|
OLD-810 |
12908 |
298 - CMK |
|
MTP |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
IV |
|
|
-- |
OLD-810; distal metapodial; "OLD CMK IV S 20.V.15" |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Giraffoidea |
Giraffidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
M 103892 |
12939 |
25 - GC |
|
L-P |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
IV |
|
|
-- |
OLD-860; left upper P4; "OLD Y GC ?IV S 20.V.35" |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Bovinae |
Bovini |
|
|
|
cf. Syncerus |
Unknown |
|
M. 104095 |
13005 |
|
|
L-MAN, P, M (3) |
1931 |
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
IV |
|
|
-- |
L-MAN with P4, M1, M2, M3; OLD-1091; (Last edit SC 2019) |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Alcelaphinae |
Alcelaphini |
|
|
|
|
No |
|
M. 104115 |
13015 |
|
|
L-MAN, P (2), M |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
IV |
|
|
-- |
Left mandible with P3-M1; OLD-1101; (Last edit SC 2019) |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Alcelaphinae |
Alcelaphini |
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD-1550 |
13146 |
|
|
SCP-f |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
IV |
|
|
-- |
OLD-1550; May all be from Bed IV See strat info. for OLD-1558 |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
|
|
|
Bovidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD-1551 |
13147 |
|
|
SCP-f |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
IV |
|
|
-- |
OLD-1551; May all be from Bed IV See strat info. for OLD-1558 |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
|
|
|
Bovidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD-1552 |
13148 |
|
|
SCP-f |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
IV |
|
|
-- |
OLD-1552; May all be from Bed IV See strat info. for OLD-1558 |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
|
|
|
Bovidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD-1553 |
13149 |
|
|
SCP-f |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
IV |
|
|
-- |
OLD-1553; May all be from Bed IV See strat info. for OLD-1558 |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
|
|
|
Bovidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD-1554 |
13150 |
|
|
SCP-f |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
IV |
|
|
-- |
OLD-1554; May all be from Bed IV See strat info. for OLD-1558 |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
|
|
|
Bovidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD-1555 |
13151 |
|
|
SCP-f |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
IV |
|
|
-- |
OLD-1555; May all be from Bed IV See strat info. for OLD-1558 |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
|
|
|
Bovidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD-1556 |
13152 |
|
|
SCP-f |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
IV |
|
|
-- |
OLD-1556; May all be from Bed IV See strat info. for OLD-1558 |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
|
|
|
Bovidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD-1562 |
13158 |
|
|
MTP-f |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
IV |
|
|
-- |
OLD-1562; proximal MTP-f; May all be from Bed IV See strat info. for OLD-1558 |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
|
|
|
Bovidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD-1563 |
13159 |
|
|
MTP-f |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
IV |
|
|
-- |
OLD-1563; distal MTP-f; May all be from Bed IV See strat info. for OLD-1558 |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
|
|
|
Bovidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD-1683 |
13178 |
80 - MCK |
|
PHX |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
IV |
S |
|
-- |
OLD-1683; "OLDOWAY MCK IV S ?/5/35" |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Alcelaphinae |
Alcelaphini |
|
|
|
|
No |
|
M 103995 |
13274 |
|
|
P (3) |
|
|
IV |
|
|
-- |
OLD-460; upper premolar; " NI Layer IV" |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Antilopinae |
Antilopini |
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OH 22 |
3737 |
73 - VEK/MNK |
|
R-MAN-f
, R-P
, R-M
, R-I-f
, R-C-f |
1968 |
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
III/IV |
|
Surface, indeterminate gravel |
Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
Right half of mandible with roots of I1-C and complete P3-M2. Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya. |
|
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Hominoidea |
Hominidae |
Homininae |
Hominini |
Homo |
cf. erectus |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-528 |
9899 |
|
|
L-MAN-f, d/L-P |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
III/IV |
|
Red popcorn clays 20m below top of section. |
-- |
Juvenile left mandible with dP3 and dP4. Needs prep. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2013/06/30 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Antilopinae |
Reduncini |
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-530 |
9901 |
|
|
PHX |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
III/IV |
|
About 10m below silt/ash horizon in popcorn clays. |
-- |
Intermediate phalanx. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2013/06/30 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Perissodactyla |
Hippomorpha |
|
|
Equidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-532 |
9903 |
|
|
PHX |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
III/IV |
|
3m below silt/ash in popcorn clays. |
-- |
Distal phalanx. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2013/06/30 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-172 |
7850 |
|
|
MTP |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
III/IV |
|
Five meters below Masek/Ndutu. |
-- |
Proximal metapodial. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2012/07/06 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-176 |
