|
FLK N I 966 |
1504 |
7 - FLK North |
|
MTC-f |
1960 |
104 - Unknown |
I |
|
1 |
Gentry, A. W. 1966 Fossil Antilopini of East Africa. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History, Geology. 12: 43-106. 9 pls. |
The distal end of this specimen is preserved. |
137 - A. Gentry |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Antilopinae |
Antilopini |
Gazella |
|
|
|
No |
|
FLK N I 1443 |
1505 |
7 - FLK North |
|
MTC-f |
1960 |
104 - Unknown |
I |
|
|
Gentry, A. W. 1966 Fossil Antilopini of East Africa. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History, Geology. 12: 43-106. 9 pls. |
|
137 - A. Gentry |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Antilopinae |
Antilopini |
Gazella |
|
|
|
No |
|
F558 |
3081 |
|
|
CARA-f, NRL-f |
|
106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) |
|
|
|
-- |
The authors say this specimen comes from "SI" though this is not a known locality. |
152 - W. Auffenberg |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Reptilia |
Testudines |
Cryptodira |
|
Testidinoidea |
Testudinidae |
|
|
Geochelone |
sp. |
|
The author puts this specimen in Geochelone, species B. |
No |
|
OVPP-Geochelone 2 |
3107 |
24 - DK |
|
PLR-f, 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 |
Cryptodira |
|
Testidinoidea |
Testudinidae |
|
|
Geochelone |
pardalis |
|
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 |
|
F558 |
6848 |
|
|
CARA-f, NRL-f |
|
106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) |
|
|
|
-- |
The authors say this specimen comes from "SI" though this is not a known locality. |
152 - W. Auffenberg |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Reptilia |
Testudines |
Cryptodira |
|
Testidinoidea |
Testudinidae |
|
|
Geochelone |
sp. |
|
The author puts this specimen in Geochelone, species B. |
No |
|
UCMP 42061 |
12374 |
|
|
CUBNAV |
1948 |
276 - University of California Museum of Paleontology |
|
|
|
|
|
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminatia |
|
Giraffoidea |
Giraffidae |
Giraffinae |
Giraffini |
Giraffa |
gracilis |
|
|
Yes |
|
M. 21451 |
128 |
18 - VEK |
|
CRA-f, R-HOR-f |
1935 |
106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) |
III, IV |
|
|
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
This holotype was found at the junction of Beds 3 and 4. It is pictured in plates 49 and 50. [This species is documented at SHK II, FLK N I, and BK II (Leakey, 1971).] |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Bovinae |
Bovini |
Gorgon |
olduvaiensis |
|
Holotype - Gentry and Gentry (1978) reclassified this specimen as Connochaetes taurinus olduvaiensis. |
No |
|
778 |
3896 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
L-MAN-f, M, C |
|
|
I |
|
|
Petter, G. 1973. Carnivores Pleistocenes du ravin d’Olduvai (Tanzanie). Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:43-100. |
Specimen is a left mandible with M1 and C. |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Feliformia |
|
|
Herpestidae |
Herpestinae |
|
Herpestes |
debilis |
|
Author describes this specimen as a member of the subgenus "Galerella".Specimen is holotype. |
No |
|
778 |
7657 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
L-MAN-f, M, C |
|
|
I |
|
|
Petter, G. 1973. Carnivores Pleistocenes du ravin d’Olduvai (Tanzanie). Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:43-100. |
Specimen is a left mandible with M1 and C. |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Feliformia |
|
|
Herpestidae |
Herpestinae |
|
Herpestes |
debilis |
|
Author describes this specimen as a member of the subgenus "Galerella".Specimen is holotype. |
No |
|
? |
9220 |
|
|
CRA |
|
128 - Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Germany |
|
|
|
-- |
Holotype. Reck field number: XX 1475?. Mfn room number: Outside 2251. Cabinet: Vitrine. |
|
|
273 - Reck expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suiformes |
|
Hippopotamoidea |
Hippopotamidae |
Hippopotaminae |
|
Hippopotamus |
gorgops |
|
Inventoried by Faysal Bibi in 2012. |
No |
|
OVPP-Hippopotamus 1 |
112 |
|
|
CRA, MAX, MAN |
|
104 - Unknown |
I, II, IV |
|
|
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
The author mentions several specimens from beds 1, 2, and 4. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suiformes |
|
Hippopotamoidea |
Hippopotamidae |
Hippopotaminae |
|
Hippopotamus |
gorgops |
|
|
No |
|
F. 3662 068/5812 P.P.T.2 |
138 |
|
|
CRA-f, L-HOR, R-HOR-f |
|
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. |
This specimen is pictured in plates 56 and 58. The adhering matrix suggests this specimen must come from above the Lemuta member. 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 |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Hippotraginae |
Hippotragini |
Hippotragus |
gigas |
|
Holotype |
No |
|
1957.56 P.P.T.3 |
139 |
18 - VEK |
|
CRA-f, L/R-HOR |
1957 |
105 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (?) |
I |
upper |
Upper Villafranchian |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
