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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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7924 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
OVPP-L-1549 10479 78 - FLK S 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania Fibula Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Equidae Yes
OVPP-L-1550 10480 296 - Dik Dik Hill 1986 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania Various bones: mix of crocodile, rodent, fish, and others Unknown Yes
OVPP-L-1543 10481 296 - Dik Dik Hill 1986 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania 4 Fragments of horncores, 2 cervical vertebrae, 1 molar Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OVPP-L-1551 10482 296 - Dik Dik Hill 1986 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania Assortment of small fragments: approximately 25 rodent incisors, 1 distal femur leporidae, 5 crocodile teeth, 5 vertebral fragments, 2 fish, & others Unknown Yes
OVPP-L-1552 10483 296 - Dik Dik Hill 1986 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania Miscellaneous tooth fragments Unknown Mammalia Yes
OVPP-L-1553 10484 296 - Dik Dik Hill 1986 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania Miscellaneous tooth fragments Unknown Mammalia Yes
OVPP-L-1554 10485 5 - FLK 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania Tip of canine Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Hippomorpha Suidae Yes
OVPP-L-1555 10486 296 - Dik Dik Hill 1986 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania Miscellaneous tooth fragments Unknown Mammalia Yes
OVPP-L-1556 10487 11 - HWK 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania Indeterminate bone fragments Unknown Mammalia Yes
OVPP-L-1565 10488 24 - DK 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania Approximately 150 bone fragments of crocodile Unknown Reptilia Crocodilia Crocodylidae Crocodylus Yes
OVPP-L-1566 10489 297 - TK Fish Gully 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania 30 Indeterminate bone fragments Unknown Yes
OVPP-L-1569 10491 297 - TK Fish Gully 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania Approximately 200 bone fragments from microfauna and fish Unknown Yes
OVPP-L-1636 10498 41 - WK E 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania Unknown Mammalia Yes
OVPP-L-1639 10501 298 - CMK 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania 8 Large bone fragments Unknown Mammalia Yes
OVPP-L-1640 10502 298 - CMK 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania Bone fragments Unknown Yes
OVPP-L-1642 10504 298 - CMK 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania 14 Teeth of Crocodile, Bovidae, and Equidae Unknown Yes
OVPP-L-1648 10511 86 - HK 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania Indeterminate bone fragment Unknown Yes
OLD-1298 11053 22 - SC 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania -- OLD-1298 Unknown Yes
OLD-596 11960 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-596; metapodial proximal end Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Giraffidae Yes
OVPP-504 9875 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania I Lower 7 meters below Tuff 1A. -- Maxillary molar. 157 - L. Hlusko 2013/06/30 253 - OVPP No Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Alcelaphinae Alcelaphini No
OVPP-637 10010 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania I Lower Strat surface on red silts @ base of sandy calcareous silts; 20m below Tuff IB. -- Same individual as OVPP-626? 157 - L. Hlusko 2013/07/02 253 - OVPP No Mammalia Carnivora No
OVPP-652 10025 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania I Lower 12m above Tuff IA. -- Distal phalanx with proximal end missing. May be the same individual as OVPP-648 and 651. 157 - L. Hlusko 2013/07/03 253 - OVPP No Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Giraffoidea Giraffidae No
OVPP-659 10032 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania I Lower Sandy clay 7m below carbonate that overlies Tuff IA. -- Snail shell. 157 - L. Hlusko 2013/07/03 253 - OVPP No No
OVPP-718 10091 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania I Lower Sandy clays 3m below Tuff IA. -- Right maxillary fragment with M1 and M2. 157 - L. Hlusko 2013/07/07 253 - OVPP No Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Hippotragini No
OVPP-757 10131 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania I Lower Claystone below Tuff IA. -- Needs prep. 157 - L. Hlusko 2013/07/07 253 - OVPP No Mammalia Rodentia Sciuromorpha Sciurida Sciuridae No
KK I 310 1369 58 - KK 1959 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 wellsi No
