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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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698 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
OVPP-Stylohipparion 7 530 19 - SHK UK 104 - Unknown II middle Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. 142 - M. D. Leakey 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Hippomorpha Equidae Equinae Stylohipparion sp. No
OVPP-Stylohipparion 8 531 29 - FC W UK 104 - Unknown II middle Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. 142 - M. D. Leakey 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Hippomorpha Equidae Equinae Stylohipparion sp. No
OVPP-Stylohipparion 9 532 14 - HWK E UK 104 - Unknown II middle 3, 4, 5 Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. 142 - M. D. Leakey 264 - Leakey family expedition Yes Mammalia Perissodactyla Hippomorpha Equidae Equinae Stylohipparion sp. No
OVPP-Stylohipparion 10 533 10 - BK UK 104 - Unknown II upper Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. 142 - M. D. Leakey 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Hippomorpha Equidae Equinae Stylohipparion sp. No
OVPP-Stylohipparion 11 534 23 - TK UK 104 - Unknown II upper All levels Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. 142 - M. D. Leakey 264 - Leakey family expedition Yes Mammalia Perissodactyla Hippomorpha Equidae Equinae Stylohipparion sp. No
OVPP-Stylohipparion 12 535 30 - DC UK 104 - Unknown II upper Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. 142 - M. D. Leakey 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Hippomorpha Equidae Equinae Stylohipparion sp. No
1116 3941 L-COX I/II Petter, G. 1973. Carnivores Pleistocenes du ravin d’Olduvai (Tanzanie). Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:43-100. Author lists specimen in an assemblage that is described as coming from FLK N, FLK NN, KK, BK, and DK but does not specifically assign site. 157 - L. Hlusko 2012/6/28 Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Hippomorpha Equidae No
1776 3946 R-C I/II Petter, G. 1973. Carnivores Pleistocenes du ravin d’Olduvai (Tanzanie). Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:43-100. Author lists specimen in an assemblage that is described as coming from BK, THL, and FLK N but does not specifically assign site. 157 - L. Hlusko 2012/6/28 Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Hippomorpha Equidae No
2600 3948 FEM-f I Petter, G. 1973. Carnivores Pleistocenes du ravin d’Olduvai (Tanzanie). Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:43-100. Specimen is distal extremity of femur. Author lists specimen in an assemblage that is described as coming from BK, THL, and FLK N but does not specifically assign site. 157 - L. Hlusko 2012/6/28 Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Hippomorpha Equidae No
6158 3959 7 - FLK North C-f II Petter, G. 1973. Carnivores Pleistocenes du ravin d’Olduvai (Tanzanie). Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:43-100. 157 - L. Hlusko 2012/6/28 Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Hippomorpha Equidae 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-L-28 3995 TOOTH 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania -- Specimen label: OLD-88-224-4-5; box #: OLD 881-E. 157 - L. Hlusko 2012/6/29 Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Hippomorpha Equidae No
OVPP-L-32 3999 C 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania -- Specimen label: OLD-88-229-1-5. Box #: OLD881-E. 157 - L. Hlusko 2012/6/29 Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Hippomorpha Equidae No
OVPP-L-34 4001 MAX, TOOTH 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania -- Specimen label: OLD-88-255-1?. Box #: OLD881-E. Maxilla (?) with teeth. 157 - L. Hlusko 2012/6/29 Unknown Y Mammalia Perissodactyla Hippomorpha Equidae No
OVPP-L-42 4009 M 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania -- Specimen label: OLD-88-237-2-5. Box #: OLD881-E. 157 - L. Hlusko 2012/6/29 Unknown Y Mammalia Perissodactyla Hippomorpha Equidae No
OVPP-L-44 4011 M 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania -- Specimen label: OLD-88-235-1-5. Box #: OLD881-E. 157 - L. Hlusko 2012/6/29 Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Hippomorpha Equidae No
OVPP-L-45 4012 PHX 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania -- Specimen label: OLD-88-231-?-5. Box #: OLD881-E. 157 - L. Hlusko 2012/6/29 Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Hippomorpha Equidae No
OVPP-L-46 4013 PHX 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania -- Specimen label: OLD-88-231-2-5. Box #: OLD881-E. 157 - L. Hlusko 2012/6/29 Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Hippomorpha Equidae No
OVPP-L-63 4031 M 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania -- Specimen label: OLD-88-232-1-S. Box #: OLD881-E. 157 - L. Hlusko 2012/6/29 Unknown Y Mammalia Perissodactyla Hippomorpha Equidae No
OVPP-L-69 4037 M 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania -- Specimen label: OLD-88-230-4-S. Box #: OLD881-E. 157 - L. Hlusko 2012/6/30 Unknown Y Mammalia Perissodactyla Hippomorpha Equidae No
OVPP-L-73 4041 AST 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania -- 157 - L. Hlusko 2012/6/30 Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Hippomorpha Equidae No
OVPP-L-75 4043 AST 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania -- 157 - L. Hlusko 2012/6/30 Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Hippomorpha Equidae No
OVPP-L-78 4046 M 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania -- Specimen label: OLD-88-279-4-S. 157 - L. Hlusko Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Hippomorpha Equidae No
OVPP-L-137 4106 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania -- 157 - L. Hlusko 2012/07/06 Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Hippomorpha Equidae No
OVPP-L-142 4111 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania -- 157 - L. Hlusko 2012/07/06 Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Hippomorpha Equidae No
OVPP-L-146 4115 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania -- 157 - L. Hlusko 2012/07/06 Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Hippomorpha Equidae No
OVPP-L-151 4120 -- 157 - L. Hlusko 2012/07/06 Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Hippomorpha Equidae No
OVPP-L-152 4121 -- 157 - L. Hlusko Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Hippomorpha Equidae No
OVPP-L-157 4126 -- 157 - L. Hlusko 2012/07/06 Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Hippomorpha Equidae No
OVPP-L-159 4128 -- 157 - L. Hlusko 2012/07/06 Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Hippomorpha Equidae No
OVPP-19 7696 M 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania II Upper -- 157 - L. Hlusko 2012/6/28 253 - OVPP No Mammalia Perissodactyla Hippomorpha Equidae 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
OVPP-26 7703 M 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania II Upper One meter below Bed III contact. -- Two teeth. 157 - L. Hlusko 2012/6/28 253 - OVPP No Mammalia Perissodactyla Hippomorpha Equidae No
OVPP-37 7714 M 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania III -- Maxillary molar. 157 - L. Hlusko 2012/6/28 253 - OVPP No Y Mammalia Perissodactyla Hippomorpha Equidae No
OVPP-39 7716 L-M 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania II Four meters below contact with Bed III. -- Upper left molar. 157 - L. Hlusko 2012/6/28 253 - OVPP No Mammalia Perissodactyla Hippomorpha Equidae No
OVPP-70 7748 AST 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania I From sandstone somewhere above where it was collected, likely from top of section where there is Masek/Ndutu/Naisiusiu. -- 157 - L. Hlusko 2012/6/29 253 - OVPP No Y Mammalia Perissodactyla Hippomorpha Equidae No
OVPP-74 7752 M 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania I Upper Level of Tuff 1E. -- Mandibular molar. 157 - L. Hlusko 2012/6/29 253 - OVPP No Mammalia Perissodactyla Hippomorpha Equidae No
OVPP-76 7754 MAN-f, M 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania Gulley wash off of Bed II and up; cannot assign stratigraphic level. -- Mandible fragment with molar. 157 - L. Hlusko 2012/6/29 253 - OVPP No Mammalia Perissodactyla Hippomorpha Equidae No
OVPP-83 7762 M 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania I Ten meters below Tuff 1F; 8 meters below carbonate nodules. -- 157 - L. Hlusko 2012/6/29 253 - OVPP No Mammalia Perissodactyla Hippomorpha Equidae No
OVPP-85 7764 L-M 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania I Upper Reddish clay sediment overlying laminated Tuff 1F. -- Left maxillary M2-3. 157 - L. Hlusko 2012/6/29 253 - OVPP No Y Mammalia Perissodactyla Hippomorpha Equidae No