|
OVPP-Erinaceus 67 |
2125 |
7 - FLK North |
|
ULNA-f |
|
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 69 |
2126 |
7 - FLK North |
|
ULNA-f |
|
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 70 |
2127 |
7 - FLK North |
|
ULNA-f |
|
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 71 |
2128 |
7 - FLK North |
|
ULNA-f |
|
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 72 |
2129 |
7 - FLK North |
|
ULNA-f |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
'123' |
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 73 |
2130 |
7 - FLK North |
|
RAD-f, (n=14) |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
3, 4, 5 |
Butler, P., and Greenwood, M. 1973. The early Pleistocene hedgehogs from Olduvai, Tanzania. Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:7-42. |
The authors mention 14 proximal ends of radii from layers 3-5 |
150 - Butler and Greenwood |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
Erinaceoidea |
Erinaceidae |
Erinaceinae |
|
Erinaceus |
broomi |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Erinaceus 74 |
2144 |
7 - FLK North |
|
FEM, (n=3) |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
3, 4 |
Butler, P., and Greenwood, M. 1973. The early Pleistocene hedgehogs from Olduvai, Tanzania. Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:7-42. |
The authors mention three "almost complete femora" that come from layers 3 and 4. These specimens are missing the distal epiphyses. |
150 - Butler and Greenwood |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
Erinaceoidea |
Erinaceidae |
Erinaceinae |
|
Erinaceus |
broomi |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Erinaceus 75 |
2147 |
7 - FLK North |
|
FEM-f |
|
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 76 |
2148 |
7 - FLK North |
|
FEM-f |
|
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 77 |
2149 |
7 - FLK North |
|
FEM-f |
|
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 78 |
2150 |
7 - FLK North |
|
FEM-f |
|
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 |
bromi |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Erinaceus 79 |
2151 |
7 - FLK North |
|
FEM-f |
|
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 80 |
2152 |
7 - FLK North |
|
TIB-f |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
4 |
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 81 |
2153 |
7 - FLK North |
|
TIB-f |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
4 |
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 82 |
2154 |
7 - FLK North |
|
TBF-f |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
4 |
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 83 |
2155 |
7 - FLK North |
|
TBF-f |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
4 |
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 84 |
2156 |
7 - FLK North |
|
TBF-f |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
4 |
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 85 |
2157 |
7 - FLK North |
|
TBF-f |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
4 |
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 86 |
2158 |
7 - FLK North |
|
TBF-f |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
4 |
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 87 |
2159 |
7 - FLK North |
|
TBF-f |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
4 |
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 88 |
2160 |
7 - FLK North |
|
TBF-f |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
4 |
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 89 |
2161 |
7 - FLK North |
|
TBF-f |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
4 or 5 |
Butler, P., and Greenwood, M. 1973. The early Pleistocene hedgehogs from Olduvai, Tanzania. Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:7-42. |
This specimen is from layer 4 or 5. |
150 - Butler and Greenwood |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
Erinaceoidea |
Erinaceidae |
Erinaceinae |
|
Erinaceus |
broomi |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Erinaceus 90 |
2162 |
7 - FLK North |
|
AST, (n=4) |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
2, 4 |
Butler, P., and Greenwood, M. 1973. The early Pleistocene hedgehogs from Olduvai, Tanzania. Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:7-42. |
The authors mention four astragali from layers 2 and 4. |
150 - Butler and Greenwood |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
Erinaceoidea |
Erinaceidae |
Erinaceinae |
|
Erinaceus |
broomi |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Erinaceus 91 |
2166 |
7 - FLK North |
|
CAL, (n=19) |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
3, 4 |
Butler, P., and Greenwood, M. 1973. The early Pleistocene hedgehogs from Olduvai, Tanzania. Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:7-42. |
The authors mention 19 calcanei from layers 3 and 4. |
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 |
|
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 Bubo 3 |
10185 |
7 - FLK North |
|
COR-f
, HUM-f
, RAD-f
, ULNA-f
, CARMET-f
, FEM-f
, TBT
, CUNE
, PHX |
|
|
I |
|
|
Brodkorb P., Mourer-Chauviré, C. 1984. Fossil owls from early man sites of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Ostrich; Journal of African Ornithology 55:17-27. |
Coracoid, 2 upper and 2 lower parts; humerus, 3 distal parts; radius, 2 proximal parts; ulna, 1 distal part; carpometacarpus, 3 proximal parts; femur, 4 proximal parts and 1 distal; tibiotarsus, 3 distal parts; tarsometatarsus, 1 almost complete, 1 proximal and 1 distal parts; 1 ulnare (listed in elements as cuneiform); 20 pedal phalanges. Authors do not specify specimen numbers and refer to these specimens as "referred material". Place of conservation of the material: The fossils are currently on deposit at the University of Florida, Department of Zoology, and will later be returned to Tanzania" (Brodkorb and Mourer-Chauvire, 1984:17, 19). |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Aves |
