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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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214 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 63/3101 DK I 8090 24 - DK MAX-f 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania I Strip II L/Z -- Maxilla fragment with P3-4, probably same individual as 2.31, 2.27. Also same individual as 3000? 8283. 2012/07/26 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea Cercopithecidae No
OLD 61 067/4073 I DK I 8091 24 - DK RIB-f 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania I Surface -- Rib fragment with head and angle. 2012/07/26 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea Cercopithecidae No
OLD 61/2957 DK I WS 8102 24 - DK M 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania I -- Molar. Probably an upper MI. Surface. Note in bag states "Suidae". 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
DK I B/2/5169 KNM 2.9?7 8126 24 - DK CRA-f 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania I -- Cranial fragment. Specimen in bag with 5168/DK I B/2. Pleistocene. 2012/07/27 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea Cercopithecidae No
067/3916 DK I A S KNM 2.84 8183 24 - DK RIB-f 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania I A? Surface. -- Proximal end of rib. Card in bag with specimen states "067/3916 (B) DK I A surface OLD/62". Pleistocene. 2012/08/01 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No
OLD/69/5193 DK I KNM 23? 8191 24 - DK MAX-f, P, M 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania I -- Maxillary fragment in matrix or concretion with complete premolar and molar and root (of premolar?). Card in bag with specimen states "OLDUVAI, OLD 69 S193 DK I. Erupting P4, broken MI and erupting M2 in Matrix. Cercopithecoidea Papio sp". 2012/08/01 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No
OLD 6I/2968 DK I Pit.5 8192 24 - DK MAN-f, M, M-f 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania I Pit.5 -- Mandibular fragment with second molar and fragment of first molar. Pleistocene. Card in bag with specimen states "Papio sp" and Cercopithecoidea". 2012/08/02 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No
OLD 63/3037 DK I 8207 24 - DK FRO-f 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania I -- Fragment of frontal bone with superior portion of orbital rim and metopic suture remnant. Right supercilliary arch present, medial half of left arch also preserved. Specimen consist of two fragments found in the same bag. One has a different specimen number that was crossed out (OLD/63/5697 DK I II/I) but fragment joins with other (OLD 63/3037 DK I). Card in bag with specimen goes with OLD 63/3037 DK I (Medial portion of orbital rim of frontal). 2012/08/02 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No
OLD 61 067/4072 MPC I DK I 8237 24 - DK PHX 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania I Surface -- Phalanx. Pleistocene. 2012/08/06 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No
OLD/63 DK I 86 8244 24 - DK L-MTT-f 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania I -- Left metatarsal. Card in bag with specimen states "IVth Left Metatarsal." Card written by Paul F. Whitehead. Specimen found in bag with DK I ?17 (Metacarpal), DK I 5196 L/1 (Metacarpal), DK I 5197 L/1. 2012/08/06 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No
OLD/63 DK I 117 8245 24 - DK R-MTC 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania I -- Right metacarpal. Card in bag with specimen states "OLD/63 DK I #117 2nd right metacarpal". Card written by Paul F. Whitehead. Specimen found in bag with OLD/63 DK I 86 (Metatarsal), DK I 5196 L/1 (Metacarpal), DK I 5197 L/1 (Metapodial). 2012/08/06 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No
P DK 1573 8270 24 - DK L-I 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania -- Incisor. Card in bag with specimen states "PDK 1573 TR IV Primate ? Left+first incisor deciduous monkey Ed `81." 2012/08/10 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No
OLD/64 2966 DK I A + 8278 24 - DK FEM-f 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania I -- Distal end of Femur. Weathered. Pleistocene. 2012/08/10 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No
OVPP Bubo 2 10184 24 - DK TBT-f , COR-f , HUM-f I Brodkorb P., Mourer-Chauviré, C. 1984. Fossil owls from early man sites of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Ostrich; Journal of African Ornithology 55:17-27. Distal tibiotarsus, two fragments of coracoid and humerus. Authors do not specify specimen numbers and refer to these specimens as "referred material". Place of conservation of the material: The fossils are currently on deposit at the University of Florida, Department of Zoology, and will later be returned to Tanzania" (Brodkorb and Mourer-Chauvire, 1984:17, 19). Unknown Aves Strigiformes Strigidae Bubo leakeyae No
OVPP-L-1539 10470 24 - DK 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania Indeterminate shaft fragments Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OVPP-L-1540 10471 24 - DK 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania 16 Indeterminate bone fragments Unknown Indeterminate Yes
OVPP-L-1541 10472 24 - DK 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania Many indeterminate bone fragments Unknown Indeterminate Yes
OVPP-L-1542 10473 24 - DK 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania Indeterminate tooth fragments Unknown Indeterminate Yes
OVPP-L-1565 10488 24 - DK 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania Approximately 150 bone fragments of crocodile Unknown Reptilia Crocodilia Crocodylidae Crocodylus Yes
OLD-12 12411 24 - DK M-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK I Current location 17E; drawer 5 Unknown Mammalia Proboscidea Tethytheria Behemota Elephantoidea Elephantidae No
