|
OVPP-Pelorovis 4 |
1703 |
39 - MRC |
|
L-MAN-f, L-M |
|
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
II |
|
|
Gentry, A. W. 1967. Pelorovis oldowayensis Reck, an extinct bovid from East Africa: British Museum. pp. 245-299 |
|
137 - A. Gentry |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Bovinae |
Bovini |
Pelorovis |
oldowayensis |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Pelorovis 36 |
1868 |
|
|
ATL-f |
|
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
|
|
|
Gentry, A. W. 1967. Pelorovis oldowayensis Reck, an extinct bovid from East Africa: British Museum. pp. 245-299 |
|
137 - A. Gentry |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Bovinae |
Bovini |
Pelorovis |
oldowayensis |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Pelorovis 3 |
1661 |
|
|
L-HOR |
|
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
|
|
|
Gentry, A. W. 1967. Pelorovis oldowayensis Reck, an extinct bovid from East Africa: British Museum. pp. 245-299 |
This specimen is unnumbered. |
137 - A. Gentry |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Bovinae |
Bovini |
Pelorovis |
oldowayensis |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Pelorovis 15 |
1804 |
10 - BK |
|
L-HUM-f |
1955 |
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
II |
|
|
Gentry, A. W. 1967. Pelorovis oldowayensis Reck, an extinct bovid from East Africa: British Museum. pp. 245-299 |
|
137 - A. Gentry |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Bovinae |
Bovini |
Pelorovis |
oldowayensis |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Pelorovis 13 |
5854 |
|
|
L-CUBNAV |
|
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
|
|
|
Gentry, A. W. 1967. Pelorovis oldowayensis Reck, an extinct bovid from East Africa: British Museum. pp. 245-299 |
|
137 - A. Gentry |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Bovinae |
Bovini |
Pelorovis |
oldowayensis |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Pelorovis 12 |
1786 |
|
|
L-CUBNAV |
|
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
|
|
|
Gentry, A. W. 1967. Pelorovis oldowayensis Reck, an extinct bovid from East Africa: British Museum. pp. 245-299 |
|
137 - A. Gentry |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Bovinae |
Bovini |
Pelorovis |
oldowayensis |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Parmularias 5 |
1002 |
22 - SC |
|
L-HOR, (n=4) |
1935 |
106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) |
II |
|
|
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 |
|
|
No |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Alcelaphinae |
Alcelaphini |
Parmularius |
angusticornis |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Parmularias 4 |
1004 |
30 - DC |
|
L-HOR-f |
1935 |
106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) |
II |
|
|
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 |
|
|
No |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Alcelaphinae |
Alcelaphini |
Parmularius |
angusticornis |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-P-66 |
13346 |
|
|
L-MAN |
|
|
|
|
|
-- |
Oldoway 1953-19. CAST |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Equidae |
|
|
Eurygnathohippus |
Cornelianus |
|
|
Yes |
|
OVPP-P-60 |
13341 |
|
|
R-MAN (P3-M1), L-MAN (C, P3-M1) |
|
|
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-57 BKII 1273. Cast |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
|
Carnivora |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Yes |
|
OVPP-P-43 |
13326 |
|
|
L- MAN (C, P1-M2) |
|
|
|
|
|
-- |
FLKNI L-3 III-3 761 . Cast |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
|
Carnivora |
|
|
|
Canidae |
Otocyoninae |
|
|
Prototocyon cf. recki |
|
|
Yes |
|
OVPP-P-42 |
13325 |
|
|
L-UM2 |
|
|
|
|
|
-- |
DKA Bed I. Cast |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
|
Carnivora |
|
|
|
Viverridae |
Pseudocivetta Ingens |
|
|
|
|
|
Yes |
|
OVPP-P-36 |
13312 |
|
|
L-RAD-f |
|
|
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-I-S 1941 067-2601 Bed I surface |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
|
Carnivora |
|
|
|
Mustelidae |
|
|
Mellivora |
|
|
|
Yes |
|
OVPP-P-14 |
13289 |
|
|
L-MAN(M1)-f |
|
|
|
|
|
-- |
NI V-5 067-1317. Original |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
|
Carnivora |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Yes |
|
OVPP-Latisternon 1 |
3114 |
24 - DK |
|
L-EPLS |
|
105 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (?) |
II |
|
|
-- |
The authors mention "thousands" of fragments and a few complete shells of this species found at Olduvai. 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 |
|
Holotype |
No |
|
OVPP-L-9 |
3976 |
|
|
L-MAN-f, M, TOOTH |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
|
|
|
-- |
Specimen label: OLD87-115-15; Box #: OLD87. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2012/6/28 |
|
Unknown |
Y |
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-L-41 |
4008 |
|
|
M, P, L-MAN-f |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
|
|
|
-- |
Specimen label: OLD-88-24?1-5. Box #: OLD881-E. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2012/6/29 |
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-L-202 |
8351 |
|
|
L-MAX-f, P, M |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
|
|
|
-- |
Specimen label: OLD-3?-??-8. Box #: OLD 86. Box label: Teeth. |
158 - W. Reiner |
2012/07/01 |
|
Unknown |
Y |
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suiformes |
|
Hippopotamoidea |
Hippopotamidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Ichneumia 1 |
3905 |
7 - FLK North |
|
L-MAX-f, P, (n=2) |
|
|
I |
|
4 |
-- |
Specimen is a fragment of left maxilla with P3 and P4. |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Feliformia |
|
|
Herpestidae |
Herpestinae |
|
Ichneumia |
albicauda |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Homo 1 |
3961 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
L-PAR, R-PAR |
|
|
I |
|
|
Tobias, P. 1964. The Olduvai Bed I Hominine with Special Reference to its Cranial Capacity. Nature 202:3-4. |
|
157 - L. Hlusko |
2012/6/28 |
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Perissodactyla |
Hippomorpha |
|
|
Equidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Heterocephalus 6 |
2901 |
7 - FLK North |
|
SKULL-f, R/L-M |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
|
Denys, C. 1989. A new species of bathyergid rodent from Olduvai Bed I (Tanzania, Lower Pleistocene). Neue Jahrbuecher Geologica Palaeontologica 5:257-264. |
This specimen is picture in figure 1-1 and 1-2. |
147 - C. Denys |
|
|
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Rodentia |
|
|
|
Bathyergidae |
Heterocephalinae |
|
Heterocephalus |
jaegeri |
|
Holotype? |
No |
|
OVPP-Heterocephalus 3 |
2902 |
7 - FLK North |
|
SKULL-f, R/L-M |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
|
Denys, C. 1989. A new species of bathyergid rodent from Olduvai Bed I (Tanzania, Lower Pleistocene). Neue Jahrbuecher Geologica Palaeontologica 5:257-264. |
This specimen is pictured in figure 1-3. |
147 - C. Denys |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Rodentia |
|
|
|
Bathyergidae |
Heterocephalinae |
|
Heterocephalus |
jaegeri |
|
Hypodigm |
No |
|
OVPP-Herpestinae 1 |
70 |
7 - FLK North |
|
L-P |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
1 |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
A few isolated teeth perhaps belonging to the subfamily Herpestinae. Only the pre-molar is mentioned directly. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Feliformia |
|
|
Herpestidae |
Herpestinae |
|
|
|
|
Author placed this taxon in Family Viverridae, but the specimen "perhaps" belongs to the subfamily Herpestinae. |
No |
|
OVPP-Herpestes 5 |
3893 |
7 - FLK North |
|
L-M |
|
|
I |
|
4 |
Petter, G. 1973. Carnivores Pleistocenes du ravin d’Olduvai (Tanzanie). Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:43-100. |
Specimen is an upper M1. |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Feliformia |
|
|
Herpestidae |
Herpestinae |
|
Herpestes |
ichneumon |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Herpestes 4 |
7654 |
7 - FLK North |
|
L-M |
|
|
I |
|
4 |
Petter, G. 1973. Carnivores Pleistocenes du ravin d’Olduvai (Tanzanie). Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:43-100. |
Specimen is an upper M1. |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Feliformia |
|
|
Herpestidae |
Herpestinae |
|
Herpestes |
ichneumon |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Gorgon 1 |
130 |
|
|
L-FRO, L-HOR-f |
|
106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) |
I |
|
|
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
This specimen is in the BMNH collections but a specimen number is not given. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Bovinae |
Bovini |
Gorgon |
olduvaiensis |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Geochelone 4 |
3109 |
24 - DK |
|
NRL-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 |
Cryptodira |
|
Testidinoidea |
Testudinidae |
|
|
Geochelone |
pardalis |
|
The author mentions there are over 3,000 fossilized turtle fragments from Olduvai Gorge, 98% of which are from the species Pelusios sinuatus. However, it is unclear which specimens belong to which species based on the description given. When it was unclear, the specimen is only referred to as belonging to the Order Testudines. |
No |
|
OVPP-Geochelone 1 |
3106 |
10 - BK |
|
R-HYPL-f |
|
105 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (?) |
II |
|
|
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 |
Cryptodira |
|
Testidinoidea |
Testudinidae |
|
|
Geochelone |
pardalis |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Genetta 4 |
89 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
L-MAN, L-P, L-d-P |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
3 |
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 |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Feliformia |
|
|
Viverridae |
Viverrinae |
|
Genetta |
