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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-371 11878 AST 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-371 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OLD-373 11879 MTP 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-373; metapodial distal end Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Giraffidae Yes
JK 2 III A. 1372 1188 46 - JK 2 MAN, M 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 Indet. This specimen is from a smaller alcelaphine than Parmularius angusticornis or Damaliscus niro. No
OLD-374 11880 CUB 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-374 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OLD-376 11881 MTP 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-376; found in hippopotamus drawer Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OLD-377 11882 MTP 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-377; found in hippopotamus drawer Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OLD-378 11883 MTP 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-378; found in hippopotamus drawer Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OLD-379 11884 MTP 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-379; found in hippopotamus drawer Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OLD-380 11885 CAL 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-380 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OLD-381 11886 CAL 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-381 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OLD-383 11887 M 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-383 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OLD-385 11888 C 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-385 Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Hippomorpha Suidae Yes
OLD-386 11889 TUSK 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-386 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
JK 2 II GP8 III Sec 6 1189 46 - JK 2 MAN, M 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 Indet. This specimen is from a smaller alcelaphine than Parmularius angusticornis or Damaliscus niro. No
OLD-387 11890 M 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-387; found in hippopotamus drawer Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OLD-409 11891 CAR 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-409; lunate carpal bone; found in hippopotamus drawer Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OLD-689 11892 M 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-689; found in box 47, 978, 578, 689. Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OLD-886 11893 MTP 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-886 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OLD-394 11894 CUB 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-394 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OLD-396 11895 CUB 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-396 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OLD-909 11897 MTC 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-909; subfossil? Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OLD-261 11898 MTC 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-261; juvenile Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OLD-582 11899 M 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-582; found in hippopotamus drawer Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
M. 14549 119 HOR-f 1932 106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) I, II, III Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. Leakey (1965) indicated this specimen was found on the surface of Bed III, though the museum's label indicates Bed I and markings on the horn core indicate Bed II. 130 - L.S.B. Leakey 264 - Leakey family expedition No Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Bovinae Strepsicerotini Strepsiceros grandis Gentry and Gentry (1978) reclassified this specimen as Tragelaphus strepsiceros grandis. No
BK II 1957.1261 1190 10 - BK TIB 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 Indet. This specimen is from a smaller alcelaphine than Parmularius angusticornis or Damaliscus niro. No
OLD-703 11900 CRA-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-703; found in hippopotamus drawer Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OLD-283 11902 CAR 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-283; lunate carpal bone; found in hippopotamus drawer Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OLD-523 11903 MTC 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-523 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OLD-174 11904 MTP 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-174; found in hippopotamus drawer Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OLD-1873 11905 HUM-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1873; humerus distal end fragment Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1876 11906 UK-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1876; unknown element fragment; 2 elements Unknown Mammalia Yes
OLD-1875 11907 PHX 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1875; phalanx intermediate Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1878 11908 ULNA-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1878; ulna proximal end fragment Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1879 11909 PHX 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1879; phalanx intermediate Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
BK II Ext 1953.337 1191 10 - BK MTC 1953 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 Indet. This specimen is from a smaller alcelaphine than Parmularius angusticornis or Damaliscus niro. No
OLD-1927 11910 LIMB-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1927 Unknown Mammalia Yes
OLD-1926 11911 LIMB-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1926 Unknown Mammalia Yes
OLD-1925 11912 PVG-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1925; pelvis fragment with obturator foramen Unknown Mammalia Yes
OLD-1907 11913 LIMB-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1907; limb fragment immature Unknown Mammalia Yes
OLD-1901 11914 TOOTH 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1901 Unknown Mammalia Yes