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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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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
	OVPP-L-182	8322			I		126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania				--	Specimen label: OLD-86-??-1-S. Box #: OLD 88-3-5. Box label: Bone & Teeth.	158 - W. Reiner	2012/07/01		Unknown		Mammalia	Artiodactyla	Ruminantia		Giraffoidea	Giraffidae							No
	OVPP-L-207	8355			I		126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania				--	Specimen label: OLD 87-101-2-S. Box #: OLD 86. Box label: Teeth.	158 - W. Reiner	2012/07/01		Unknown		Mammalia	Artiodactyla	Suiformes		Hippopotamoidea	Hippopotamidae							No
	OH 5	3713	5 - FLK	283 - 45	CRA , MAX , M , I , C , P	17 July - 6 August 1959	122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania	I	Middle (Zinj.)	22 feet below the upper limit of Bed I (Tuff IF), approximately 20 feet above basalt.	Leakey, L. S. B. 1959. A new fossil skull from Olduvai. Nature 184:491-493.	Holotype. Almost complete cranium. Adolescent. One reconstructed fossil found at House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya. Additional pieces from NMK unpublished.	142 - M. D. Leakey		264 - Leakey family expedition	Yes		Mammalia	Primates	Anthropoidea	Haplorhini	Hominoidea	Hominidae			Zinjanthropus	boisei		Holotype. This specimen was reclassified as Paranthropus boisei by Robinson (1960).	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
	S. 202	783		96 - 63	SKULL, P, M, I	1970	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 nearly complete skull with dentition is pictured in plate 6.	137 - A. Gentry			Unknown		Mammalia	Artiodactyla	Ruminantia		Bovoidea	Bovidae	Reduncinae	Reduncini	Kobus	sigmoidalis		This specimen may belong to the species K. ellipsiprymnus.	No