This specimen is pictured in plates 59 and 60. It is from a female. 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 |
Hippotraginae |
Hippotragini |
Hippotragus |
gigas |
|
Paratype |
No |
|
FLK II 1961.068/6663 |
833 |
5 - FLK |
|
L-HOR, CRA-f |
1961 |
105 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (?) |
II |
middle |
|
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. |
The specimen is pictured in plate 10, figure 2. The other specimen pictured is DK I 067/5496. 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 |
Unknown |
"limestone with with sand-size volcanic detritus" |
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Hippotraginae |
Hippotragini |
Hippotragus |
gigas |
|
|
No |
|
DK I 067/5496 |
834 |
24 - DK |
|
CRA, HOR |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
|
|
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. |
This specimen is from a juvenile. It is pictured in plate 10, figure 1. |
137 - A. Gentry |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Hippotraginae |
Hippotragini |
Hippotragus |
gigas |
|
|
No |
|
FLK NN I 800 |
846 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
L-FEM, R-HUM, R-RAD, R-ULN, R-TIB, OCX, R-CAL, VER, RIB |
1961 |
104 - Unknown |
I |
|
|
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. |
This is from the same individual as FLK NN I 960. It is found slightly higher than the FLK NN I level, and is overlain by Tuff ID. |
137 - A. Gentry |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Hippotraginae |
Hippotragini |
Hippotragus |
gigas |
|
It has resemblance to Oryx but the authors suggest it resembles H. gigas. |
No |
|
FLK NN I 960 |
847 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
R-MTC |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
|
|
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. |
This is from the same individual as FLK NN I 800. |
137 - A. Gentry |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Hippotraginae |
Hippotragini |
Hippotragus |
gigas |
|
|
No |
|
VEK I 56 P.P.T. 3 |
849 |
18 - VEK |
|
HOR, CRA |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
|
|
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. |
|
137 - A. Gentry |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Hippotraginae |
Hippotragini |
Hippotragus |
gigas |
|
|
No |
|
FLK NN I 826 |
859 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
MTC |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
|
|
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. |
|
137 - A. Gentry |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Hippotraginae |
Hippotragini |
Hippotragus |
gigas |
|
|
No |
|
FLK N I 5152 |
862 |
7 - FLK North |
|
MTC |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
|
|
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. |
|
137 - A. Gentry |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Hippotraginae |
Hippotragini |
Hippotragus |
gigas |
|
|
No |
|
OH 2 |
3718 |
27 - MNK |
279 - 88 |
CRA-f |
1935 |
106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) |
III/IV |
Lowest horizon of Bed IVa. |
Surface. Found at head of MNK Gully where Beds II and IV are exposed. |
Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
Two cranial vault fragments. Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya. Not found at House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. |
142 - M. D. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Hominoidea |
Hominidae |
Homininae |
Hominini |
Homo |
erectus |
|
Similar to OH 9 and OH 12. |
No |
|
OH 6 |
3721 |
5 - FLK |
283 - 45 |
CRA-f
, M-f
, L-P
, L-TIB-f
, L-FIB-f
, |
1959/60 |
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
I |
Middle (Zinj.) |
Surface. Cranial and dental fragments found in surface soil from slope immediately below Zinj. site; assumed to be from Zinj. level (Leakey, MD, 1971:227). TIB-f and FIB-f from Zinj. level. |
Davis, P. R. 1964. Hominid fossils from Bed I, Olduvai Gorge, Tanganyika. A tibia and fibula. Nature. 201, 967. |
From Tobias (1991): OH 35 tibia and fibula attributed to same individual as OH 6 but appear to be more mature. It is unclear if OH 35 tibia and fibula are the same tibia and fibula originally listed under OH 6. Leakey, MD, 1971 describes CRA and dental fragments as having been found in surface soil, but Leakey, Tobias, and Napier, 1964 state "some [were] found in situ [and] some on the surface" (:9). Unworn lower L-P3. Partially developed roots of upper M1 or 2. Six cranial vault fragments. Tibia and fibula fragments first assumed to be associated with Zinjanthropus OH5, but should be considered associates with OH 6 following morphological study (Leakey, MD, 1971:227). and skull fragments. Juvenile. Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya. |
|
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Hominoidea |
Hominidae |
Homininae |
Hominini |
Homo |
habilis |
|
Paratype. TIB-f and FIB-f not given taxonomic designation in original publication (Davis, 1964) but named as a paratype in Leakey, Tobias, and Napier, 1964. |
