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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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645 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
M. 17071 10384 The greater part of a mandible. 1953 106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) II Chellean I Living Site LSB Leakey. 1958. Fossil Mammals of Africa: Some East African Pleistocene Suidae. British Museum. No. 14. marked Old. B.K.II, 1953/454; Brit. Mus. Palaeont. Dept. 130 - L.S.B. Leakey 1958 Yes Mammalia Artiodactyla Suiformes Suoidea Suidae Potamochoerus majus Yes
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
M. 17073 10386 An isolated lower canine tooth. 1953 106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) II B.K.II LSB Leakey. 1958. Fossil Mammals of Africa: Some East African Pleistocene Suidae. British Museum. No. 14. Brit. Mus. Palaeont. Dept. Marked Old. B.K.II, 1953/443 130 - L.S.B. Leakey 1958 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Suina Suoidea Suoidea Suidae Potamochoerus majus Yes
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. 17090 10388 A broken fragment of the left side of a mandible with damaged first molar, but with second and third molars intact. 106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) II Kamasian Pluvial LSB Leakey. 1958. Fossil Mammals of Africa: Some East African Pleistocene Suidae. British Museum. No. 14. Holotype. Formerly Coryndon Museum No. F. 3666. 130 - L.S.B. Leakey 1942 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Suina Suoidea Suidae Suinae Suini Mesochoerus olduvaiensis Yes
OVPP-L-1568 10490 297 - TK Fish Gully Canine Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OVPP-L-1650 10513 86 - HK Distal femur 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Yes
OVPP-L-1652 10515 86 - HK Distal humerus 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Yes
OVPP-L-1655 10518 86 - HK 5 Bones including Bovidae phalanx & distal phalanx 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania Bovidae distal phalanx has on it "OLD/69 HK.134" Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OVPP-L-1661 11101 Horncore with base 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1241 11512 TIB 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1241; drawer says 'Alcelaphini hind limb' Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1246 11517 TIB-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1246; tibia distal end fragment; drawer says 'Alcelaphini tibiae' Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1247 11518 TIB-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1247; tibia distal end fragment; drawer says 'Alcelaphini tibiae' Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1248 11519 TIB-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1248; tibia distal end fragment; drawer says 'Alcelaphini tibiae' Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1249 11520 TIB-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1249; tibia distal end fragment; drawer says 'Alcelaphini tibiae' Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1250 11521 TIB-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1250; tibia distal end fragment; drawer says 'Alcelaphini tibiae' Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1251 11522 TIB-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1251; tibia distal end fragment; drawer says 'Alcelaphini tibiae' Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1252 11523 TIB-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1252; tibia distal end fragment; drawer says 'Alcelaphini tibiae' Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1253 11524 TIB-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1253; tibia distal end fragment; drawer says 'Alcelaphini tibiae' Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1254 11525 TIB-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1254; tibia distal end fragment; drawer says 'Alcelaphini tibiae' Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1255 11526 TIB-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1255; tibia distal end fragment; drawer says 'Alcelaphini tibiae' Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1256 11527 TIB-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1256; tibia distal end fragment; drawer say 'Alcelaphini tibiae' Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1257 11528 TIB-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1257; tibia distal end fragment; drawer says 'Alcelaphini tibiae' Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1258 11529 TIB-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1258; tibia distal end fragment; drawer says 'Alcelaphini tibiae' Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1259 11530 TIB-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1259; tibia distal end fragment; drawer says 'Alcelaphini tibiae' Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1260 11531 TIB-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1260; tibia distal end fragment; drawer says 'Alcelaphini tibiae' Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1261 11532 TIB-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1261; tibia proximal end fragment; drawer says 'Alcelaphini tibiae' Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1262 11533 TIB-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1262; tibia proximal end fragment; drawer says 'Alcelaphini tibiae' Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
1931 II 933 8804 RIB-f 1913 116 - Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie (BSPG), Munich, Germany -- Very eroded fragment, v. large. Label/publication taxon ID: Gorgon taurinus semiticus. Reck Field No.: XXV 1512. Order indeterminate. 273 - Reck expedition Unknown Mammalia Inventoried by Faysal Bibi in 2012. No
OVPP-406 9777 PHX, LIMB 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania II Lower On top of Tuff 1F. -- Phalanx and long bone. 157 - L. Hlusko 2013/06/24 253 - OVPP No Reptilia No
OVPP-619 9992 I 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania I Lower Surface 4m below Tuff IB; sandy calcareous clays. -- 157 - L. Hlusko 2013/07/02 253 - OVPP No Suidae No
OVPP-L-1029 10308 22 - SC LIMB-f 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania -- Box: OLD/71 SC. Trench II Spit 6. Specimen label: OLD/71.SC.1005 Unknown Mammalia No
OVPP-L-1060 10339 22 - SC TIB-f 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania Box: SC. Specimen label: OLD/71.SC.687 Unknown Mammalia No
OVPP-L-1062 10341 22 - SC TIB-f 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania Box: SC. Specimen label: OLD/71.SC.1169 Unknown Mammalia No
OVPP-L-1070 10349 22 - SC LIMB-f 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania Immature. Box: SC. Specimen label: OLD/71.SC.947 Unknown Mammalia Yes
OVPP-L-1074 10353 22 - SC LIMB-f 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania Box: SC. Specimen label: OLD/71.SC.164 Unknown Mammalia No
OVPP-L-1075 10354 22 - SC LIMB-f 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania Box: SC. Specimen label: OLD/71.SC.606 Unknown Mammalia No
OVPP-L-1079 10358 22 - SC LIMB-f 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania Box: SC. Specimen label: OLD/71.SC.1866 Unknown Mammalia No
OVPP-L-1081 10360 22 - SC LIMB-f 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania Box: SC. Specimen label: OLD/71.SC.965 Unknown Mammalia No
OVPP-L-1085 10364 LIMB-f 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania Box: SC. Specimen label: OLD/71.SC. Unknown Y Mammalia Yes