|
M. 19010 |
1339 |
|
|
MAN-f |
|
|
IV |
|
|
Jolly, C. J. 1972. The classification and natural history of Theropithecus (Simopithecus)(Andrews, 1916), baboons of the African Plio-Pleistocene: British Museum (Natural History) |
|
146 - C. J. Jolly |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Cercopithecoidea |
Cercopithecidae |
Cynocephalinae |
|
Simopithecus |
|
|
|
No |
|
'Olduvai' |
1340 |
|
|
L-MAN-f |
|
104 - Unknown |
IV |
|
|
Jolly, C. J. 1972. The classification and natural history of Theropithecus (Simopithecus)(Andrews, 1916), baboons of the African Plio-Pleistocene: British Museum (Natural History) |
|
146 - C. J. Jolly |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Cercopithecoidea |
Cercopithecidae |
Cynocephalinae |
|
Simopithecus |
|
|
|
No |
|
Unknown Simopithecus |
1341 |
|
|
L-MAN-f, L-M |
|
104 - Unknown |
IV |
|
|
Jolly, C. J. 1972. The classification and natural history of Theropithecus (Simopithecus)(Andrews, 1916), baboons of the African Plio-Pleistocene: British Museum (Natural History) |
|
146 - C. J. Jolly |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Cercopithecoidea |
Cercopithecidae |
Cynocephalinae |
|
Simopithecus |
|
|
|
No |
|
Old. 1952 GRCS 694 |
1342 |
64 - GRC S |
|
L-MAN-f, M |
1952 |
104 - Unknown |
IV |
|
|
Jolly, C. J. 1972. The classification and natural history of Theropithecus (Simopithecus)(Andrews, 1916), baboons of the African Plio-Pleistocene: British Museum (Natural History) |
|
146 - C. J. Jolly |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Cercopithecoidea |
Cercopithecidae |
Cynocephalinae |
|
Simopithecus |
|
|
|
No |
|
M. 14682 |
1344 |
|
|
L-MAN-f, P, M |
1931-32 |
106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) |
IV |
|
|
Hopwood, A. 1934. New fossil mammals from Olduvai, Tanganyika territory. Annals of the Magazine of Natural History. 10: 546-550. |
|
293 - A.T. Hopwood |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suiformes |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
|
|
Koiropotamus |
majus |
|
Holotype. This specimen was later reclassified as Kolpochoerus majus by Bishop (2010) |
No |
|
OH 29 |
3744 |
76 - JK W |
|
M-f |
1969 |
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
III/IVa |
|
|
Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya. |
|
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Hominoidea |
Hominidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OH 2 |
3718 |
27 - MNK |
279 - 88 |
CRA-f |
1935 |
106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) |
III/IV |
Lowest horizon of Bed IVa. |
Surface. Found at head of MNK Gully where Beds II and IV are exposed. |
Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
Two cranial vault fragments. Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya. Not found at House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. |
142 - M. D. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Hominoidea |
Hominidae |
Homininae |
Hominini |
Homo |
erectus |
|
Similar to OH 9 and OH 12. |
No |
|
OH 22 |
3737 |
73 - VEK/MNK |
|
R-MAN-f
, R-P
, R-M
, R-I-f
, R-C-f |
1968 |
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
III/IV |
|
Surface, indeterminate gravel |
Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
Right half of mandible with roots of I1-C and complete P3-M2. Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya. |
|
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Hominoidea |
Hominidae |
Homininae |
Hominini |
Homo |
cf. erectus |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-526 |
9897 |
|
|
L-MAN-f, M |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
III/IV |
|
Stream channel 20m below top of section. |
-- |
Left mandibular fragment with M1-2 and partial M3. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2013/06/30 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Alcelaphinae |
Hippotragini |
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-527 |
9898 |
|
|
R-MAN-f, M |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
III/IV |
|
Stream channel 20m below top of section. |
-- |
Right mandibular fragment with M3. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2013/06/30 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Antilopinae |
Antilopini |
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-528 |
9899 |
|
|
L-MAN-f, d/L-P |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
III/IV |
|
Red popcorn clays 20m below top of section. |
-- |
Juvenile left mandible with dP3 and dP4. Needs prep. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2013/06/30 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Antilopinae |
Reduncini |
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-536 |
9907 |
|
|
L-MAN-f, L-M |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
III/IV |
|
Sandstone. |
-- |
Left mandibular fragment with M2-3. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2013/06/30 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Alcelaphinae |
Alcelaphini |
|
|
|
|
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 |
|
OVPP-538 |
9909 |
|
|
R-MAN-f, R-M |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
III/IV |
|
Sandstone. |
-- |
Right mandible fragment with M2-3. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2013/06/30 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
Y |
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Alcelaphinae |
Alcelaphini |
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-539 |
9910 |
|
|
L-MAN-f, L-M |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
III/IV |
|
Sandstone. |
-- |
Left mandible fragment with M1-2. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2013/06/30 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
|
Antilopini |
|
|
|
Very small- dik-dik? |
No |
|
OVPP-548 |
9919 |
|
|
HOR-f |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
III/IV |
|
8m below top of section. |
-- |
|
157 - L. Hlusko |
2013/06/30 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-171 |
7849 |
|
|
R-MAN-f, R-M |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
III/IV |
|
Five meters below Masek/Ndutu. |
-- |
Right mandibular fragment with M3. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2012/07/06 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
Y |
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OH 34 |
3749 |
76 - JK W |
|
FEM
, TIB-f |
1962 |
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
III/ IV |
for Bed IV level = a |
|
Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
Femur described as "slender" (Leakey MD, 1971) and shaft of tibia. Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya. |
|
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Hominoidea |
Hominidae |
Homininae |
Hominini |
Homo |
sp. |
|
Slender bone |
No |
|
1405 |
6611 |
67 - FC S |
|
L-ETHM-f |
1957 |
104 - Unknown |
III, IV |
|
|
Greenwood, P., and Todd, E. 1970. Fish remains from Olduvai. In: Fossil Vertebrates of Africa,vol. 2 New York: Academic Press. pp. 225-241. |
Specimens are either from Bed III or IV. The authors report this specimen as a fragment of a skull roofing bone, probably a left ethmoid. |
151 - Greenwood and Todd |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Actinopterygii |
Siluriformes |
|
|
|
Clariidae |
|
|
Clarias |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-159 |
7838 |
|
|
MAN-f, M |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
III, IV |
|
|
-- |
Mandibular fragment with M3. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
|
253 - OVPP |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suiformes |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-160 |
7839 |
|
|
R-MAN-f, R-M |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
III, IV |
|
|
-- |
Right mandibular fragment with M3. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2012/07/06 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
M. 21451 |
128 |
18 - VEK |
|
CRA-f, R-HOR-f |
1935 |
106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) |
III, IV |
|
|
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
This holotype was found at the junction of Beds 3 and 4. It is pictured in plates 49 and 50. [This species is documented at SHK II, FLK N I, and BK II (Leakey, 1971).] |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Bovinae |
Bovini |
Gorgon |
olduvaiensis |
|
Holotype - Gentry and Gentry (1978) reclassified this specimen as Connochaetes taurinus olduvaiensis. |
No |
|
M. 21447 |
181 |
23 - TK |
|
CRA, L/R-MAX-f, L-HOR, L/R-P, L/R-M, L/R-I |
1931 |
106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) |
III, IV |
|
4 feet below Masek Beds |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
This neotype specimen is pictured in plates 81 and 82. The original holotype of M. kattwinkelli (VI-1099) was lost in WWII in Munich. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Alcelaphinae |
Alcelaphini |
Xenocephalus |
kattwinkelli |
|
Neotype - This specimen was reclassified by Gentry and Gentry (1978) as Megalotragus kattwinkeli. |
No |
|
OF 68.205 |
763 |
43 - Bos K |
|
L-HOR-f |
1962 |
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
III, IV |
|
|
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. |
This specimen is from a juvenile. It is the same individual as the skull and horn cores of specimen OF 68.274 |
137 - A. Gentry |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Bovinae |
Bovini |
Syncerus |
acoelotus |
|
|
No |
|
OF 68.196 |
764 |
44 - VFK |
|
FRO, L/R-HOR-f |
1961 |
105 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (?) |
III, IV |
upper |
|
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. |
The authors indicate this specimen is almost certainly of Bed IV age. This specimen is labeled 'XDK IV'. It is "poory mineralized". It was found "high in Bed III-IV". |
137 - A. Gentry |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Bovinae |
Bovini |
Syncerus |
acoelotus |
|
|
No |
|
1405 |
2843 |
67 - FC S |
|
L-ETHM-f |
1957 |
104 - Unknown |
III, IV |
|
|