FLK N I 1284 1377 7 - FLK North 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. The author says this is probably the same individual as FLK N I 1246. 137 - A. Gentry 273 - Reck expedition Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Antilopinae Antilopini Gazella sp. Gentry and Gentry (1978) reclassified this specimen as Antidorcas recki. No
OVPP-Gerbillus 2 438 7 - FLK North 104 - Unknown I upper All levels Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. 142 - M. D. Leakey 264 - Leakey family expedition Yes Mammalia Rodentia Myomorpha Myodonta Muroidea Muridae Gerbilinae Gerbilini Gerbillus sp No
OVPP-Saccostomus 3 439 5 - FLK 104 - Unknown I middle (Zinjanthropus) 22 feet below the upper limit of bed I. Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. 142 - M. D. Leakey 264 - Leakey family expedition Yes Mammalia Rodentia Nesomyidae Cricetomyinae Saccostomurini Saccostomus sp. No
OVPP-Hetercephalus 453 14 - HWK E 104 - Unknown II lower 2 Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. 142 - M. D. Leakey 264 - Leakey family expedition Yes Mammalia Rodentia Bathyergidae Heterocephalinae Heterocephalus sp. No
OVPP-Ceratotherium 14 539 7 - FLK North 104 - Unknown II lower Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. The author indicates there are several specimens in the British Museum of Natural History. He also indicates a collection housed by Dr. Kohl-Larson. This specimen number may be changed when the original elements are observed in their respective collections. The author suggests that previously published accounts of this species may have actually been from deeper/older deposits such as Bed 5. There are no specifics of what types of elements have been preserved but several are implied. 142 - M. D. Leakey 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Ceratomorpha Tapiromorpha Rhinocerotoidea Rhinocerotidae Rhinocerotinae Rhinocerotini Ceratotherium simum No
OVPP-Tatera 1 25 5 - FLK 104 - Unknown I middle (Zinjanthropus) 22 feet below the upper limit of bed I. Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. Several specimens are present. 130 - L.S.B. Leakey 264 - Leakey family expedition Yes Mammalia Rodentia Myomorpha Myodonta Muroidea Muridae Gerbillinae Taterillini Tatera sp. No
SHK II 1957.1284 161 19 - SHK 1957 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. Elements preserved were not described. 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. 138 - E. Schwarz 264 - Leakey family expedition Yes Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Alcelaphinae Alcelaphini Damaliscus angusticornis This specimen was reclassified by Gentry and Gentry (1978) as Parmularius angusticornis. No
OVPP-Aquila 1 236 1913 104 - Unknown I, II Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. Several bird specimens have been found. 130 - L.S.B. Leakey 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Aves Ciconiiformes Ciconii Falconides Accipitridae Aquila rapax No
FLK N I 7266 1207 7 - FLK North 105 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (?) 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 pictured in plate 39. 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, 273 - Reck expedition Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Antilopinae Antilopini Antidorcas recki No
OVPP-Tragelaphus 5 617 5 - FLK 104 - Unknown I middle (Zinjanthropus) Zinjanthropus (22 feet below the upper limit of bed I) ) and upper layers. Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. 142 - M. D. Leakey 264 - Leakey family expedition Yes Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Bovinae Strepsicerotini Strepsiceros maryanus This specimen was reclassified as Tragelaphus strepsiceros maryanus by Gentry and Gentry (1978). No
OVPP-Tragelaphus 6 618 7 - FLK North 1959 104 - Unknown I upper All levels 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. 142 - M. D. Leakey Yes Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Bovinae Strepsicerotini Strepsiceros maryanus This specimen was reclassified as Tragelaphus strepsiceros maryanus by Gentry and Gentry (1978). No
OVPP-Kobus 9 647 35 - GTC 104 - Unknown II upper Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. 142 - M. D. Leakey 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Reduncinae Reduncini Kobus sp. No
M. 21482 733 106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) 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 Bovinae Tragelaphini The authors indicate this specimen may be from a kudu or from a "sitatunga-like tragelaphine". No
OVPP-Pelorovis 87 757 104 - Unknown -- 137 - A. Gentry Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Bovinae Bovini Pelorovis oldowayensis No