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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-938 12970 MTT 1931 114 - Natural History Museum UK I -- OLD-938 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla in rhino drawer Unknown
M 103916 12974 R-I 1931 114 - Natural History Museum UK I -- OLD-942; lower right I1 310 - Hopwood Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Bovinae Bovini cf. Syncerus Unknown
M 104003 12982 L-M 1931 114 - Natural History Museum UK I -- OLD-962; left upper M1 or M2 310 - Hopwood Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Alcelaphinae Alcelaphini No
M 103913 12988 R-M 1931 114 - Natural History Museum UK I -- OLD-974; lower right M3 310 - Hopwood Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Bovinae Bovini cf. Syncerus Unknown
M. 104095 13005 L-MAN, P, M (3) 1931 114 - Natural History Museum UK IV -- L-MAN with P4, M1, M2, M3; OLD-1091; (Last edit SC 2019) Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Alcelaphinae Alcelaphini 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
M 103887 12567 R-M 1931 114 - Natural History Museum UK IV -- OLD-362; right upper M1 or M2 310 - Hopwood Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Suiformes Suoidea Suidae Tragelaphini No
OLD-434 12611 L-M 1931 114 - Natural History Museum UK I -- OLD-434; left lower M3 310 - Hopwood Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Antidorcas recki No
M 104004 12616 L-M 1931 114 - Natural History Museum UK I -- OLD-441; left lower M1 or M2 310 - Hopwood Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Alcelaphinae Alcelaphini No
M 104005 12617 R-M 1931 114 - Natural History Museum UK I -- OLD-442; right upper M3 310 - Hopwood Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Alcelaphinae Alcelaphini No
M 103881 12621 10 - BK R-MAN, P, M (2) 1931 114 - Natural History Museum UK IV -- OLD-446; R-MAN with P4, M2, and M3; "OLD Y BK IV 13/5/35 and 14/5/35" 310 - Hopwood Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Bovinae Bovini cf. Syncerus Unknown
M 103920 12624 L-P 1931 114 - Natural History Museum UK I -- OLD-449; lower left P3 or P4; "Olduvai I Surface" 310 - Hopwood Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Bovinae Tragelaphini Tragelaphus No
M 103898 12625 R-MAN, M (2) 1931 114 - Natural History Museum UK IV -- OLD-450; lower right mandible with M2 and M3 310 - Hopwood Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Bovinae Bovini No
M 103967 12627 L-HOR 1931 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-452 310 - Hopwood Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Alcelaphinae Alcelaphini Parmularius angusticornis No
M 103902 12629 R-M-f 1931 114 - Natural History Museum UK IV -- OLD-454; lower right molar-f 310 - Hopwood Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Bovinae Bovini No
M 103900 12633 R-M 1931 114 - Natural History Museum UK IV -- OLD-458; right upper M1 310 - Hopwood Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Bovinae Bovini No
M 103903 13273 M 1931 114 - Natural History Museum UK IV -- OLD-901; lower right M3 310 - Hopwood Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Bovinae Bovini No
M 103948 12711 L-FRLT, HOR 1931 114 - Natural History Museum UK I -- OLD-544; left frontlet with basal horncore 310 - Hopwood Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Alcelaphinae Alcelaphini Megalotragus kattwinkeli No
M 103899 12794 L-M 1931 114 - Natural History Museum UK IV -- OLD-675; drawer 14; left upper molar 310 - Hopwood Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Bovinae Bovini No
M 103914 12823 R-P 1931 114 - Natural History Museum UK I -- OLD-706; lower right P4 310 - Hopwood Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Bovinae Bovini cf. Syncerus Unknown
M 103906 12835 R-P 1931 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-720; lower right P4 310 - Hopwood Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Bovinae Bovini No
M 104007 12837 R-MAN-f, M (2) 1931 114 - Natural History Museum UK I -- OLD-723; R-MAN-f with M1 and M2 310 - Hopwood Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Alcelaphinae Alcelaphini No
M 103905 12860 R-M 1931 114 - Natural History Museum UK IV -- OLD-752; right upper M1 310 - Hopwood Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Bovinae Bovini No
M 103968 12862 HOR-f 1931 114 - Natural History Museum UK II -- OLD-755; Could be part of paratype M 14553 (AWG 1978) 310 - Hopwood Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Alcelaphinae Alcelaphini Parmularius angusticornis No
M 103915 12871 R-M 1931 114 - Natural History Museum UK I -- OLD-766; right upper M1 or M2 310 - Hopwood Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Bovinae Bovini cf. Syncerus Unknown
M 103912 12872 R-M 1931 114 - Natural History Museum UK I -- OLD-768; right upper M3 310 - Hopwood Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Bovinae Bovini cf. Syncerus Unknown
M 103953 12876 CRA-f (4) 1931 114 - Natural History Museum UK II -- OLD-771 310 - Hopwood Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Behemota Bovoidea Bovidae cf. Connochaetes Unknown
M 103901 12886 L-M 1931 114 - Natural History Museum UK IV -- OLD-785; left lower M1 or M2 310 - Hopwood Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Bovinae Bovini No
M 103904 12890 L-M 1931 114 - Natural History Museum UK IV -- OLD-789; lower left M3 310 - Hopwood Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Bovinae Bovini No
M 104006 12938 L-M 1931 114 - Natural History Museum UK I -- OLD-858; left upper M or M2 310 - Hopwood Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Alcelaphinae Alcelaphini No
OVPP-Papio 1 26 SKULL, CRA, MAX 1913 104 - Unknown II Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. The assignment to Bed 2 is based on the author's analysis though he does not seem certain. The skull is from a juvenile. 131 - A. Remane 1925 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea Cercopithecidae Cercopithecinae Papionini Papio sp. No
OVPP-Ceratotherium 2 96 UK 1913 104 - Unknown II, IV Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. The author indicates there are several specimens in the British Museum of Natural History. He also indicates a collection housed by Dr. Kohl-Larson. This specimen number may be changed when the original elements are observed in their respective collections. The author suggests that previously published accounts of this species may have actually been from deeper/older deposits such as Bed 5. There are no specifics of what types of elements have been preserved but several are implied. 135 - M. Hilzheimer 1925 264 - Leakey family expedition Yes Mammalia Perissodactyla Ceratomorpha Tapiromorpha Rhinocerotoidea Rhinocerotidae Rhinocerotinae Rhinocerotini Ceratotherium simum germano-africanum No
M. 21460/OR-NR VIII 343 205 CRA, MAX, HOR, M, P 1913 109 - BSPG, Munich, Germany(?)/ NHM UK(?) Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. This holotype was collected by Reck in 1913 and is housed in the Munich Museum, registered as OR-NR VIII 343. The BMNH number, M. 21460 is for the cast and is shown in plate 87. Locality was not provided by the author. 137 - A. Gentry 273 - Reck expedition Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Antilopinae Antilopini Gazella Holotype - This specimen was reclassified as Antidorcas recki by Gentry and Gentry (1978). No
OVPP-Aquila 1 236 1913 104 - Unknown I, II Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. Several bird specimens have been found. 130 - L.S.B. Leakey 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Aves Ciconiiformes Ciconii Falconides Accipitridae Aquila rapax No
OVPP-Simopithecus 1 271 UK 1913 104 - Unknown I, II, III, IV Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. 293 - A.T. Hopwood 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea Cercopithecidae Cynocephalinae Simopithecus oswaldi leakeyi No
OH 1 3717 13 - RK 278 - 9 SKEL 1913 116 - Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie (BSPG), Munich, Germany Ndutu Intrusive burial Hans-Reck. 1913, Oldoway-Expedition Monograph; LSB Leakey 18 March 1933 Partial skeleton. Intrusive burial post-dating primary Olduvai sequence. 144 - H. Reck 273 - Reck expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Hominoidea Hominidae Homininae Hominini Homo sapiens No
MB.Ma.29305 9205 CRA 1913 128 - Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Germany Horizont 3 -- Holotype. Reck field number: VIII 781. Mfn room number: 2251. Cabinet: P0448-6. Drawer: 71. 273 - Reck expedition Unknown Mammalia Carnivora Caniformia Cynoidea Canidae Otocyon recki Inventoried by Faysal Bibi in 2012. No
MB.Ma.29306 9206 CAL 1913 128 - Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Germany -- Reck field number: V 69. Mfn room number: 2251. Cabinet: P0448-6. Drawer: 71. 273 - Reck expedition Unknown Mammalia Carnivora Caniformia Cynoidea Canidae Otocyon recki Inventoried by Faysal Bibi in 2012. No
MB.Ma.29310 9208 CRA-f 1913 128 - Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Germany -- Reck field number: VIII 782. Mfn room number: 2251. Cabinet: P0448-6. Drawer: 71. 273 - Reck expedition Unknown Mammalia Carnivora Caniformia Cynoidea Canidae Canis Inventoried by Faysal Bibi in 2012. No
MB.Ma.29312 9210 MAN-f, M, P 1913 128 - Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Germany -- Reck field number: XVI 1544. Mfn room number: 2251. Cabinet: P0448-6. Drawer: 71. 273 - Reck expedition Unknown Mammalia Carnivora Caniformia Cynoidea Canidae Canis mesomelas Inventoried by Faysal Bibi in 2012. No