|
OVPP-Suncus 21 |
3840 |
7 - FLK North |
|
MAN, (n=2) |
|
|
I |
4 |
|
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. |
|
150 - Butler and Greenwood |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
Soricoidea |
Soricidae |
Crocidurinae |
|
Suncus |
leakeyi |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Suncus 20 |
3839 |
7 - FLK North |
|
MAN, (n=38) |
|
|
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. |
The following specimens are specifically mentioned by the authors:a. Right mandible with complete dentition, unworn.b. Incomplete right mandible with lightly worn P4-M3 |
150 - Butler and Greenwood |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
Soricoidea |
Soricidae |
Crocidurinae |
|
Suncus |
leakeyi |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Suncus 2 |
11 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
MAN, (n=242) |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
1, 2, 3 |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
242 lower jaw fragments occur in layers 1, 2, 3 but not in highest layers of Bed 1. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
Soricoidea |
Soricidae |
Crocidurinae |
|
Suncus |
lixus |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Suncus 19 |
3838 |
7 - FLK North |
|
MAN, (n=7) |
|
|
I |
3 |
|
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. |
The following specimen is specifically mentioned by the author:"Incomplete left ramus with lightly worn I2-M3" |
150 - Butler and Greenwood |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
Soricoidea |
Soricidae |
Crocidurinae |
|
Suncus |
leakeyi |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Suncus 18 |
3837 |
7 - FLK North |
|
MAN, (n=8) |
|
|
I |
2 |
|
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. |
|
150 - Butler and Greenwood |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
Soricoidea |
Soricidae |
Crocidurinae |
|
Suncus |
leakeyi |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Suncus 17 |
3836 |
7 - FLK North |
|
FEM, MAN, (n=11) |
|
|
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. |
Authors do not specify if femur is associated with any of the mandibles.The following specimen is specifically mentioned by the authors:Right mandible with moderately worn dentition and without the angular process. |
150 - Butler and Greenwood |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
Soricoidea |
Soricidae |
Crocidurinae |
|
Suncus |
leakeyi |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Suncus 16 |
3835 |
5 - FLK |
|
MAN |
|
|
I |
Zinjanthropus |
|
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. |
|
150 - Butler and Greenwood |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
Soricoidea |
Soricidae |
Crocidurinae |
|
Suncus |
varilla |
meesteri |
|
No |
|
OVPP-Suncus 15 |
3834 |
7 - FLK North |
|
MAN, (n=2) |
|
|
I |
6 |
|
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. |
|
150 - Butler and Greenwood |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
Soricoidea |
Soricidae |
Crocidurinae |
|
Suncus |
varilla |
meesteri |
|
No |
|
OVPP-Suncus 14 |
3833 |
7 - FLK North |
|
MAN, (n=22) |
|
|
I |
5 |
|
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. |
|
150 - Butler and Greenwood |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
Soricoidea |
Soricidae |
Crocidurinae |
|
Suncus |
varilla |
meesteri |
|
No |
|
OVPP-Suncus 13 |
3832 |
7 - FLK North |
|
HUM, MAN, (n=10) |
|
|
I |
4 |
|
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. |
Authors do not specify if humerus is associated with any of the mandibles. |
150 - Butler and Greenwood |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
Soricoidea |
Soricidae |
Crocidurinae |
|
Suncus |
varilla |
meesteri |
|
No |
|
OVPP-Suncus 12 |
3831 |
7 - FLK North |
|
FEM, (n=6), MAN, (n=105) |
|
|
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. |
Authors do not provide MNI.Includes holotype for the species, a complete left mandible with unworn teeth.The following specimens are specifically mentioned by the authors: Three right mandibles iwth I2-M3 and base of I1 |
150 - Butler and Greenwood |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
Soricoidea |
Soricidae |
Crocidurinae |
|
Suncus |
varilla |
meesteri |
|
No |
|
OVPP-Suncus 11 |
3830 |
7 - FLK North |
|
FEM, (n=2), HUM, (n=4), MAN, (n=73) |