7854 |
|
|
P |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
III/IV |
|
Five meters below Masek/Ndutu. |
-- |
Maxillary premolar. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2012/07/06 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-158 |
7837 |
|
|
PHX |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
III, IV |
|
|
-- |
Distal phalanx. Turtle? |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2012/07/06 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-167 |
7845 |
|
|
P |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
III, IV |
|
Ten meters below Masek/Ndutu. |
-- |
Maxillary premolar. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2012/07/06 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
M. 21447 |
181 |
23 - TK |
|
CRA, L/R-MAX-f, L-HOR, L/R-P, L/R-M, L/R-I |
1931 |
106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) |
III, IV |
|
4 feet below Masek Beds |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
This neotype specimen is pictured in plates 81 and 82. The original holotype of M. kattwinkelli (VI-1099) was lost in WWII in Munich. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Alcelaphinae |
Alcelaphini |
Xenocephalus |
kattwinkelli |
|
Neotype - This specimen was reclassified by Gentry and Gentry (1978) as Megalotragus kattwinkeli. |
No |
|
OF 68.274 |
762 |
43 - Bos K |
|
SKULL, HOR, M, P |
1962 |
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
III, IV |
|
|
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 from a juvenile. It is the same individual as the horn core OF 68.205. |
137 - A. Gentry |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Bovinae |
Bovini |
Syncerus |
acoelotus |
|
|
No |
|
VFK III-IV 150 |
1076 |
44 - VFK |
|
SKULL, HOR, M, P |
|
104 - Unknown |
III, IV |
|
|
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 one of several of a herd found in undivided beds III-IV. |
137 - A. Gentry |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Alcelaphinae |
Alcelaphini |
Damaliscus |
agelaius |
|
|
No |
|
VFK III-IV 235 |
1077 |
44 - VFK |
|
HOR, M, P |
|
104 - Unknown |
III, IV |
|
|
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 one of several of a herd found in undivided beds III-IV. |
137 - A. Gentry |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Alcelaphinae |
Alcelaphini |
Damaliscus |
agelaius |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-24 |
7701 |
|
|
MAX-f, I, M, PHX |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
III, II |
|
Contact scree slope |
-- |
Maxilla fragment with four incisors, two molars and one intermediate phalanx. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2012/6/28 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Perissodactyla |
Hippomorpha |
|
|
Equidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
M. 104107 |
13023 |
|
|
R-MAN, P, M (2) |
6/5/35 |
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
III-IV |
|
|
-- |
Right mandible with P4, M2, and M3; OLD-1109; (Last edit SC 2019) |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Alcelaphinae |
Alcelaphini |
|
|
|
|
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-Testudines 10 |
3077 |
24 - DK |
|
PLR |
|
105 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (?) |
III |
|
|
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 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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-Testudines 11 |
3078 |
24 - DK |
|
PERI |
|
105 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (?) |
III |
|
|
-- |
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 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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 |
|
OH 51 |
3766 |
35 - GTC |
|
L-MAND-f, L-P, L-M |
1974 |
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
III |
|
Surface. |
-- |
Mandible fragment with P4 and M1. Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya. |
|
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Hominoidea |
Hominidae |
Homininae |
Hominini |
Homo |
erectus |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-12 |
7690 |
|
|
MTP |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
III |
|
Scree slope |
-- |
Proximal MC1 |
157 - L. Hlusko |
|
253 - OVPP |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-60 |
7738 |
|
|
L-MAX-f, L-P, L-M |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
III |
|
|
-- |
Left maxilla fragment P4-M2. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2012/6/29 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
Y |
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-62 |
7740 |
|
|
PHX |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
III |
|
|
-- |
Distal phalanx. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2012/6/29 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-63 |
7741 |
|
|
P |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
III |
|
Sandstone near top of Bed III. |
-- |
Upper P2. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2012/6/29 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-138 |
7818 |
|
|
PHX |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
III |
|
Found at the very top of Bed II, eroded from Bed III. |
-- |
Distal phalanx. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2012/07/06 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-212 |
7891 |
|
|
R-MAN, P, M |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
III |
|
|
-- |
Right mandible with P4-M3. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2012/07/06 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-285 |
7963 |
|
|
PHX |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
III |
|
|
-- |
2 distal phalanges. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2012/07/08 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |