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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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7924 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-1457 11695 MTP-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1457; metapodial distal end fragment Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1458 11696 11 - HWK MTP-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK I S -- OLD-1458; metapodial distal end fragment; "Oldoway HWK I Surface" Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae No
OLD-1459 11697 MTP-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1459; metapodial distal end fragment Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1460 11698 MTP-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1460; metapodial proximal end fragment Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1461 11699 MTP-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1461; metapodial proximal end fragment Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
M. 21470 117 12 - CK R-HOR-f 1935 106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. 130 - L.S.B. Leakey 264 - Leakey family expedition No Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Bovinae Strepsicerotini Strepsiceros sp. This specimen was reclassified as Tragelaphus stepsiceros by Gentry and Gentry (1978). No
JK 2 III A. 1671 1170 46 - JK 2 MTT 104 - Unknown III 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 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Alcelaphinae Alcelaphini This specimen is probably of Parmularius angusticornis or Damaliscus niro. It could also be from Connochaetes. No
OLD-1462 11700 MTP-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1462; metapodial proximal end fragment Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1463 11701 MTP-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1463; metapodial proximal end fragment Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1464 11702 MTP-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1464; metapodial proximal end fragment Unknown Bovidae Yes
OLD-1465 11703 MTP-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1465; metapodial proximal end fragment Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1466 11704 MTP-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1466; metapodial proximal end fragment Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1467 11705 MTP-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1467; metapodial proximal end fragment Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1468 11706 MTP-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1468; metapodial distal end fragment Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1469 11707 MTP-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1469; metapodial distal end fragment Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1470 11708 MTP-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1470; metapodial distal end fragment Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1471 11709 VER-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1471 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
SHK II 1957.209 1171 19 - SHK RAD 1957 104 - Unknown II 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 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Alcelaphinae Alcelaphini This specimen is probably of Parmularius angusticornis or Damaliscus niro. It could also be from Connochaetes. No
OLD-1472 11710 VER-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1472 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1473 11711 VER-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1473 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1474 11712 VER-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1474 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1475 11713 VER-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1475 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1476 11714 VER-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1476 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1477 11715 VER-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1477 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1478 11716 VER-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1478 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1479 11717 VER-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1479 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1480 11718 VER-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1480 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1481 11719 VER 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1481 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
BK II 1957.26 1172 10 - BK RAD 1957 104 - Unknown II 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 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Alcelaphinae Alcelaphini This specimen is probably of Parmularius angusticornis or Damaliscus niro. It could also be from Connochaetes. No
OLD-1484 11720 VER 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1484 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1485 11721 VER-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1485 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1486 11722 VER-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1486 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1489 11723 TIB-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1489; tibia distal end fragment Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1490 11724 TIB-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1490; tibia distal end fragment Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1500 11728 SCP-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1500 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1501 11729 UK-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1501 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
JK 2 III A. 1305 + 1491 1173 46 - JK 2 RAD 104 - Unknown III 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 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Alcelaphinae Alcelaphini This specimen is probably of Parmularius angusticornis or Damaliscus niro. It could also be from Connochaetes. No
OLD-1502 11730 PHX 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1502 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1503 11731 PHX 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1503 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1504 11732 PHX 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1504 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes