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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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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 1960/3101 FLK N I 8092 7 - FLK North TOOTH 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania I -- Molar or premolar? Sieving. Specimen not labeled. 2012/07/26 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea Cercopithecidae No
OLD 61/2971 MPC I 8105 24 - DK TOOTH 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania I -- Tooth in concretion. Canine? Needs preparation. Card in bag states "Dental fragment OLD 1961 067/2971". Pleistocene. 2012/07/26 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Y Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea Cercopithecidae No
067/1984 8156 89 - HWK E (?) TOOTH 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania -- Tooth. Pleistocene. Olduvai. Label in bag with specimen states "Not primate, try carnivore". other label in bag states "III/1/2 HWK E. I OLD62". 2012/07/30 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Label in bag with specimen states "Not primate, try carnivore". No
MB.Ma.25150 9191 TOOTH 1931 128 - Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Germany -- Lower. Mfn room number: 2251. Cabinet: P0449-4. Drawer: 41. Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Hippomorpha Equidae Equinae Equini Equus Inventoried by Faysal Bibi in 2012. No
MB.Ma.25153 9194 TOOTH 1931 128 - Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Germany -- Upper. Mfn room number: 2251. Cabinet: P0449-4. Drawer: 41. Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Hippomorpha Equidae Equinae Equini Equus oldowayensis Inventoried by Faysal Bibi in 2012. No
MB.Ma.25169 9196 TOOTH 1931 128 - Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Germany Horizont 1-3 -- Upper. Mfn room number: 2251. Cabinet: P0449-4. Drawer: 41. Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Hippomorpha Equidae Equinae Equini Equus Inventoried by Faysal Bibi in 2012. No
MB.Ma.25171 9198 TOOTH 128 - Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Germany Horizont 1-3 -- Lower. Mfn room number: 2251. Cabinet: P0449-4. Drawer: 41. Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Hippomorpha Equidae Equinae Equini Equus Inventoried by Faysal Bibi in 2012. No
OH 46 3761 6 - FLK NN TOOTH 1960 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania I 3 Leakey, M.D. 1978. Olduvai fossil hominids:their stratigraphic positions and associations. In: Jolly, CJ, editor. Early hominids of Africa. London:Duckworth. P. 3-16. Broken crown of molar or premolar. Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya. 142 - M. D. Leakey 264 - Leakey family expedition Yes Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Hominoidea Hominidae Australopithecus boisei No
OH 64 3779 81 - HWK W TOOTH 1989 104 - Unknown II Lowermost 20 mm above Tuff IF in "basal waxy clay". Clarke, R.J. Published online 4 May 2012. A Homo habilis maxilla and other newly-discovered hominid fossils from Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Olduvai Special issue, JHE Yes Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Hominoidea Hominidae Australopithecus boisei No
OH 71 3786 24 - DK TOOTH 2003 127 - National Natural History Museum, Arusha, Tanzania I Lower “Discovered by an Earthwatch project led by F.T. Masao in 2003 and 2004, respectively, and will be described elsewhere.” -R. Clarke (2011) Specimen is shown. Yes Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Hominoidea Hominidae No
OH 72 3787 24 - DK TOOTH 2004 127 - National Natural History Museum, Arusha, Tanzania I Lower “Discovered by an Earthwatch project led by F.T. Masao in 2003 and 2004, respectively, and will be described elsewhere.” -R. Clarke (2011) Yes Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Hominoidea Hominidae 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-38 4005 TOOTH 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania -- Specimen label: ? Box #: OLD881-E. 157 - L. Hlusko 2012/6/29 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae No
OVPP-L-51 4018 TOOTH 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania -- Specimen label: OLD-88-232-3-S. Box #: OLD881-E. 157 - L. Hlusko 2012/6/30 Unknown Mammalia No
OVPP-L-72 4040 TOOTH 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania -- Specimen label: OLD-88-234-3-S. Box #: OLD881-E. 157 - L. Hlusko 2012/6/30 Unknown Mammalia No
OVPP-L-112 4080 TOOTH 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania -- 157 - L. Hlusko 2012/07/06 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae No
OLD-579 11955 TOOTH 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-579 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OLD-643 11981 TOOTH 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-643 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Giraffidae Yes
OLD-644 11982 TOOTH 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-644 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Giraffidae Yes
