|
OVPP-Python 2 |
372 |
5 - FLK |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle (Zinjanthropus) |
22 feet below the upper limit of bed I. |
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 |
|
Reptilia |
Squamata |
|
|
|
Boidae |
|
|
Python |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Boidae 2 |
378 |
5 - FLK |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle (Zinjanthropus) |
22 feet below the upper limit of bed I. |
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 |
|
Reptilia |
Squamata |
|
|
|
Boidae |
|
|
Indet. |
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Bitis 2 |
391 |
5 - FLK |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle (Zinjanthropus) |
22 feet below the upper limit of bed I. |
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 |
|
Reptilia |
Squamata |
|
|
|
Viperidae |
|
|
Bitis |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Struthio 2 |
398 |
5 - FLK |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle (Zinjanthropus) |
22 feet below the upper limit of bed I. |
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 |
|
Aves |
Struthioniformes |
Struthioni |
Struthionides |
|
Struthionidae |
|
|
Struthio |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Macroscelididae 3 |
409 |
5 - FLK |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle (Zinjanthropus) |
22 feet below the upper limit of bed I. |
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 |
Insectivora |
|
|
|
Macroscelididae |
|
|
Indet. |
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Insectivora 1 |
411 |
5 - FLK |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle (Zinjanthropus) |
22 feet below the upper limit of bed I. |
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 |
Insectivora |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Indet. |
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Suncus 7 |
420 |
5 - FLK |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle (Zinjanthropus) |
22 feet below the upper limit of bed I. |
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 |
Insectivora |
|
|
Soricoidea |
Soricidae |
Crocidurinae |
|
Suncus |
orangiae |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Otomys 1 |
435 |
5 - FLK |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle (Zinjanthropus) |
22 feet below the upper limit of bed I. |
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 |
Rodentia |
Myomorpha |
Myodonta |
Muroidea |
Muridae |
Murinae |
Otomyini |
Otomys |
kempi |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Saccostomus 3 |
439 |
5 - FLK |
|
|
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle (Zinjanthropus) |
22 feet below the upper limit of bed I. |
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 |
Rodentia |
|
|
|
Nesomyidae |
Cricetomyinae |
Saccostomurini |
Saccostomus |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Serengetilagus 1 |
455 |
5 - FLK |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle (Zinjanthropus) |
22 feet below the upper limit of bed I. |
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 |
Lagomorpha |
|
|
|
Leporidae |
|
|
Serengetilagus |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Thos 2 |
458 |
5 - FLK |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle (Zinjanthropus) |
22 feet below the upper limit of bed I. |
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 |
Carnivora |
Caniformia |
Cynoidea |
|
Canidae |
|
|
Thos |
mesomelas |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Crocuta 2 |
477 |
5 - FLK |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle (Zinjanthropus) |
22 feet below the upper limit of bed I. |
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 |
Carnivora |
Feliformia |
|
|
Hyaenidae |
Hyaeninae |
|
Crocuta |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Equus 5 |
512 |
5 - FLK |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle (Zinjanthropus) |
22 feet below the upper limit of bed I. |
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 |
Equini |
Equus |
oldowayensis |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Stylohipparion 2 |
525 |
5 - FLK |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle (Zinjanthropus) |
22 feet below the upper limit of bed I. |
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 |
|
G. 323 |
1230 |
5 - FLK |
|
R-MAN |
1960 |
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle (Zinjanthropus) |
22 feet below the upper limit of bed I. |
Gentry, A. W. 1966 Fossil Antilopini of East Africa. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History, Geology. 12: 43-106. 9 pls. |
This specimen is pictured in plate 2, figure A. |
137 - A. Gentry |
|
273 - Reck expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Antilopinae |
Antilopini |
Gazella |
wellsi |
|
This specimen was reclassified as Antidorcas recki by Gentry and Gentry (1978). |
No |
|
FLK I 257 |
1381 |
5 - FLK |
|
TIB-f |
1960 |
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle (Zinjanthropus) |
22 feet below the upper limit of bed I. |
Gentry, A. W. 1966 Fossil Antilopini of East Africa. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History, Geology. 12: 43-106. 9 pls. |
|
137 - A. Gentry |
|
|
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Antilopinae |
Antilopini |
Gazella |
|
|
|
No |
|
FLK I 664 |
1383 |
5 - FLK |
|
TIB-f |
1960 |
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle (Zinjanthropus) |
22 feet below the upper limit of bed I. |
Gentry, A. W. 1966 Fossil Antilopini of East Africa. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History, Geology. 12: 43-106. 9 pls. |
|
137 - A. Gentry |
|
|
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Antilopinae |
Antilopini |
Gazella |
|
|
|
No |
|
OH 5 |
3713 |
5 - FLK |
283 - 45 |
CRA
, MAX
, M
, I
, C
, P |
17 July - 6 August 1959 |
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
I |
Middle (Zinj.) |
22 feet below the upper limit of Bed I (Tuff IF), approximately 20 feet above basalt. |
Leakey, L. S. B. 1959. A new fossil skull from Olduvai. Nature 184:491-493. |
Holotype. Almost complete cranium. Adolescent. One reconstructed fossil found at House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya. Additional pieces from NMK unpublished. |
142 - M. D. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Hominoidea |
Hominidae |
|
|
Zinjanthropus |
boisei |
|
Holotype. This specimen was reclassified as Paranthropus boisei by Robinson (1960). |
No |
|
OVPP-537 |
9908 |
|
|
R-MAN-f, R-M, CER |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
III/IV |
|
20m below top of section. |
-- |
2 pieces- A and B. Right mandible with M1-3 with associated cervical vertebra. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2013/06/30 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
