|
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 |
|
OLD 11615 |
10175 |
|
|
CLAW |
|
|
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. |
Claw of D I. "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 |
|
OLD 16172 |
10176 |
|
|
CLAW |
|
|
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. |
Claw of D IV. "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 |
|
OVPP Tyto 1 |
10177 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
RAD-f
, ULNA-f
, CARMET
, 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. |
Authors do not specify specimen numbers. "Radius, 1 proximal and 1 distal part; ulna, 2 distal parts; carpometacarpus, 1 almost complete and l distal part; l phalanx of the wing; tarsometatarsus, 1 distal part and 2 distal fragments; 4 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 |
|
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 |
|
OVPP Bubo 2 |
10184 |
24 - DK |
|
TBT-f
, COR-f
, HUM-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 tibiotarsus, two fragments of coracoid and humerus. 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 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-Suncus 24 |
3854 |
7 - FLK North |
|
CRA-f |
|
|
I |
123 |
|
Butler, P., and Greenwood, M. 1979. Soricidae (Mammalia) from the Early Pleistocene of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 67:329-379. |
Facial part of the skull with palate with some teeth present (moderately worn). |
150 - Butler and Greenwood |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
Soricoidea |
Soricidae |
Crocidurinae |
|
Suncus |
varilla |
meesteri |
|
No |
|
OVPP-Suncus 25 |
3855 |
7 - FLK North |
|
CRA-f |
|
|
I |
1 |
|
Butler, P., and Greenwood, M. 1979. Soricidae (Mammalia) from the Early Pleistocene of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 67:329-379. |
Facial part of the skull, crushed dorsally.Some dentition is preserved. |
150 - Butler and Greenwood |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
Soricoidea |
Soricidae |
Crocidurinae |
|
Suncus |
varilla |
meesteri |
|
No |
|
F4733 |
3048 |
|
|
CARA, PLAS-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. |
|
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
|
|
|
|
|
sinuatus |
|
|
|
W. Auffenberg |
|
",",",",",",",",",",Reptilia" |
No |
|
COP-12-89 |
9673 |
|
|
MTC |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
I |
|
|
-- |
Fifth metacarpal. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2013/06/22 |
254 - COP |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Perissodactyla |
Ceratomorpha |
Tapiromorpha |
Rhinocerotoidea |
Rhinocerotidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
COP-12-99 |
9683 |
|
|
MTC |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
II |
Upper |
|
-- |
Fifth metacarpal. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2013/06/22 |
254 - COP |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Perissodactyla |
Ceratomorpha |
Tapiromorpha |
Rhinocerotoidea |
Rhinocerotidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD-981 |
11803 |
|
|
CUB |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-981 |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Perissodactyla |
Ceratomorpha |
Tapiromorpha |
Rhinocerotoidea |
Rhinocerotidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Yes |
|
OLD-958 |
11831 |
|
|
CUNE |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-958 |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Perissodactyla |
Ceratomorpha |
Tapiromorpha |
Rhinocerotoidea |
Rhinocerotidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Yes |
|
OLD-88 |
12288 |
|
|
CAL |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-88 |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Perissodactyla |
Ceratomorpha |
Tapiromorpha |
Rhinocerotoidea |
Rhinocerotidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Yes |
|
OLD-751 |
12326 |
|
|
CUB |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-751 |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Perissodactyla |
Ceratomorpha |
Tapiromorpha |
Rhinocerotoidea |
Rhinocerotidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Yes |
|
OLD-107 |
12399 |
|
|
CRA |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-107; 1 cranium with many fragments |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Perissodactyla |
Ceratomorpha |
Tapiromorpha |
Rhinocerotoidea |
Rhinocerotidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD-112 |
12404 |
|
|
CAR (SCPH) |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-112; SCPH scaphoid |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Perissodactyla |
Ceratomorpha |
Tapiromorpha |
Rhinocerotoidea |
Rhinocerotidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD-153 |
12444 |
|
|
CUNE |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-153 |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Perissodactyla |
Ceratomorpha |
Tapiromorpha |
Rhinocerotoidea |
Rhinocerotidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD-154 |
12445 |
|
|
CUNE |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-154 |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Perissodactyla |
Ceratomorpha |
Tapiromorpha |
Rhinocerotoidea |
Rhinocerotidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD-155 |
12446 |
|
|
CUBNAV |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-155 |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Perissodactyla |
Ceratomorpha |
Tapiromorpha |
Rhinocerotoidea |
Rhinocerotidae |
|
|
|
|
|
maybe Equid |
Unknown |
|
OLD-168 |
12458 |
13 - RK |
|
CAR |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-168; lunar bone; "RK S" |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Perissodactyla |
Ceratomorpha |
Tapiromorpha |
Rhinocerotoidea |
Rhinocerotidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD-17 |
12461 |
|
|