OLD-883 11418 TOOTH 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-883 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OLD-862 12292 TOOTH 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-862 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Giraffoidea Giraffidae Yes
OLD-837 12305 TOOTH 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-837 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Giraffoidea Giraffidae Yes
OLD-767 12323 TOOTH 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-767 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OLD-135 12426 TOOTH 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-135; "tooth" Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Ceratomorpha Tapiromorpha Rhinocerotoidea Rhinocerotidae No
OLD-250 11796 TOOTH 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-250 Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Ceratomorpha Tapiromorpha Rhinocerotoidea Rhinocerotidae Yes
OLD-251 11797 TOOTH 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-251 Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Ceratomorpha Tapiromorpha Rhinocerotoidea Rhinocerotidae Yes
OLD-252 11798 TOOTH 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-252 Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Ceratomorpha Tapiromorpha Rhinocerotoidea Rhinocerotidae Yes
OLD-948 11825 TOOTH 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-948 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OLD-313 11867 TOOTH 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-313 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OLD-1901 11914 TOOTH 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1901 Unknown Mammalia Yes
OLD-290 11427 TOOTH 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-290; found in box with yellow card, but no label on bones, so we don't know if the yellow card corresponds Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OLD-694 11435 TOOTH 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-694 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OH 39 3754 37 - HWK EE TOOTH , d-TOOTH 1972 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania I Upper In fallen block from Upper Bed I. Surface. Leakey, M.D. 1978. Olduvai fossil hominids:their stratigraphic positions and associations. In: Jolly, CJ, editor. Early hominids of Africa. London:Duckworth. P. 3-16. Upper dentitions: Partial permanent and deciduous dentition. Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya. 142 - M. D. Leakey 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Hominoidea Hominidae Homininae Hominini Homo habilis No
OH 30 3745 72 - FLK Maiko Gully 283 - 45 TOOTH , d-TOOTH , CRA-f , 1969 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania II Lower Surface "Parts deciduous and germ dentitions" (Leakey MD, 1971:234). Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya. 264 - Leakey family expedition No Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Hominoidea Hominidae Australopithecus boisei No
OVPP-L-62 4030 TIB-f 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania -- Specimen label: OLD-88-217-21-S. Box #: OLD881-E. 157 - L. Hlusko 2012/6/29 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae No
OVPP-Erinaceus 80 2152 7 - FLK North TIB-f 104 - Unknown I upper 4 Butler, P., and Greenwood, M. 1973. The early Pleistocene hedgehogs from Olduvai, Tanzania. Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:7-42. 150 - Butler and Greenwood Unknown Mammalia Insectivora Erinaceoidea Erinaceidae Erinaceinae Erinaceus broomi No
OVPP-Erinaceus 81 2153 7 - FLK North TIB-f 104 - Unknown I upper 4 Butler, P., and Greenwood, M. 1973. The early Pleistocene hedgehogs from Olduvai, Tanzania. Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:7-42. 150 - Butler and Greenwood Unknown Mammalia Insectivora Erinaceoidea Erinaceidae Erinaceinae Erinaceus broomi No
1931 II 567 9004 TIB-f 1913 116 - Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie (BSPG), Munich, Germany Black E. 1937. Fossil Antelopes of Olduvai. Scientific results of the Olduvai Expedition 1913:63. Proximal epiphysis (juvenile). Label/publication taxon ID: Gorgon taurinus semiticus. Reck Field No.: VI 859. 273 - Reck expedition Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Alcelaphinae Alcelaphini Megalotragus kattwinkeli Inventoried by Faysal Bibi in 2012. No
1931 II 569 9005 TIB-f 1913 116 - Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie (BSPG), Munich, Germany Black E. 1937. Fossil Antelopes of Olduvai. Scientific results of the Olduvai Expedition 1913:63. Proximal epiphysis (juvenile). Label/publication taxon ID: Gorgon taurinus semiticus. Reck Field No.: XVI 1147. 273 - Reck expedition Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Alcelaphinae Alcelaphini Megalotragus kattwinkeli Inventoried by Faysal Bibi in 2012. No
1931 II 577 9006 TIB-f 1913 116 - Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie (BSPG), Munich, Germany Black E. 1937. Fossil Antelopes of Olduvai. Scientific results of the Olduvai Expedition 1913:63. Proximal epiphysis (juvenile). Label/publication taxon ID: Gorgon taurinus semiticus. Reck Field No.: VII 515. 273 - Reck expedition Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Alcelaphinae Alcelaphini Megalotragus kattwinkeli Inventoried by Faysal Bibi in 2012. No