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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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101 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-1420 11659 CAL 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1420 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1421 11660 CAL 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1421 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1422 11661 CAL 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1422 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1424 11662 CAL 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1424 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1425 11663 CAL 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1425 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1426 11664 CAL 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1426 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1427 11665 CAL 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1427 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1428 11666 CAL 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1428 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-380 11885 CAL 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-380 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OLD-381 11886 CAL 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-381 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OLD-609 11964 CAL-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-609; in Rhino drawer Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Yes
OLD-127 12275 CAL 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-127 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Giraffoidea Giraffidae Sivatheriinae Sivatherium Yes
OLD-88 12288 CAL 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-88 Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Ceratomorpha Tapiromorpha Rhinocerotoidea Rhinocerotidae Yes
OLD-872 12289 CAL 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-872; in Rhino drawer Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Yes
OLD-828 12309 CAL 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-828 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OLD-775 12320 CAL 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-775 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OLD-681 12342 CAL-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-681 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OLD-486 12358 CAL 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-486 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
M. 14468 12389 311 - JK IV CAL 114 - Natural History Museum UK Current location 17G; drawer 10; "O JK IV" Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Equidae No
OLD-17 12461 CAL 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-17 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-185 12476 CAL 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-185 Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Equidae No
OLD-186 12477 CAL 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-186 Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Equidae No
OLD-189 12480 35 - GTC CAL 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-189; "OLD-Y GTC 14/5/35" Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Equidae No
OLD-19 12482 CAL 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-19 Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Ceratomorpha Tapiromorpha Rhinocerotoidea Rhinocerotidae No
OLD-200 12488 CAL 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-200; "IV S' 31" Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Equidae No
OLD-879 12254 CAL-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK Bed III -- OLD-879 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OLD-1496 12224 CAL 114 - Natural History Museum UK Bed IV Surface -- OLD-1496 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
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
OVPP-Erinaceus 91 2166 7 - FLK North CAL, (n=19) 104 - Unknown I upper 3, 4 Butler, P., and Greenwood, M. 1973. The early Pleistocene hedgehogs from Olduvai, Tanzania. Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:7-42. The authors mention 19 calcanei from layers 3 and 4. 150 - Butler and Greenwood Unknown Mammalia Insectivora Erinaceoidea Erinaceidae Erinaceinae Erinaceus broomi 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
OVPP-Mammalia 3801 83 - FLK NW AST, (n=33), CAL, (n=73), FEM, (n=272), HUM, (n=186), I, (n=316), M, (n=108), MAN, (n=161), MAX, (n=68), MTP, (n=257), PHX, (n=77), PVG, (n=218), RAD, (n=55), SCP, (n=40), TIB, (n=395), ULNA, (n=76), VER, (n=595) I 20 Arcos, S., Sevilla, P., and Fernandez-Jalvo, Y. 2010. Preliminary small mammal taphonomy of FLK NW level 20 (Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania). Quarternary Research 74:405-410. MNI is 198. Authors describe specimens as "small mammals". Unknown Mammalia Authors describe specimens as "small mammals". No
OVPP-Canis 1 3889 7 - FLK North AST, CAL, MTP I Zinjanthropus 3 Petter, G. 1973. Carnivores Pleistocenes du ravin d’Olduvai (Tanzanie). Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:43-100. Author does not specify number of each element or whether any of the specimens are from the same individual. Unknown Mammalia Carnivora Caniformia Cynoidea Canidae Canis mesomelas latirostris No
OVPP-322 8000 CAL 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania I Lower 1 meter above Bed I lavas. -- calcaneus 157 - L. Hlusko 2012/07/11 253 - OVPP No Mammalia Perissodactyla 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
COP-12-48 9633 CAL 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania I Middle Below Tuff 1E. -- 157 - L. Hlusko 2013/06/21 254 - COP Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae No
OVPP-381 9752 CAL 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania I Upper Below Tuff 1E. -- 157 - L. Hlusko 2013/06/24 253 - OVPP No Mammalia Lagomorpha No
OVPP-387 9758 CAL 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania I Upper Below Tuff 1E. -- Immature. 157 - L. Hlusko 2013/06/24 253 - OVPP No Mammalia Artiodactyla No
OVPP-633 10006 CAL 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania I Lower 12m below Tuff IB; sandy calcareous silt pebbles; just above red silt. -- 157 - L. Hlusko 2013/07/02 253 - OVPP No Mammalia Lagomorpha No
OVPP-700 10073 CALC 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania I Lower Surface, on top of marker just below Tuff IA. -- 157 - L. Hlusko 2013/07/07 253 - OVPP No Mammalia Carnivora Feliformia Felidae No