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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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978 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
OLD-413 12592 CAR 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-413; scaphoid Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Tethytheria Behemota Elephantoidea Hippopotamidae in Hippo drawer Unknown
OLD-411 12591 CUNE 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-411; pyramidal bone Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Tethytheria Behemota Elephantoidea Hippopotamidae in Hippo drawer Unknown
OLD-408 12590 CAR 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-408; lunar bone; "I" and "II" Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Tethytheria Behemota Elephantoidea Hippopotamidae in Hippo drawer Unknown
OLD-407 12589 CAR 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-407; lunar bone Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Tethytheria Behemota Elephantoidea Hippopotamidae in Hippo drawer Unknown
OLD-406 12588 CAR 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-406; lunar bone Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Tethytheria Behemota Elephantoidea Hippopotamidae in Hippo drawer Unknown
OLD-405 12587 CAR 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-405; lunar bone Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Tethytheria Behemota Elephantoidea Hippopotamidae in Hippo drawer Unknown
OLD-400 12583 SCP 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-400; scapula glenoid fossa Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Tethytheria Behemota Elephantoidea Hippopotamidae No
OLD-399 12580 CAR-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-399; lunar bone fragment Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Tethytheria Behemota Elephantoidea Hippopotamidae No
OLD-389 12578 CUNE 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-389 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Tethytheria Behemota Elephantoidea Hippopotamidae No
M 103974 12571 26 - FC NRCR 114 - Natural History Museum UK II -- OLD-367; partial braincase; "FC II Base 7.V.35" Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Alcelaphinae Alcelaphini cf. Parmularius angusticornis Yes
OLD-344 12562 CUNE 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-344; pyramidal Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Tethytheria Behemota Elephantoidea Hippopotamidae in Hippo drawer Unknown
FLK NN I 649 1256 6 - FLK NN MTC 104 - Unknown I 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 273 - Reck expedition Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Antilopinae Antilopini Antidorcas recki No
OLD-33 12557 CAR 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-33; lunar bone Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla "ruminant Artiodactyl" No
OLD-326 12554 MTC 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-326; subfossil? Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Tethytheria Behemota Elephantoidea Hippopotamidae No
OLD-319 12552 CUNE IV -- OLD-319; pyramidal Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae found in Hippopotamus drawer Unknown
OLD-305 12546 MTC 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-305; "subfossil? has been sectioned" Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae No
OLD-280 12535 CAR 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-280; lunar Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae No
OLD-259 12522 MTC 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-259; juvenile Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae No
OLD-200 12488 CAL 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-200; "IV S' 31" Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Equidae No
OLD-19 12482 CAL 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-19 Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Ceratomorpha Tapiromorpha Rhinocerotoidea Rhinocerotidae No
OLD-189 12480 35 - GTC CAL 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-189; "OLD-Y GTC 14/5/35" Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Equidae No
OLD-186 12477 CAL 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-186 Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Equidae No
OLD-185 12476 CAL 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-185 Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Equidae No
OLD-184 12475 9 - THC CAL 114 - Natural History Museum UK I -- OLD-184; THC I S Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Equidae No
OLD-18 12470 CAL 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-18 Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Ceratomorpha Tapiromorpha Rhinocerotoidea Rhinocerotidae No
OLD-171 12462 CUNE 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-171 Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Ceratomorpha Tapiromorpha Rhinocerotoidea Rhinocerotidae No
OLD-17 12461 CAL 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-17 Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Ceratomorpha Tapiromorpha Rhinocerotoidea Rhinocerotidae No
OLD-168 12458 13 - RK CAR 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-168; lunar bone; "RK S" Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Ceratomorpha Tapiromorpha Rhinocerotoidea Rhinocerotidae No
DK I 3292 1245 24 - DK MTC 104 - Unknown I 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 273 - Reck expedition Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Antilopinae Antilopini Antidorcas recki No
OLD-155 12446 CUBNAV 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-155 Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Ceratomorpha Tapiromorpha Rhinocerotoidea Rhinocerotidae maybe Equid Unknown
OLD-154 12445 CUNE 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-154 Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Ceratomorpha Tapiromorpha Rhinocerotoidea Rhinocerotidae No
OLD-153 12444 CUNE 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-153 Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Ceratomorpha Tapiromorpha Rhinocerotoidea Rhinocerotidae No
OLD-119 12409 CRA-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-119; based on note with specimen, may not be from Olduvai Unknown Mammalia large mammal Yes
OLD-112 12404 CAR (SCPH) 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-112; SCPH scaphoid Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Ceratomorpha Tapiromorpha Rhinocerotoidea Rhinocerotidae No
OLD-109 12400 CAR (lunar) 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-109; ruminant Artiodactyl Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla No
F. 3665 P.P.T. 4 124 16 - LK CRA, L-HOR-f, R-HOR 105 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (?) IV Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. Face and maxillae are missing. The holotype is pictured in plates 43 and 44. It was found on the surface between RK and LK. This eland is poorly represented 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. 130 - L.S.B. Leakey 264 - Leakey family expedition No Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Bovinae Taurotragini Taurotragus arkelli Holotype No
OLD-107 12399 CRA 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-107; 1 cranium with many fragments Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Ceratomorpha Tapiromorpha Rhinocerotoidea Rhinocerotidae No
OLD-104 12397 CAR (lunar) 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-104; ruminant Artiodactyl Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla No
OLD-103 12396 CAR (lunar) 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-103; ruminant Artiodactyl Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla No
M. 14468 12389 311 - JK IV CAL 114 - Natural History Museum UK Current location 17G; drawer 10; "O JK IV" Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Equidae No