No |
|
OH 7 |
3722 |
6 - FLK NN |
283 - 45 |
MAN
, L-PAR
, R-PAR-f
, M
, OCC-f
, L/R-TEM-f
, PHX
, CAR |
1960 |
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
I |
3 |
On surface of clay immediately overlying Tuff IB. |
Leakey, L.S.B., Tobias, P.V. & Napier, J.R. 1964. A new species of the genus Homo from Olduvai Gorge. Nature 202(4927): 7-9. |
Holotype. "Jonny's Child". Juvenile. Mandible with partial dentition and unerupted R/L-M3, almost complete left parietal and fragments of right parietal, left and right petrous portions (temporal) , "sundry small skull fragments ... [and] twenty-one bones of the hand, including the trapezium, scaphoid and a number of phalanges" (Leakey, MD, 1971:228). "One upper molar, a terminal phalanx, and a broken capitate bone, found on the surface, probably also belong to this individual" (:226). Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya. |
|
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Hominoidea |
Hominidae |
Homininae |
Hominini |
Homo |
habilis |
|
Holotype |
No |
|
OH 8 |
3723 |
6 - FLK NN |
283 - 45 |
PHX
, CAR
, TAR
, CLA
, AST
, CAL
, CUNE
, CUB
, NAV
, M-f |
1960 |
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
I |
3 |
|
Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
The molar-f was found on the surface and "probably also belongs to OH 8" (Leakey MD, 1971:228). Twelve associated foot bones including astragalus (has carnivore tooth marks (Leakey MD, 1971), calcaneus, cuboid and navicular, cuneiforms 1- 3, proximal ends with shafts, five metatarsals. Proximal ends of one metacarpal and three finger phalanges. One radius shaft. Clavicle with damaged articular ends. Foot articulates "almost perfectly with the OH 35 leg" (Susman, 1983:372). |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Hominoidea |
Hominidae |
Homininae |
Hominini |
Homo |
habilis |
|
Paratype |
No |
|
OH 9 |
3724 |
71 - LLK |
284 - 46 |
CALV |
2 December 1960 |
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
II |
Upper II D |
Surface |
Leakey LSB. 1966. Homo habilis, Homo erectus and the Australopithecines. Nature, 209(5030), 1279–1281. |
Calvaria. "Chellean Man." |
|
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
No |
Yes. |
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Hominoidea |
Hominidae |
Homininae |
Hominini |
Homo |
erectus |
|
|
No |
|
OH 12 |
3727 |
18 - VEK |
286 - 86 |
OCC
, L/R-PAR
, L/R-TEM-f
, CRA-f
, L-PAL
, L-MAX
, TOOTH-f |
1962 |
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
IV? |
a |
Surface. Found on eroded slope of Bed III. L-TEM-f from just below marker Tuff IVa. |
Leakey, L., and Leakey, M. 1964. Recent discoveries of fossil hominids in tanganyika: at Olduvai and near Lake Natron. Nature 202:5-7. |
Crowns of teeth not preserved. Bed IVA determined on basis of matrix adhering to L-TEM-f and PAL. Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya. |
|
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
No |
L-TEM-f & PAL found with matrix adhering. |
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Hominoidea |
Hominidae |
Homininae |
Hominini |
Homo |
erectus |
|
|
No |
|
OH 13 |
3728 |
27 - MNK |
287 - 88 "Skull Site" |
MAN
, MAX
, CRA-f |
1963 |
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
II |
Lower Middle IIB |
5 feet above chert horizon |
|
Paratpye. "This consists of a sub-adult skull, probably female, with the third molars coming into wear. It is represented by the greater part of the mandible, including the complete dentition, although the crowns of the incisors are damaged and the left ascending ram us is not preserved; the greater part of the maxillae, represented by two fragments both lacking the anterior portions; the greater part of the occipital; the right parietal and temporal; parts of the left parietal and temporal; together with a few frontal fragments and approximately fifty additional pieces which it has not been possible to fit together" (Leakey MD, 1971:231). Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya. 5 pieces found at House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Hominoidea |
Hominidae |
Homininae |
Hominini |
Homo |
habilis |
|
Paratype |
No |
|
OH 15 |
3730 |
27 - MNK |
287 - 88 "Skull Site" |
C
, M |
1963 |
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
II |
Lower Middle |
Above level of OH 13. |
Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
One canine, two molars. Canine is worn, molars are upper molars. "The teeth are exceedingly robust and show an unusual degree of wear. They were not found in close association; one molar and the canine lay approximately I ft. "Qelow the top of the tuff in which they occurred, whilst the second molar was 4 ft. distant and 1 ft. deeper in the deposit" (Leakey MD, 1971:232). Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya. 7 pieces found at House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. |
