114 - Natural History Museum UK Bed IV Surface -- OLD-1498 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OH 17 3732 72 - FLK Maiko Gully d-M 1963 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania II Surface Stream bed of Maiko Gully Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. 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
M. 29416 1001 22 - SC R-HOR-f 1935 106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) II Surface 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. A right horn core base. 137 - A. Gentry No Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Alcelaphinae Alcelaphini Parmularius angusticornis "The small basal diameters of M 29416 give it an appearance like P. altidens" (Gentry and Gentry, 1978:388). No
M 104032 13275 M surface -- OLD-552; left lower M1 or M2 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Alcelaphinae Alcelaphini No
OVPP-Clarias 11 2460 6 - FLK NN SKULL-f, PCG-f, VER, OPER, IOPL, EPHL, SPINE, RAY 1960 104 - Unknown I Scree 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=18. Multiple of each element is represented; authors do not specify numbers for each element. It is unclear which specimens belong together. 151 - Greenwood and Todd No Actinopterygii Siluriformes Clariidae Clarias sp. No
OLD-1819 13209 11 - HWK TIB-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK I S -- OLD-1819; distal TIB-f Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae No
OLD-1894 13220 CAR or TAR 114 - Natural History Museum UK II S -- OLD-1894; podial; "OLDY KC IIS 7.5.35" Unknown Mammalia No
M 104170 13068 30 - DC I 114 - Natural History Museum UK II S -- OLD-1152; "OLD Y DC II S" ? Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Equidae Unknown
M 104238 13103 5 - FLK L-HUM-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK I S -- OLD-1197; L-HUM-f distal; drawer says "Alcelaphini humeri"; "Oldoway FLK I S" Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae No
OLD-1309 13105 5 - FLK MTP 114 - Natural History Museum UK II S -- OLD-1309; MTP immature (distal epiphysis missing); Drawer says "Alcelaphini metapodials"; "OLDY FLK II S 2.3.11" Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae No
OLD-1384 13121 324 - NGI R-TIB-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK IV S -- OLD-1384; distal R-TIB-f; "OLD NGI IV S 20.v.35" Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae No
OLD-1401 13132 27 - MNK TAR 114 - Natural History Museum UK II S -- OLD-1401; "Oldy MNK II S 11/5/35" Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae No
OLD-1403 13134 27 - MNK TAR 114 - Natural History Museum UK II S -- OLD-1403; "Oldy MNK II S 15/5/35" Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae No
OLD-1407 13135 11 - HWK TAR 114 - Natural History Museum UK I S -- OLD-1407 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae No
OLD-1417 13136 22 - SC CAL 114 - Natural History Museum UK II S -- OLD-1417; "OLDY SC II S 9.V. 35" Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae No
OLD-1419 13137 27 - MNK CAL 114 - Natural History Museum UK II or IV S -- OLD-1419; "OLDOWAY MNK S IV OR II" Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae No
OLD-1423 13138 5 - FLK CAL 114 - Natural History Museum UK II S -- OLD-1423; "OLDY FLK II S 2.VII.35" Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae No
OLD-1488 13142 27 - MNK LIMB 114 - Natural History Museum UK IV S -- OLD-1488; podial; "Oldoway MNK IV S 15.5.35" Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae No
OLD-1499 13143 UK-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK IV S -- OLD-1499 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae No
OLD-1536 13144 24 - DK AST 114 - Natural History Museum UK S -- OLD-1536; "OLDY DKI S 20.V.35" Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae No
OLD-1578 13164 11 - HWK MTP-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK I S -- OLD-1578; distal MTP-f Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Alcelaphinae Alcelaphini No
OLD-1580 13166 18 - VEK MTP-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK I S -- OLD-1580; distal MTP-f Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Alcelaphinae Alcelaphini No
OLD-1581 13167 80 - MCK MTP-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK I S -- OLD-1581; distal MTP-f Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Alcelaphinae Alcelaphini No
OLD-1640 13172 18 - VEK MTP-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK I S -- OLD-1640; distal MTP-f Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Alcelaphinae Alcelaphini No