CAL |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-17 |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Perissodactyla |
Ceratomorpha |
Tapiromorpha |
Rhinocerotoidea |
Rhinocerotidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD-171 |
12462 |
|
|
CUNE |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-171 |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Perissodactyla |
Ceratomorpha |
Tapiromorpha |
Rhinocerotoidea |
Rhinocerotidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD-18 |
12470 |
|
|
CAL |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-18 |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Perissodactyla |
Ceratomorpha |
Tapiromorpha |
Rhinocerotoidea |
Rhinocerotidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD-19 |
12482 |
|
|
CAL |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-19 |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Perissodactyla |
Ceratomorpha |
Tapiromorpha |
Rhinocerotoidea |
Rhinocerotidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD-65 |
12777 |
|
|
OCC |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-65; magnum |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Perissodactyla |
Ceratomorpha |
Tapiromorpha |
Rhinocerotoidea |
Rhinocerotidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
F393 |
3026 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
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 |
|
|
|
Pelomedusidae |
|
|
Pelusios |
sinuatus |
|
|
No |
|
F4729 |
3044 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
NUCH |
|
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 |
|
|
|
Pelomedusidae |
|
|
Latisternon |
microsulcae |
|
|
No |
|
F378 |
3052 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
CARA, PLAS |
|
106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) |
I |
|
|
Auffenberg, W. 1981. The fossil turtles of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, Africa. Copeia 1981:509-522. |
This specimen is from a juvenile. |
152 - W. Auffenberg |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Reptilia |
Testudines |
|
|
|
Pelomedusidae |
|
|
Pelusios |
sinuatus |
|
|
No |
|
F214 |
3115 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
CARA |
|
105 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (?) |
I |
|
|
-- |
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 |
|
|
|
Pelomedusidae |
|
|
Pelusios |
sinuatus |
|
|
No |
|
M. 14690 |
66 |
|
|
CRA-f |
|
106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) |
|
|
|
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
No locality is given by author. |
293 - A.T. Hopwood |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Caniformia |
Arctoidea |
|
Mustelidae |
Lutrinae |
Aonychini |
Aonyx |
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Muridae 1 |
35 |
5 - FLK |
|
P, M, I, C, MAN, MAX |
|
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 unidentified murids |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Rodentia |
Myomorpha |
Myodonta |
Muroidea |
Muridae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Muridae 2 |
37 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
P, M, I, C |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
1 |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
|
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Rodentia |
Myomorpha |
Myodonta |
Muroidea |
Muridae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Muridae 3 |
38 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
P, M, I, C |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
2, 3 |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
Several specimens of unidentified murids. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Rodentia |
Myomorpha |
Myodonta |
Muroidea |
Muridae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Muridae 4 |
40 |
7 - FLK North |
|
P, M, I, C |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
Several specimens of unidentified murids are present. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Rodentia |
Myomorpha |
Myodonta |
Muroidea |
Muridae |
|
|
|
|
|
The author is unsure of the taxonomy. |
No |
|
OVPP-Otomys 4 |
3858 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
CRA-f, M, (n=3) |
|
|
I |
3 |
|
Denys, C. 1989. Phylogenetic affinities of the oldest East African Otomys (Rodentia, Mammalia) from Olduvai Bed I (Pleistocene, Tanzania). Neues Jahrbuch f |
Cranium has left and right upper M123. |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Rodentia |
Myomorpha |
Myodonta |
Muroidea |
Muridae |
Murinae |
Otomyini |
Otomys |
petteri |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Tatera 4 |
3964 |
7 - FLK North |
|
CRA-f, M |
|
|
I |
1 |
|
Denys, C. 1989. Two new gerbillids (Rodentia, Mammalia) from Olduvai Bed I (Pleistocene, Tanzania). Neues Jahrbuch f |
Specimen is described as the "anterior skull fragment with the left and right upper molar rows" |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Rodentia |
Myomorpha |
Myodonta |
Muroidea |
Muridae |
Gerbillinae |
Taterillini |
Tatera |
gentryi |
|
Holotype |
No |
|
OVPP-Elephantulus 9 |
2855 |
7 - FLK North |
|
MAX-f, P, C |
|
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
I |
|
3 |
Butler, P., and Greenwood, M. 1976. Elephant-shrews (Macroscelididae) from Olduvai and Makapansgat. In: Fossil Vertebrates of Africa,vol. 4. pp. 1-56. |
|
150 - Butler and Greenwood |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
|
Macroscelididae |
|
|
Elephantulus |
fuscus |
leakeyi |
|
No |
|
OVPP-Elephantulus 10 |
2856 |
7 - FLK North |
|
MAX-f, P, C |
|
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
I |
|
2 |
Butler, P., and Greenwood, M. 1976. Elephant-shrews (Macroscelididae) from Olduvai and Makapansgat. In: Fossil Vertebrates of Africa,vol. 4. pp. 1-56. |
|
150 - Butler and Greenwood |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
|
Macroscelididae |
|
|
Elephantulus |
fuscus |
leakeyi |
|
No |