Strigiformes |
|
|
|
Strigidae |
|
|
Bubo |
leakeyae |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP Tyto 2 |
10178 |
7 - FLK North |
|
RAD-f
, ULNA-f
, CARMET-f |
|
|
I |
|
|
Brodkorb P., Mourer-Chauviré, C. 1984. Fossil owls from early man sites of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Ostrich; Journal of African Ornithology 55:17-27. |
Authors do not specify specimen numbers. "Coracoid, 2 upper parts; ulna, 1 distal part; carpometacarpus, 5 distal parts;tibiotarsus, 1 distal part; tarsometatarsus, 1 proximal and 2 distal parts; 21 pedal phalanges" (Brodkorb and Mourer-Chauvire, 1984:23). "Place of conservation of the material: The fossils are currently on deposit at the University of Florida, Department of Zoology, and will later be returned to Tanzania" (Brodkorb and Mourer-Chauvire, 1984:19). |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Aves |
Strigiformes |
|
|
|
Strigidae |
|
|
Tyto |
alba |
cf. affinis |
|
No |
|
OLD 1920 |
10171 |
7 - FLK North |
|
CARMET-f |
|
|
I |
|
|
Brodkorb P., Mourer-Chauviré, C. 1984. Fossil owls from early man sites of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Ostrich; Journal of African Ornithology 55:17-27. |
Distal portion. "Place of conservation of the material: The fossils are currently on deposit at the University of Florida, Department of Zoology, and will later be returned to Tanzania" (Brodkorb and Mourer-Chauvire, 1984:19). |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Aves |
Strigiformes |
|
|
|
Strigidae |
|
|
Bubo |
cf. lacteus |
|
|
No |
|
10 736 |
10180 |
7 - FLK North |
|
R-COR |
|
|
I |
Upper |
|
Brodkorb P., Mourer-Chauviré C. 1982. Fossil Anhingas (Aves: Anhingidae) from early man sites of Hadar and Omo (Ethiopia) and Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania). Geobios 15: 505-515 |
Right coracoid, almost complete expect for sternocoracoidal process and tip of procoracoid process. "Place of conservation of material : The fossils are currently on deposit at the University of Florida, Department of Zoology, and will later be returned to their countries of origin. The serial numbers such as 2780 are catalogue numbers of the Olduvai birds, and the data are kept at the University of Florida, Gainesville" (Brodkorb and Mourer-Chauvire, 1982:510). Specimen number does not match specimen pictured. It is possibly that there is a typo that erroneously listed the specimen pictured in figures 5 and 6. Figure description: "Right coracoid, 10 737, Lower Pleistocene, Frida Leakey Horongo, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. (5) anterior view. (6) posterior view" (Brodkorb and Mourer-Chauvire, 1982). |
|
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Aves |
Suliformes |
|
|
|
Anhingidae |
|
|
Anhinga |
hadarensis |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Testudines 8 |
3075 |
7 - FLK North |
|
CARA-f |
|
105 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (?) |
I |
|
|
Auffenberg, W. 1981. The fossil turtles of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, Africa. Copeia 1981:509-522. |
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. |
152 - W. Auffenberg |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Reptilia |
Testudines |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The author mentions there are over 3,000 fossilized turtle fragments from Olduvai Gorge, 98% of which are from the species Pelusios sinuatus. However, it is unclear which specimens belong to which species based on the description given. When it was unclear, the specimen is only referred to as belonging to the Order Testudines. |
No |
|
OVPP-Testudines 9 |
3076 |
7 - FLK North |
|
PLAS |
|
105 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (?) |
I |
|
|
Auffenberg, W. 1981. The fossil turtles of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, Africa. Copeia 1981:509-522. |
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. |
152 - W. Auffenberg |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Reptilia |
Testudines |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The author mentions there are over 3,000 fossilized turtle fragments from Olduvai Gorge, 98% of which are from the species Pelusios sinuatus. However, it is unclear which specimens belong to which species based on the description given. When it was unclear, the specimen is only referred to as belonging to the Order Testudines. |
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 |
|
FLK N I 5107 |
897 |
7 - FLK North |
|
R-MTC |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
|
|
-- |
|
137 - A. Gentry |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Alcelaphinae |
Alcelaphini |
|
|
|
This specimen is larger than P. altidens and may be from a wildebeest. |
No |
|
OLD 61/7421 FLK N I Tr.III LS/1-2 |
8118 |
7 - FLK North |
|
L-FEM |
|
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
I |
1-2 |
Tr. III surface |
-- |
Shaft of left femur. |
|
2012/07/27 |
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
Y |
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Cercopithecoidea |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD 1960/3101 FLK N I |
8092 |
7 - FLK North |
|
TOOTH |
|
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
I |
|
|
-- |
Molar or premolar? Sieving. Specimen not labeled. |
|
2012/07/26 |
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Cercopithecoidea |
Cercopithecidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Ichneumia 1 |
3905 |
7 - FLK North |
|
L-MAX-f, P, (n=2) |
|
|
I |
|
4 |
-- |
Specimen is a fragment of left maxilla with P3 and P4. |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Feliformia |
|
|
Herpestidae |
Herpestinae |
|
Ichneumia |
albicauda |
|
|
No |