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Gazella 15 |
1357 |
7 - FLK North |
|
L-M |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
|
1, 2, 3 |
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 |
|
OVPP-Gazella 14 |
1356 |
7 - FLK North |
|
L-M |
1960 |
104 - Unknown |
|
|
|
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 |
|
OVPP-Clarias 40 |
3857 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
L-CLEI-f |
1960 |
|
I |
|
2 |
Greenwood, P., and Todd, E. 1970. Fish remains from Olduvai. In: Fossil Vertebrates of Africa,vol. 2 New York: Academic Press. pp. 225-241. |
This specimen was found in trench II extension E. |
151 - Greenwood and Todd |
|
|
Yes |
|
Actinopterygii |
Siluriformes |
|
|
|
Clariidae |
|
|
Clarias |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Clarias 36 |
2832 |
10 - BK |
|
R/L-FRO, MSEH, R-SUBO, CLEI-f, VER-f |
1955 |
104 - Unknown |
II |
|
|
Greenwood, P., and Todd, E. 1970. Fish remains from Olduvai. In: Fossil Vertebrates of Africa,vol. 2 New York: Academic Press. pp. 225-241. |
MNI=3 or 4.They are described as coming from OLD/53 BK II, 153. |
151 - Greenwood and Todd |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Actinopterygii |
Siluriformes |
|
|
|
Clariidae |
|
|
Clarias |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Clarias 34 |
2807 |
66 - SHK SS |
|
L-SPINE |
1955 |
104 - Unknown |
III |
|
|
Greenwood, P., and Todd, E. 1970. Fish remains from Olduvai. In: Fossil Vertebrates of Africa,vol. 2 New York: Academic Press. pp. 225-241. |
|
151 - Greenwood and Todd |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Actinopterygii |
Siluriformes |
|
|
|
Clariidae |
|
|
Clarias |
|
|
This specimen is "probably" from Clarias. |
No |
|
OVPP-Clarias 32 |
2804 |
65 - SHK S |
|
R/L-PTER |
|
104 - Unknown |
|
|
|
Greenwood, P., and Todd, E. 1970. Fish remains from Olduvai. In: Fossil Vertebrates of Africa,vol. 2 New York: Academic Press. pp. 225-241. |
|
151 - Greenwood and Todd |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Actinopterygii |
Siluriformes |
|
|
|
Clariidae |
|
|
Clarias |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Clarias 30 |
2788 |
5 - FLK |
|
FRO, SOCC, SPHT, R-PTRC, L-ETHM |
1960 |
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle (Zinjanthropus) |
22 feet below the upper limit of bed I. |
Greenwood, P., and Todd, E. 1970. Fish remains from Olduvai. In: Fossil Vertebrates of Africa,vol. 2 New York: Academic Press. pp. 225-241. |
It is unclear how many individuals are represented by these specimens. |
151 - Greenwood and Todd |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Actinopterygii |
Siluriformes |
|
|
|
Clariidae |
|
|
Clarias |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Clarias 28 |
2780 |
5 - FLK |
|
NRCR-f, PCG-f, VER-f, R/L-ARTC, L-DNTY, URHL, R/L-PAL, R/L-SPINE |
1960 |
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle (Zinjanthropus) |
22 feet below the upper limit of bed I. |
Greenwood, P., and Todd, E. 1970. Fish remains from Olduvai. In: Fossil Vertebrates of Africa,vol. 2 New York: Academic Press. pp. 225-241. |
MNI=7. |
151 - Greenwood and Todd |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Actinopterygii |
Siluriformes |
|
|
|
Clariidae |
|
|
Clarias |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Clarias 27 |
2728 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
VOM, SKULL-f, FRO, L-SORB, L-SUBO, MSEH-f, L-OPER, IOPL-f, SUPP, CRHL, R/L-EPHL-f, R/L-ARTC, DNTY-f, CLEI-f, R/L-SPINE, VER-f |
1960 |
104 - Unknown |
I |
|
2 |
Greenwood, P., and Todd, E. 1970. Fish remains from Olduvai. In: Fossil Vertebrates of Africa,vol. 2 New York: Academic Press. pp. 225-241. |
MNI=49. Multiple of each element is represented, authors do not specify number of every element.These specimens come from trench III |
151 - Greenwood and Todd |
|
|
Yes |
|
Actinopterygii |
Siluriformes |
|
|
|
Clariidae |
|
|
Clarias |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Clarias 26 |
2718 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
SKULL-f, SOCC-f, R/L-PAL, URHL, R-ARTC, R/L-DENTY, R/L-SPINE, VER-f |
1960 |
104 - Unknown |
I |
|
2 |
Greenwood, P., and Todd, E. 1970. Fish remains from Olduvai. In: Fossil Vertebrates of Africa,vol. 2 New York: Academic Press. pp. 225-241. |
MNI=9.Multiple of each element is represented, authors do not specify number for every element. |
151 - Greenwood and Todd |
|
|
Yes |
|
Actinopterygii |
Siluriformes |
|
|
|
Clariidae |
|
|
Clarias |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Clarias 25 |
2717 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
SKULL-f, FRO-f, PSPH, PTRC-f, L-SORB, QUAD, ARTC-f |
1960 |
104 - Unknown |
I |
|
2 |
Greenwood, P., and Todd, E. 1970. Fish remains from Olduvai. In: Fossil Vertebrates of Africa,vol. 2 New York: Academic Press. pp. 225-241. |
This specimen is represented by a partially articulated skull. |
151 - Greenwood and Todd |
|
|
Yes |
|
Actinopterygii |
Siluriformes |
|
|
|
Clariidae |
|
|
Clarias |
sp. |
|
|
No |