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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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1427 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-169 12459 69 - GRK S d-M (4) 1935 114 - Natural History Museum UK II -- OLD-169; deciduous molar pillars; "Colld. & presd. Dr. LSB Leakey, 1935"; "Presumably associated OLDY GRK II 24.V.35" 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Proboscidea Tethytheria Behemota Elephantoidea Elephantidae No
OLD-173 12464 5 - FLK UK-f (2) 114 - Natural History Museum UK I -- OLD-173; M. Pleistocene (KAMASIAN) Bed I FLK Olduvai TT found near "Deinotherium" skeleton; Colld. & presd. L.S.B. Leakey 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Vertebrate Yes
OLD-212 12493 70 - EHK MAN-f 1935 114 - Natural History Museum UK I -- OLD-212; "Oldoway EHK Bed I base 25/VI/35"; Colld & presd. Dr. LSB Leakey, 1935 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Proboscidea Tethytheria Behemota Elephantoidea Elephantidae No
OLD? FLK? 8258 91 - FLK (?) MAN-f, M, UK-f 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania -- Mandible fragment with molar. Specimen found in small box with other small fragments and OLD/1960 FLK I. Card in bag with specimen states "Olduvai 1960 FLK I Main dig. Zinj. level, section F. galago". Other card with specimens states "Strip 3 '9- 1+2' W". 2012/08/09 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No
Old. 69 S. 194. rt. M2 3919 III 202/TII Leakey, M. G. 1982. Extinct large colobines from the Plio-Pleistocene of Africa. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 58:153-172. Most complete specimen of this species. 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea Cercopithecidae Colobinae Colobini Cercopithecoides kimeui No
OLD/068/6069 BK II E KNM 2.53 8160 10 - BK R-FRO 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania II -- Right external orbital angle of frontal bone. Pleistocene. 2012/07/31 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No
OLD/1951 1050 BK II 8178 10 - BK L-TAL 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania II Jolly, C.J. 1965. Origins and specialization of the long-faced Cercopithecoidea. PhD thesis, University of London. Left talus. Card in bag with specimen stats "OLD/1951 BK II 315". In BM loan collection. 2012/08/01 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No
OLD/1953/63 Ex BK II KNM? 20033 8182 10 - BK R-TAL 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania II Jolly, C.J. 1965. Origins and specialization of the long-faced Cercopithecoidea. PhD thesis, University of London. Right talus. Card in bag with specimen states "associated with calcaneus BK II 315". 2012/08/01 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No
OLD/1957/1091 BK II 8163 10 - BK R-MAX-f, M 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania II -- Fragment. Right maxilla with upper second molar and (1091) upper third molar. Specimen together with OLD/1957/1092 BK II. In BM loan collection. 2012/07/31 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No
OLD/1957/1092 BK II 8162 10 - BK R-MAX-f, M 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania II -- Fragment. Right maxilla with upper second molar and (1092) upper third molar. Card in bag states "These teeth seem to be associated". In BM loan collection. Specimen together with OLD/1957/1091 BK II. 2012/07/31 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No
OLD/1960 FLK I 8246 5 - FLK MAN-f, TEETH 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania I -- Mandible fragment with teeth. Specimen found in bag with other small fragments of different bones, and also found with specimen OLD? FLK?. Card in bag with specimen states "OLDUVAI 1960 FLK I Main dig. Zinj level, section F. Galago". Other card with specimens states "strip 39-1+2 W". 2012/08/07 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No
OLD/1962/296 DK I A L/1 8179 24 - DK MTT 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania I A? 1 or 2? -- Metatarsal. Other information states "OLD 1962 L/2 296 DK I A" and OLD'62 DK I A 296 L/2. Cercopithecine. Cercocebus." Pleistocence. 2012/08/01 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No
OLD/53/387 8165 d-TOOTH 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania -- Deciduous tooth. Specimen in bag is unlabeled. Card in bag states "OLD/53 BK II Monkey tooth 387". Pleistocene. 2012/07/31 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No
OLD/62 068/6130 MCK II.S 8295 80 - MCK FEM-f 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania II Surface? -- Proximal end of femur shaft. Pleistocene. 2012/08/13 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No
OLD/62 5159A 5159B DK I B 8281 24 - DK FIB-f 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania I 2 -- Two fibula fragments. Pleistocene. Card in bag with specimen states "Field no: 5759A 5759B." 2012/08/10 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No
OLD/62 DK IA SCREE 8227 24 - DK R-CUBNAV 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania I A? Scree surface -- Right navicular. Card in bag with specimen states "Field No: 067/4045". Pleistocene. 2012/08/03 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No
OLD/62 FLK S. (Nr. FLK NI) 8194 72 - FLK Maiko Gully R-TIB-f 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania surface? -- Proximal end and portion of shaft of right tibia. Pleistocene. Card in bag with specimen states "LSB Leakey `62. Field No: OLD/62 068/6158 FLK(Nr FLK NI) S". 2012/08/02 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No
OLD/62 MCK II S KNM? 2534? 8201 80 - MCK FIB-f 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania II Surface -- Distal end of fibula with portion of shaft. Pleistocene. 2012/08/02 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No
OLD/63 1236 FLK II 8255 5 - FLK HUM 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania II -- Humerus. Specimen found in the same bag with "unlabeled specimen Old?" with card labeled "Parts of humerus FLK II 1236" in small box labeled "Parts of Simopithecus humerus FLK II 1236". Probably from same bone. 2012/08/07 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No