Greenwood, P., and Todd, E. 1970. Fish remains from Olduvai. In: Fossil Vertebrates of Africa,vol. 2 New York: Academic Press. pp. 225-241. |
Specimens are either from Bed III or IV. The authors report this specimen as a fragment of a skull roofing bone, probably a left ethmoid. |
151 - Greenwood and Todd |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Actinopterygii |
Siluriformes |
|
|
|
Clariidae |
|
|
Clarias |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-24 |
7701 |
|
|
MAX-f, I, M, PHX |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
III, II |
|
Contact scree slope |
-- |
Maxilla fragment with four incisors, two molars and one intermediate phalanx. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2012/6/28 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Perissodactyla |
Hippomorpha |
|
|
Equidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD-926 |
12961 |
27 - MNK |
|
M-f |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
III-IV |
|
|
-- |
OLD-926; "OLDOWAY MNK Surface III-IV ? 6.5.35" |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suina |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD-227 |
12501 |
19 - SHK |
|
M-f |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
III |
|
|
-- |
OLD-227; OLDY S.H.K. III situ 13.v.35 |
|
|
|
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Proboscidea |
Tethytheria |
Behemota |
Elephantoidea |
Elephantidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
M. 104055 |
12610 |
|
|
R-MAN-f, M |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
III |
|
|
-- |
R-MAN-f with M1 or M2; OLD-433; (Last edit SC 2019) |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Alcelaphinae |
Alcelaphini |
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD-829 |
12921 |
40 - JK |
|
R-M-f |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
III |
|
|
-- |
OLD-829; distal fragment of right upper M3 |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suiformes |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
Suinae |
Phacochoerini |
Metridiochoerus |
|
|
previous taxonomic ID: Tapinochoerus meadowsi |
No |
|
OLD-849 |
12931 |
298 - CMK |
|
M-f |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
III |
|
|
-- |
OLD-849; distal fragment of upper M3; CMK IIIS 20.5.35 |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suiformes |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
Suinae |
Phacochoerini |
Phacochoerus |
altidens |
|
|
No |
|
M 103987 |
12942 |
|
|
HOR-f |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
III |
|
|
-- |
OLD-864; "Bed III Surface 21/5/35 NGK " |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Alcelaphinae |
Alcelaphini |
Damaliscus |
niro |
|
|
No |
|
OH 51 |
3766 |
35 - GTC |
|
L-MAND-f, L-P, L-M |
1974 |
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
III |
|
Surface. |
-- |
Mandible fragment with P4 and M1. Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya. |
|
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Hominoidea |
Hominidae |
Homininae |
Hominini |
Homo |
erectus |
|
|
No |
|
OH 59 |
3774 |
40 - JK |
|
L-I-f |
1962 |
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
III |
|
|
-- |
Upper left central incisor crown. Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya. |
|
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Hominoidea |
Hominidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
M. 29460 |
755 |
|
|
L-MAN-f, L-P, L-M |
1931 |
106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) |
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. |
The authors are uncertain of the excavation year but "III" is written on the fossil in yellow ink, which was characteristic of 1931 fossils. |
137 - A. Gentry |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Bovinae |
Bovini |
Pelorovis |
oldowayensis |
|
|
No |
|
JK2 GP8 III 1654 |
809 |
46 - JK 2 |
|
L-HOR-f |
1961 |
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 |
Reduncinae |
Reduncini |
Kobus |
ellipsiprymnus |
|
|
No |
|
JK2 GP8 III 068/6694 |
823 |
46 - JK 2 |
|
FRLT, L-HOR, R-HOR-f |
|
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. |
This specimen is pictured in plate 9. |
137 - A. Gentry |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Reduncinae |
Reduncini |
Kobus |
kob |
|
|
No |
|
JK2 III A. 72 |
871 |
46 - JK 2 |
|
R-HOR, FRO, CRA-f |
1961 |
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 |
Megalotragus |
kattwinkelli |
|
|
No |
|
JK2 III A. 78 |
872 |
46 - JK 2 |
|
CRA-f |
1962 |
104 - Unknown |
III |
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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. |
The braincase of this specimen was separated from the horn core. |
137 - A. Gentry |
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Unknown |
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Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
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Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Alcelaphinae |
Alcelaphini |
Megalotragus |
kattwinkelli |
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No |