154 - Leakey and Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Hominoidea |
Hominidae |
Homininae |
Hominini |
Homo |
|
|
|
No |
|
OH 16 |
3731 |
72 - FLK Maiko Gully |
283 - 45 |
CRA-f
, TOOTH
, MAN
, |
1963 |
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
II |
base |
+ Tuff IF (see curatorial notes for details) |
Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
Upper and lower dentition, calotte, and > 1500 unidentified fragments due to cattle trampling. Majority of fragments found on surface of Tuff IF, some teeth found in situ, 2 feet above Tuff IF. Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya. |
154 - Leakey and Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Hominoidea |
Hominidae |
Homininae |
Hominini |
Homo |
habilis |
|
Leakey LSB, 1964 refers to this specimen as Homo erectus. Leakey, Tobias, and Napier provisionally assign it to Homo habilis (referred material, not paratype) (1964), and Leakey MD, 1971 refers to it as cf. Australopithecus. |
Yes |
|
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 24 |
3739 |
74 - DK E |
|
CRA
, M
, P |
1968 |
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
I |
Lower |
Surface |
Tobias, PV. 1991. The Skulls, endocasts and teeth of Homo habilis. Cambridge: University Press. |
Cranium is crushed. Teeth not specified. From same horizon as OH 4. 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 |
|
OH 33 |
3748 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
CRA-f |
1969 |
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
I |
|
Surface |
Tobias, PV. 1991. The Skulls, endocasts and teeth of Homo habilis. Cambridge: University Press. |
Thin vault fragments. Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya. |
|
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Hominoidea |
Hominidae |
Homininae |
Hominini |
Homo |
|
|
Very thin skull |
No |
|
OH 48 |
3763 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
CLA |
1960 |
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
I |
3 |
|
-- |
Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya. |
|
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Hominoidea |
Hominidae |
Homininae |
Hominini |
Homo |
habilis |
|
|
No |
|
OH 52 |
3767 |
24 - DK |
|
L-CRA-f |
1969 |
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
I |
Lower |
Surface. |
-- |
Incomplete left temporal. Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya. |
|
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Hominoidea |
Hominidae |
Homininae |
Hominini |
Homo |
habilis |
|
|
No |
|
OH 1968 |
3797 |
40 - JK |
|
CRA |
1968 |
125 - Germany |
Ndutu |
Lower |
Surface. |
Von Zieten RRR. 2009. Preliminary report on a new Olduvai hominid from 1968: an Anatomically-Modern-Man from Upper Ndutu Bed. Retrieved from http://www1.uni-hamburg.de/ |
Anatomically modern. Complete skull. |
|
|
|
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Hominoidea |
Hominidae |
Homininae |
Hominini |
Homo |
sapiens |
|
Anatomically modern |
No |
|
018 |
3903 |
7 - FLK North |
|
L-MAN, C |
|
|
I |
|
4 |
Petter, G. 1973. Carnivores Pleistocenes du ravin d’Olduvai (Tanzanie). Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:43-100. |
Specimen 6128 (molar) was found separately but determined to be from the same individual. |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Feliformia |
|
|
Herpestidae |
Herpestinae |
|
Ichneumia |
albicauda |
|
|
No |
|
6128 |
3904 |
|
|
M, C, (n=2) |
|
|
I |
|
|
Petter, G. 1973. Carnivores Pleistocenes du ravin d’Olduvai (Tanzanie). Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:43-100. |
Specimen was determined to be from the same individual as specimen 018. |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Feliformia |
|
|
Herpestidae |
Herpestinae |
|
Ichneumia |
albicauda |
|
|
No |
|
018 |
7664 |
7 - FLK North |
|
L-MAN, C |
|
|
I |
|
4 |
Petter, G. 1973. Carnivores Pleistocenes du ravin d’Olduvai (Tanzanie). Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:43-100. |
Specimen 6128 (molar) was found separately but determined to be from the same individual. |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Feliformia |
|
|
Herpestidae |
Herpestinae |
|
Ichneumia |
albicauda |
|
|
No |
|
6128 |
7665 |
|
|
M, C, (n=2) |
|
|
I |
|
|
Petter, G. 1973. Carnivores Pleistocenes du ravin d’Olduvai (Tanzanie). Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:43-100. |
Specimen was determined to be from the same individual as specimen 018. |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Feliformia |
|
|
Herpestidae |
Herpestinae |
|
Ichneumia |
albicauda |
|
|
No |
|
S. 208 |
1099 |
|
|
CRA, PAL-f, L-M |
1970 |
104 - Unknown |
|
Lemuta Tuff |
|
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. |
This specimen is pictured in plate 32, figure 1. |
137 - A. Gentry |
|
|
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Alcelaphinae |
Alcelaphini |
Indet. |
|
|
This specimen has some resemblance to Rabaticeras arambourgi. It is a different species than specimen 1963.068/5976. |
No |