OLD/63 159 DK I I L/2 8224 24 - DK MTC 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Ii 2 Srip I -- Metacarpal. Pleistocene. Card in bag with specimen states "Cercopithecidae indeterminant". 2012/08/03 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No
OLD/63 208 BK II 8248 10 - BK L/MTT 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania II Pit I -- Left fifth metatarsal. Pleistocene. 2012/08/07 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No
OLD/63 3120 DK I L/3 KNM 2.015 8293 24 - DK R-FEM-f 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania I 3 Strip III -- Proximal end of right femur. L/3 Strip III Pleistocene. Card in bag with specimen states "Primate?" Other card in bag with specimen states "Cercopithecidae, Cynocephalinae. Head of femur part of Simopithecus individual or 4372 we'll see." 2012/08/13 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No
OLD/63 3181 BK II KNM 2.68 8292 10 - BK PAT 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania II -- Patella. Pleistocene. 2012/08/13 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No
OLD/63 3366 BK II 8070 10 - BK R-MAN, M, P 63 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania II -- Right mandible with P3-4 and M1-3 with symphysis. Pleistocene. Packed in National Museum in Nairobi, Kenya in box 188 or 189 labeled "Cercopithecidae" for transport to National Museum of History, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. 2012/07/23 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea Cercopithecidae No
OLD/63 5507 DK I II/4 L/2 8276 24 - DK R-CAL 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania I, II 2 -- Right calcaneus. Pleistocene. Card in bag with specimen states "Cercopithecidae, left calcaneus of a fourth... ?." See photo of card found with specimen. 2012/08/10 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No
OLD/63 5697 DK I II/1 8206 24 - DK R-FRO-f 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania I,II? 1 -- Specimen number crossed out on fossil. Fragment of right orbital rim of frontal bone. Fragment joins with OLD 63/3037 DK I and was found in some bag. Pleistocene. 2012/08/02 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No
OLD/63 BK II 212 8240 10 - BK PHX-f 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania II Pit 3 -- Phalanx fragment. Pleistocene. Card in bag with specimen states "Pit 3 L.S. Primate?". Pleistocene. 2012/08/06 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No
OLD/63 DK I 117 8245 24 - DK R-MTC 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania I -- Right metacarpal. Card in bag with specimen states "OLD/63 DK I #117 2nd right metacarpal". Card written by Paul F. Whitehead. Specimen found in bag with OLD/63 DK I 86 (Metatarsal), DK I 5196 L/1 (Metacarpal), DK I 5197 L/1 (Metapodial). 2012/08/06 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No
OLD/63 DK I 86 8244 24 - DK L-MTT-f 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania I -- Left metatarsal. Card in bag with specimen states "IVth Left Metatarsal." Card written by Paul F. Whitehead. Specimen found in bag with DK I ?17 (Metacarpal), DK I 5196 L/1 (Metacarpal), DK I 5197 L/1. 2012/08/06 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No
OLD/63/2231 BK II 8184 10 - BK PHX-f 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania II Pit 4? -- Proximal end and shaft of phalanx. Card in bag with specimen states "OLD/63 BK II; 2231 Pit 4". Pleistocene. 2012/08/01 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No
OLD/63/3059 DK I L/2 KNM 2.023 8252 24 - DK L-CAL 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania I 2 -- Left calcaneus. Card in bag with specimen states "Loc: Olduvai Field No: Old/63 DK I 3059 Strip II L/2". Other card found in bag states "Cercopithecidae, Cynocephalinae left of small....". For more information see the card which has been photographed. 2012/08/07 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No
OLD/63/4135 DK I L/2 8202 24 - DK R-FEM-f 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania I 2 Strip III -- Distal end of right femur. Pleistocene. Card in bag with specimen states "Strip III". 2012/08/02 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No
OLD/64 2966 DK I A + 8278 24 - DK FEM-f 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania I -- Distal end of Femur. Weathered. Pleistocene. 2012/08/10 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No
OLD/67/5610 MNK II Simo 8149 27 - MNK FIB 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania II -- Fibula. Type specimen. Specimen in the same bag with 067/5616, 067/5611 and 067/5609. 2012/07/30 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea Cercopithecidae Cynocephalinae Simopithecus oswaldi No
OLD/68 S.21 MNK II S 8153 27 - MNK P 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania II surface -- Upper premolar. Card in bag states "KNM 2.49". 2012/07/30 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No
OLD/68 S.3 HWK 8280 11 - HWK FEM-f 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania -- Proximal end of femur. Does not preserve greater trochanter. Pleistocene. 2012/08/10 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No
OLD/69 1468 HEB W IV/I 8290 93 - HEB G FEM-f 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania IV I -- Distal end of femur and part of shaft. 2012/08/13 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No
OLD/69 FLK S. 158 8214 5 - FLK R-M-f 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania -- Right lower third molar. Very chipped and one side of root is broken. 2012/08/03 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea Cercopithecidae Cynocephalinae Simopithecus No
OLD/69 FLK S.129 8152 5 - FLK I 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania -- Upper incisor. (Right I2?). 2012/07/30 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No
OLD/69 FLK S.159 8219 5 - FLK d-C 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania S. 159 -- Deciduous canine. 2012/08/03 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No