Y |
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Alcelaphinae |
Alcelaphini |
|
|
|
|
No |
|
Old. 69 S. 194. rt. M2 |
3919 |
|
|
|
|
|
III |
|
202/TII |
Leakey, M. G. 1982. Extinct large colobines from the Plio-Pleistocene of Africa. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 58:153-172. |
Most complete specimen of this species. |
|
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Cercopithecoidea |
Cercopithecidae |
Colobinae |
Colobini |
Cercopithecoides |
kimeui |
|
|
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 |
|
COP-12-7 |
9592 |
|
|
L-MAN-f, L/d-M |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
|
|
20 meters below Ndutu. |
-- |
Left mandibular fragment with dM1 and dM2. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2013/06/21 |
254 - COP |
Unknown |
Y |
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
|
Reduncini |
|
|
|
|
No |
|
COP-12-6 |
9591 |
|
|
R-MAN-f, M |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
|
|
20 meters before Ndutu. |
-- |
Right mandibular fragment with M2 and M3. Needs minor prep. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2013/06/21 |
254 - COP |
Unknown |
Y |
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-648 |
10021 |
|
|
PHX-f |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
I |
Lower |
2.5m above Tuff IA. |
-- |
Distal phalanx- distal end missing. May be the same individual as OVPP-651 and 652. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2013/07/03 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Giraffoidea |
Giraffidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-649 |
10022 |
|
|
MAN-f, M |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
I |
Lower |
2.5m above Tuff IA. |
-- |
Molar with mandibular fragment adhering. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2013/07/03 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
|
Antilopini |
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-650 |
10023 |
|
|
MAN-f, M |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
I |
Lower |
2.5m above Tuff IA. |
-- |
Third mandibular molar with mandible fragment adhering. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2013/07/03 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
Y |
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
|
Hippotragini |
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Clarias 1 |
225 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
2,3 |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
The author notes the presence of catfishes from this genus. No elements are described. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Actinopterygii |
Siluriformes |
|
|
|
Clariidae |
|
|
Clarias |
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Erinaceus 90 |
2162 |
7 - FLK North |
|
AST, (n=4) |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
2, 4 |
Butler, P., and Greenwood, M. 1973. The early Pleistocene hedgehogs from Olduvai, Tanzania. Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:7-42. |
The authors mention four astragali from layers 2 and 4. |
150 - Butler and Greenwood |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
Erinaceoidea |
Erinaceidae |
Erinaceinae |
|
Erinaceus |
broomi |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Xenopus 4 |
320 |
7 - FLK North |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
2, 3, 5, 6 |
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 |
|
Amphibia |
Anura |
|
|
|
Pipidae |
|
|
Xenopus |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Pipidae 3 |
325 |
5 - FLK |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
2, 3, 5, 6 |
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 |
|
Amphibia |
Anura |
|
|
|
Pipidae |
|
|
Indet. |
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Boidae 3 |
379 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
2, 3, 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 |
|
Reptilia |
Squamata |
|
|
|
Boidae |
|
|
Indet. |
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Bitis 4 |
393 |
7 - FLK North |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
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 |
|
Reptilia |
Squamata |
|
|
|
Viperidae |
|
|
Bitis |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Python 5 |
375 |
11 - HWK |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
II |
lower |
2, 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 |
|
Reptilia |
Squamata |
|
|
|
Boidae |
|
|
Python |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Erinaceus 56 |
2058 |
7 - FLK North |
|
M, (n=18) |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
2, 3, 4, 5 |
Butler, P., and Greenwood, M. 1973. The early Pleistocene hedgehogs from Olduvai, Tanzania. Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:7-42. |
The authors mention 18 m1 specimens from layers 2-5. |
150 - Butler and Greenwood |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
Erinaceoidea |
Erinaceidae |
Erinaceinae |
|
Erinaceus |
broomi |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Erinaceus 60 |
2101 |
7 - FLK North |
|
HUM-f, (n=17) |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
2, 3, 4 |
Butler, P., and Greenwood, M. 1973. The early Pleistocene hedgehogs from Olduvai, Tanzania. Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:7-42. |
The authors mention 17 fragments of humeri from layers 2-4. |
150 - Butler and Greenwood |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
Erinaceoidea |
Erinaceidae |
Erinaceinae |
|
Erinaceus |
broomi |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Colubridae 3 |
382 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
2, 3, 4 |
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 |
|
Reptilia |
Squamata |
|
|
|
Colubridae |
|
|
Indet. |
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Tilapia 3 |
312 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
2, 3 |
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 |
|
Actinopterygii |
Perciformes |
|
|
|
Cichlidae |
Pseudocrenilabrinae |
Tilapini |
Tilapia |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Xenopus 3 |
319 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
2, 3 |
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 |
|
Amphibia |
Anura |
|
|
|
Pipidae |
|
|
Xenopus |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Pipidae 2 |
324 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
2, 3 |
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 |
|
Amphibia |
Anura |
|
|
|
Pipidae |
|
|
Indet. |
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Bufonidae 2 |
327 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
2, 3 |
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 |
|
Amphibia |
Anura |
|
|
|
Bufonidae |
|
|
Indet. |
|
|
|
No |