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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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2823 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
MB.Ma.17196 9257 TOOTH-f 1913 128 - Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Germany -- Mfn room number: 0026. Unknown Mammalia Proboscidea Tethytheria Behemota Elephantoidea Elephantidae Inventoried by Faysal Bibi in 2012. No
MB.Ma.17197 9258 TOOTH-f 1913 128 - Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Germany -- Mfn room number: 0026. Unknown Mammalia Proboscidea Tethytheria Behemota Elephantoidea Elephantidae Inventoried by Faysal Bibi in 2012. No
MB.Ma.17199 9259 TOOTH-f 1913 128 - Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Germany -- Mfn room number: 0026. Unknown Mammalia Proboscidea Tethytheria Behemota Elephantoidea Elephantidae Inventoried by Faysal Bibi in 2012. No
OVPP-Elephas 5 251 M-f 105 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (?) I Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. This specimen is pictured in plate 16. 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. 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Proboscidea Tethytheria Behemota Elephantoidea Elephantidae Elephas africanavus No
OLD-1181 12019 19 - SHK R-MTC-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK Bed II -- OLD-1181; right metacarpal proximal end fragment Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Behemota Bovoidea Bovidae Antilopinae Antilopini Antidorcas recki Yes
OLD-994 12236 19 - SHK MTC-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK Bed II -- OLD-994; metacarpal distal end juvenile fragment Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Behemota Bovoidea Bovidae Antilopinae Antilopini Antidorcas recki Yes
OLD-995 12237 19 - SHK MTC-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK Bed II -- OLD-995; metacarpal proximal end fragment Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Behemota Bovoidea Bovidae Antilopinae Antilopini Antidorcas recki Yes
OLD-996 12238 19 - SHK MTC-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK Bed II -- OLD-996; metacarpal proximal end fragment Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Behemota Bovoidea Bovidae Antilopinae Antilopini Antidorcas recki Yes
OLD-519 12356 11 - HWK L-MTC-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-519; left metacarpal proximal end fragment Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Behemota Bovoidea Bovidae Antilopinae Antilopini Antidorcas recki Yes
OLD-484 12359 19 - SHK R-HUM-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK Bed II -- OLD-484; right humerus proximal end fragment Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Behemota Bovoidea Bovidae Antilopinae Antilopini Antidorcas recki Yes
OLD-425 12361 19 - SHK MTT-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK II -- OLD-425; distal metatarsal fragment Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Behemota Bovoidea Bovidae Antilopinae Antilopini Antidorcas recki No
M. 7120 12388 FEM-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK Current location 17F; shelf 3; distal femur fragment Unknown Mammalia Proboscidea Tethytheria Behemota Elephantoidea Elephantidae No
M. 14715 12390 M-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK Current location 17E; drawer 7 Unknown Mammalia Proboscidea Tethytheria Behemota Elephantoidea Elephantidae No
OLD-11 12401 M-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK I or II Current location 17E; drawer 5; "OLDY BRK I or II?" Unknown Mammalia Proboscidea Tethytheria Behemota Elephantoidea Elephantidae No
OLD-113 12405 23 - TK M-f 17 March 1935 114 - Natural History Museum UK III -- OLD-113; "Oldoway TK III S with jaw 17/3/35" Unknown Mammalia Proboscidea Tethytheria Behemota Elephantoidea Elephantidae No
OLD-118 12408 M-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-118; box says "fossils in flint"; fossil says "for repair"; "II" scratched into concretion Unknown Mammalia Proboscidea Tethytheria Behemota Elephantoidea Elephantidae Yes
OLD-12 12411 24 - DK M-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK I Current location 17E; drawer 5 Unknown Mammalia Proboscidea Tethytheria Behemota Elephantoidea Elephantidae No
OLD-129 12420 70 - EHK M-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK I -- OLD-129; "OLDOWAY BED I base EHK 25.VI.35"; "EHK Bed I base, presumably associated with another tooth. Similarly marked, now in room 26. (2 halves of a tooth & tray of fragments); "This fragment belongs to EHK Bed I base mandible fras from Olduvai. The missing space in the tooth is now filled with plaster. This right half of the mandible goes with the left mandible half in cabinet 17F - NET 23/11/94" Unknown Mammalia Proboscidea Tethytheria Behemota Elephantoidea Elephantidae No
OLD-13 12421 M-f (3) 114 - Natural History Museum UK I Current location 17E; drawer 5; all numbered the same but fragments may not be from same molar; "I '31" Unknown Mammalia Proboscidea Tethytheria Behemota Elephantoidea Elephantidae No
OLD-14 12430 18 - VEK M-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK I Current location 17E; drawer 5; "O VEK I" Unknown Mammalia Proboscidea Tethytheria Behemota Elephantoidea Elephantidae No
OLD-15 12441 69 - GRK S d-M-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK II Current location 17E; drawer 5; very worn; "OLDY GRK II 24.V.35" Unknown Mammalia Proboscidea Tethytheria Behemota Elephantoidea Elephantidae No
OLD-16 12450 M-f 1931 114 - Natural History Museum UK II -- OLD-16; "M. Pleistocene (Kamasian?); Bed ? II, Olduvai, T. T."; Colld. A. T. Hopwood, 1931 310 - Hopwood Unknown Mammalia Proboscidea Tethytheria Behemota Elephantoidea Elephantidae No
OLD-163 12453 25 - GC M-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK IV -- OLD-163; "OLDY GC? IV 20.V35 S" Unknown Mammalia Proboscidea Tethytheria Behemota Elephantoidea Elephantidae No
OLD-164 12454 10 - BK M-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK IV -- OLD-164; "OLD-Y BK IV S 14/5/35" Unknown Mammalia Proboscidea Tethytheria Behemota Elephantoidea Elephantidae No
OLD-176 12466 10 - BK M-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK II -- OLD-176; "OLDY ?BK II 20.V.35" Unknown Mammalia Proboscidea Tethytheria Behemota Elephantoidea Elephantidae No
OLD-190 12481 M-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK II -- OLD-190; "OLDY D? II S 1/?/35"; "Loxodonta sp. Could be L. atlantica" H. Sawjusa 21 Aug. 2000 Unknown Mammalia Proboscidea Tethytheria Behemota Elephantoidea Elephantidae No
M 100229 12483 19 - SHK M-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK II -- OLD-192; "OLDY SHK II 22.VI.35" Unknown Mammalia Proboscidea Tethytheria Behemota Elephantoidea Elephantidae No
OLD-212 12493 70 - EHK MAN-f 1935 114 - Natural History Museum UK I -- OLD-212; "Oldoway EHK Bed I base 25/VI/35"; Colld & presd. Dr. LSB Leakey, 1935 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Proboscidea Tethytheria Behemota Elephantoidea Elephantidae No
OLD-226 12500 FEM-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-226; distal femur fragment Unknown Mammalia Proboscidea Tethytheria Behemota Elephantoidea Elephantidae No
OLD-227 12501 19 - SHK M-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK III -- OLD-227; OLDY S.H.K. III situ 13.v.35 Yes Mammalia Proboscidea Tethytheria Behemota Elephantoidea Elephantidae No
OLD-233 12508 18 - VEK FEM-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-233; femoral head fragment; "VEK Site antiquus s?" Unknown Mammalia Proboscidea Tethytheria Behemota Elephantoidea Elephantidae No
OLD-234 12509 FEM-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-234; proximal femur fragment; might be same individual as OLD-235 Unknown Mammalia Proboscidea Tethytheria Behemota Elephantoidea Elephantidae No
OLD-236 12511 PHX-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-236; proximal phalanx fragment Unknown Mammalia Proboscidea Tethytheria Behemota Elephantoidea Elephantidae No
OLD-237 12512 PAT-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-237 Unknown Mammalia Proboscidea Tethytheria Behemota Elephantoidea Elephantidae No
OLD-240 12515 313 - GRK M-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK IV -- OLD-240; "OLDY GRK IV ? 4.V.36" Unknown Mammalia Proboscidea Tethytheria Behemota Elephantoidea Elephantidae No
OLD-241 12516 30 - DC MAN-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK II -- OLD-241; partial MAN endentulous; "Oldoway DC II 11.v.35"; Colld. & presd. Dr. LSB Leakey, 1935. Unknown Mammalia Proboscidea Tethytheria Behemota Elephantoidea Elephantidae No
OLD-32 12553 313 - GRK M-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK II -- OLD-32; "OLDY GRK II 34.V.35" Unknown Mammalia Proboscidea Tethytheria Behemota Elephantoidea Elephantidae No
OLD-37 12572 RUL-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-37; radio-ulna fragment Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Tethytheria Behemota Elephantoidea Hippopotamidae No
OLD-38 12575 RUL-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-38; radio-ulna fragment Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Tethytheria Behemota Elephantoidea Hippopotamidae No
OLD-39 12579 R-FEM-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-39; R-FEM-f proximal end Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Tethytheria Behemota Elephantoidea Hippopotamidae No