|
|
I |
3 |
|
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. |
Authors do not provide MNI.The following specimen is mentioned specifically by the authors: A fragment of right maxilla with unworn C-M2 |
150 - Butler and Greenwood |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
Soricoidea |
Soricidae |
Crocidurinae |
|
Suncus |
varilla |
meesteri |
|
No |
|
OVPP-Suncus 10 |
3829 |
7 - FLK North |
|
FEM, (n=5), HUM, (n=8), MAN, (n=54) |
|
|
I |
2 |
|
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. |
Authors do not provide MNI.The following specimen is specifically mentioned by the authors:A right mandibular ramus with unworn I2-M2 |
150 - Butler and Greenwood |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
Soricoidea |
Soricidae |
Crocidurinae |
|
Suncus |
varilla |
meesteri |
|
No |
|
OVPP-Stylohipparion 1 |
265 |
|
|
MAN, L/R-I |
|
104 - Unknown |
|
|
|
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
This specimen is pictured in plate 20. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Perissodactyla |
Hippomorpha |
|
|
Equidae |
Equinae |
|
Stylohipparion |
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Soricidae 3 |
3853 |
24 - DK |
|
MAN |
|
|
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. |
Broken left mandible with some worn teeth. |
150 - Butler and Greenwood |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
Soricoidea |
Soricidae |
|
|
|
|
|
One of five specimens of indeterminant species of Soricidae from Olduvai. Authors state that there appears to be three different species represented in the indeterminant specimens. This specimen is described as Species III. |
No |
|
OVPP-Soricidae 2 |
3852 |
7 - FLK North |
|
L-MAN, (n=3) |
|
|
I |
5 |
|
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. |
Three left mandibular fragments. |
150 - Butler and Greenwood |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
Soricoidea |
Soricidae |
|
|
|
|
|
Three of five specimens of indeterminant species of Soricidae from Olduvai. Authors state that there appears to be three different species represented in the indeterminant specimens. These specimens are described as Species II. |
No |
|
OVPP-Soricidae 1 |
3851 |
7 - FLK North |
|
L-MAN |
|
|
I |
2 |
|
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. |
Authors describe specimen as "left mandibular ramus with P4-M2 moderately worn, and with the roots of I1, I2, and M3. |
150 - Butler and Greenwood |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
Soricoidea |
Soricidae |
|
|
|
|
|
One of five specimens of indeterminant species of Soricidae from Olduvai. Authors state that there appears to be three different species represented in the indeterminant specimens. This specimen is described as Species I. |
No |
|
OVPP-Sciuridae 1 |
2433 |
7 - FLK North |
|
MAN-f, (n=9) |
|
105 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (?) |
I |
M3 |
|
Denys, C. 1990. First occurrence of Xerus cf. inauris. Palaont. Z. 64: 359 |
The author mentions nine mandible fragments of Xerus cf. inauris and 25 total remains of sciurids. 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. |
147 - C. Denys |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Rodentia |
Sciuromorpha |
Sciurida |
|
Sciuridae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Python 11 |
1942 |
|
|
MAN |
|
104 - Unknown |
|
|
|
Rage J. 1973. Fossil snakes from Olduvai, Tanzania. In: Fossil vertebrates of Africa, vol. 3:1-6. |
This mandible is pictured in plate 1, figures 3 and 4. |
149 - J. C. Rage |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Reptilia |
Squamata |
|
|
|
Boidae |
|
|
Python |
sebae |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Protocyon 1 |
87 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
MAN, RAM-f, L-P, L-M |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
3 |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
|
133 - L. Werdelin |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Caniformia |
Cynoidea |
|
Canidae |
|
|
Prototocyon |
recki |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Pipistrellus 1 |
24 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
MAN |
|
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 |
Chiroptera |
Microchiroptera |
|
Vespertilionoidea |
Vespertillionidae |
Vespertillioninae |
Pipstrellini |
Pipistrellus |
rueppelei |
|
This mandible resembles P. rueppelei but is somewhat larger and is roughly the size of P. dormeri from India. |
No |
|
OVPP-Pelorovis 83 |
747 |
39 - MRC |
|
L-MAN-f |
|
104 - Unknown |
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 |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Bovinae |
Bovini |
Pelorovis |
oldowayensis |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Pelorovis 81 |
744 |
19 - SHK |
|
MAN |
|
104 - Unknown |
III |
|
|
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. |
A tooth is associated with this mandible. |
137 - A. Gentry |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Bovinae |
Bovini |
Pelorovis |
oldowayensis |
|
|
No |
|
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-P-66 |
13346 |
|
|
L-MAN |
|
|
|
|
|
-- |
Oldoway 1953-19. CAST |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Equidae |
|
|
Eurygnathohippus |
Cornelianus |
|
|
Yes |
|
OVPP-P-61 |
13342 |
|
|
R-MAN-f (P2-M1) |
|
|
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-59 KKI 263. Cast |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
|
Carnivora |
|
|
|
Hyaenidae |
|
|
|
Crocuta |
|
|
Yes |
|
OVPP-P-60 |
13341 |
|
|
R-MAN (P3-M1), L-MAN (C, P3-M1) |
|
|
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-57 BKII 1273. Cast |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
|
Carnivora |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Yes |
|
OVPP-P-55 |
13337 |
|
|
L.MAN-f (P3-M1) |
|
|
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-51 BKII 1510. Cast |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
|
Carnivora |
|
|
|
Hyaenidae |
|
|
|
Crocuta |
|
|
Yes |
|
OVPP-P-53 |
13335 |
|
|
R. MAN-f |
|
|
|
|
|
-- |
OLD I 1960 NNI FLK 764. Cast |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
|
Carnivora |
|
|
|
Herpestidae |
|
|
|
Herpestes primitivus |
|
|
Yes |
|
OVPP-P-52 |
13334 |
|
|
L. MAN-f |
|
|
|
|
|
-- |
OLD I 1960 NN II-3 FLKI 753(or 763?). Cast |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
|
Carnivora |
|
|
|
Herpestidae |
|
|
|
Herpestes primitivus |
|
|
Yes |
|
OVPP-P-50 |
13333 |
|
|
L. MAN-f (P2-P4)
, L.LUM1 |
|
|
|
|
|
-- |
FLKNNI Bed I. Cast |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
|
Carnivora |
|
|
|
Viverridae |
|
|
|
Pseudocivetta ingens |
|
|
Yes |
|
OVPP-P-49 |
13332 |
|
|
R. MAN-f (P2-M2) |
|
|
|
|
|
-- |
FLKNNI 762 T2 III-3. Cast |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
|
Carnivora |
|
|
|
Herpestidae |
|
|
|
Mungos mungo |
|
|
Yes |
|
OVPP-P-48 |
13331 |
|
|
R.MAN-f (C, P2-M2) |
|
|
|
|
|
-- |
FLKNI L-4 6128. Cast |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
|
Carnivora |
|
|
|
Herpestidae |
|
|
|
Mungos dietrichi |
|
|
Yes |
|
OVPP-P-45 |
13328 |
|
|
L. MAN- f (M2) |
|
|
|
|
|
-- |
FLKNI L-4. Cast |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
|
Carnivora |
|
|
|
Herpestidae |
|
|
|
Mungos dietrichi |
|
|
Yes |
|
OVPP-P-44 |
13327 |
|
|
R. MAN-f (C) |
|
|
|
|
|
-- |
FLKNI L-4. 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-31 |
13307 |
|
|
R-MAN-f (P2-P4) |
|
|
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-62 DKIC L-3 . Herpestidae or Viverridae |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
|
Carnivora |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Yes |
|
OVPP-P-14 |
13289 |
|
|
L-MAN(M1)-f |
|
|
|
|
|
-- |
NI V-5 067-1317. Original |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
|
Carnivora |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Yes |
|
OVPP-P-13 |
13288 |
|
|
Frag. L. MAN (frags. P4-M1) + R. LM1 + Frag. MAN (M1) |
|
|
|
|
|
-- |
NI 10.171 V-3. Original. Several Specimen, with a mix of Taxa |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
|
Carnivora |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Yes |
|
OVPP-Otomys 9 |
3863 |
5 - FLK |
|
MAN-f, M |
|
|
I |
|
|
Denys, C. 1989. Phylogenetic affinities of the oldest East African Otomys (Rodentia, Mammalia) from Olduvai Bed I (Pleistocene, Tanzania). Neues Jahrbuch f |
Mandible fragment has M2.Author states that specimens come from FLKI, FLKNNI layers K, L2, L3, FLKNI layers M1-M6 but does not specify which specimen came from where. |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Rodentia |
Myomorpha |
Myodonta |
Muroidea |
Muridae |
Murinae |
Otomyini |
Otomys |
petteri |
|
|
No |