OLD-161 12452 24 - DK HUM 114 - Natural History Museum UK I -- OLD-161; distal humerus Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Equidae No
OLD-2 12487 24 - DK MAN-f, M 114 - Natural History Museum UK I -- OLD-2; left mandibular fragment with molar; "OLD/64 DK I B+ Surface" Unknown Mammalia Carnivora No
OLD-928 12962 24 - DK VER 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-928; ".S DK" Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Tethytheria Behemota Elephantoidea Hippopotamidae No
OLD-96 12980 24 - DK MTP-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK I -- OLD-96; proximal metapodial fragment; DK I S Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Hippomorpha Equidae No
M 103959 12989 24 - DK L-HOR-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-976; left horncore basal fragment; "DK S" Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Connochaetes No
OVPP-Soricidae 3 3853 24 - DK MAN I 1 Butler, P., and Greenwood, M. 1979. Soricidae (Mammalia) from the Early Pleistocene of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 67:329-379. Broken left mandible with some worn teeth. 150 - Butler and Greenwood Unknown Mammalia Insectivora Soricoidea Soricidae One of five specimens of indeterminant species of Soricidae from Olduvai. Authors state that there appears to be three different species represented in the indeterminant specimens. This specimen is described as Species III. No
304/ DK I A 8128 24 - DK M-f 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania I 1 -- Part of broken lower molar. Card in bag states "OLD 1962 DK I A 304 L/1 cercopithecoidea" 2012/07/27 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea Cercopithecidae No
OLD/63 5697 DK I II/1 8206 24 - DK R-FRO-f 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania I,II? 1 -- Specimen number crossed out on fossil. Fragment of right orbital rim of frontal bone. Fragment joins with OLD 63/3037 DK I and was found in some bag. Pleistocene. 2012/08/02 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No
DK I 067/4230 II L/1 8236 24 - DK MTC-f 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania I 1 Strip II -- Proximal end of metacarpal. Pleistocene. Card in bag with specimen states "Loc: lduvai, Field No: OLD 62". 2012/08/06 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No
DK I 5196 L/I 8242 24 - DK L-MTC 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania I 1 -- Left metacarpal. Card in bag with specimen states "OLD 63 DK I #5196 Left 5th metacarpal." Specimen found in bag with specimens OLD/63 DK I 86 Mt IV L (Metatarsal), OLD/63 DK I ?17 (Metacarpal) and DK I 5197 L/1 (Metapodial). Card written by Paul F. Whitehead. 2012/08/06 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No
DK I 5197 L/1 8243 24 - DK MTP 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania I 1 -- Metapodial. Card in bag with specimen states "OLD 63 DK I L/2 Strip I 86,117, 5196-7 Cynocephalinae." Other card in bag states (written in pen) "Not weathered metapodials (indet.)) Field no. OLD 63 DK I L/2 Strip 86, 117, 5196-7." Card also has statement written in pencil by Paul F. Whitehead (possibly written at later date) stating "2 Proximals are metacarpals; 1 proximal is metacarpal; can't I.D. distal (P.W.)". Specimen found in bag with DK I ?17 (Metacarpal) and OLD/63 DK I 86 (Metatarsal). 2012/08/06 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No
OLD/1962/296 DK I A L/1 8179 24 - DK MTT 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania I A? 1 or 2? -- Metatarsal. Other information states "OLD 1962 L/2 296 DK I A" and OLD'62 DK I A 296 L/2. Cercopithecine. Cercocebus." Pleistocence. 2012/08/01 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No
OVPP-Sylvisorex 13 3827 24 - DK MAN-f I 2 Butler, P., and Greenwood, M. 1979. Soricidae (Mammalia) from the Early Pleistocene of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 67:329-379. 150 - Butler and Greenwood Unknown Mammalia Insectivora Soricoidea Soricidae Sylvisorex olduvaiensis Described as Suncus cf. lixus by Butler & Greenwood (1965). No
DK I/98 8072 24 - DK L-I 1963 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania I 2 Strip I -- Lower left second incisor. Possibly cercocebus? Card in bag with specimen states "Old '63 DK I Strip I L/2". 2012/07/25 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea Cercopithecidae Cercopithecinae No
5116/DK I? L/2 8075 24 - DK d/L-M 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania I 2 -- Lower left molar. Very worn. Deciduous. Card in bag states "OLD 62 DK IA L/2 5116". 2012/07/25 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea Cercopithecidae Cercopithecinae No
2953/DK I 8076 24 - DK P 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania I 2 Strip III -- Upper premolar. Buccal roots missing. Very worn. Card in bag states "OLD '63 DK I Strip III L/2". Pleistocene. 2012/07/25 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea Cercopithecidae Cynocephalinae No
DK I/100/101 8084 24 - DK M-f 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania I 2 Strip I -- Fragments of two very worn molars. Cynocephalinae? Enclosed note with specimen states "OLD 63 DKI. Strip I L/2". 2012/07/26 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea Cercopithecidae No
OLD 62/1101 DK 1A L/2 8085 24 - DK L-P 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania I 2 -- Left lower PM4. Cynocephalinae? Enlcosed note with specimen states "OLD '62 DK 1A 1101". Pleistocene. 2012/07/26 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea Cercopithecidae No
OLD 63/3038 DK1 8086 24 - DK L-C 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania I 2 Strip II -- Upper left canine. Female? Strip II 1/2. Cynocephalinae? 2012/07/26 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea Cercopithecidae No