|
Pel 1 |
5733 |
|
|
CRA |
|
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
|
|
|
Gentry, A. W. 1967. Pelorovis oldowayensis Reck, an extinct bovid from East Africa: British Museum. pp. 245-299 |
|
137 - A. Gentry |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Bovinae |
Bovini |
Pelorovis |
oldowayensis |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Zinjanthropus 10 |
3920 |
5 - FLK |
|
CRA-f |
|
|
I |
middle (Zinjanthropus) |
22 feet below the upper limit of bed I. |
Leakey, LSB. 1960. Recent discoveries at Olduvai Gorge. Nature 188:1050-1052. |
Author describes specimen as "parts of the skull of a second individual," in reference to the first Z. boisei skull found at this site OH 5. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Tragelaphus 2 |
122 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
CRA, HOR |
1960 |
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
1, 2, 3 |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
Other specimens are present (Leakey, 1971) but are not described. The cranium and horn cones were found near the base of Bed 2. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Bovinae |
Strepsicerotini |
Strepsiceros |
maryanus |
|
Gentry and Gentry (1978) reclassified this specimen as Tragelaphus strepsiceros maryanus. |
No |
|
OVPP-Tragelaphus 1 |
121 |
14 - HWK E |
|
CRA, HOR |
1959 |
105 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (?) |
II |
lower |
2 |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
This specimen is pictured in plates 40, 41. The cranium and horn cones were found near the base of Bed 2. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Bovinae |
Strepsicerotini |
Strepsiceros |
maryanus |
|
Holotype - Gentry and Gentry (1978) reclassified this specimen as Tragelaphus strepsiceros maryanus. |
No |
|
OVPP-Testudines 8 |
3075 |
7 - FLK North |
|
CARA-f |
|
105 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (?) |
I |
|
|
Auffenberg, W. 1981. The fossil turtles of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, Africa. Copeia 1981:509-522. |
Original information indicated that this specimen was located in Nairobi. This specimen is likely within the material that was repatriated to Dar in 2011, but this has yet to be confirmed. |
152 - W. Auffenberg |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Reptilia |
Testudines |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The author mentions there are over 3,000 fossilized turtle fragments from Olduvai Gorge, 98% of which are from the species Pelusios sinuatus. However, it is unclear which specimens belong to which species based on the description given. When it was unclear, the specimen is only referred to as belonging to the Order Testudines. |
No |
|
OVPP-Testudines 5 |
3072 |
24 - DK |
|
NUCH |
|
105 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (?) |
I |
|
|
Auffenberg, W. 1981. The fossil turtles of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, Africa. Copeia 1981:509-522. |
Original information indicated that this specimen was located in Nairobi. This specimen is likely within the material that was repatriated to Dar in 2011, but this has yet to be confirmed. |
152 - W. Auffenberg |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Reptilia |
Testudines |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The author mentions there are over 3,000 fossilized turtle fragments from Olduvai Gorge, 98% of which are from the species Pelusios sinuatus. However, it is unclear which specimens belong to which species based on the description given. When it was unclear, the specimen is only referred to as belonging to the Order Testudines. |
No |
|
OVPP-Testudines 13 |
3082 |
29 - FC W |
|
CARA-f, PLAS |
|
105 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (?) |
|
|
|
-- |
Original information indicated that this specimen was located in Nairobi. This specimen is likely within the material that was repatriated to Dar in 2011, but this has yet to be confirmed. |
152 - W. Auffenberg |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Reptilia |
Testudines |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The author mentions there are over 3,000 fossilized turtle fragments from Olduvai Gorge, 98% of which are from the species Pelusios sinuatus. However, it is unclear which specimens belong to which species based on the description given. When it was unclear, the specimen is only referred to as belonging to the Order Testudines. |
No |
|
OVPP-Testudines 13 |
6849 |
29 - FC W |
|
CARA-f, PLAS |
|
105 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (?) |
|
|
|
-- |
Original information indicated that this specimen was located in Nairobi. This specimen is likely within the material that was repatriated to Dar in 2011, but this has yet to be confirmed. |
152 - W. Auffenberg |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Reptilia |
Testudines |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The author mentions there are over 3,000 fossilized turtle fragments from Olduvai Gorge, 98% of which are from the species Pelusios sinuatus. However, it is unclear which specimens belong to which species based on the description given. When it was unclear, the specimen is only referred to as belonging to the Order Testudines. |
No |
|
OVPP-Testudines 12 |
3079 |
|
|
CARA, PLAS |
|
106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) |
|
|
|
-- |
|
152 - W. Auffenberg |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Reptilia |
Testudines |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The author mentions there are over 3,000 fossilized turtle fragments from Olduvai Gorge, 98% of which are from the species Pelusios sinuatus. However, it is unclear which specimens belong to which species based on the description given. When it was unclear, the specimen is only referred to as belonging to the Order Testudines. |
No |
|
OVPP-Testudines 12 |
6846 |
|
|
CARA, PLAS |
|
106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) |
|
|
|
-- |
|
152 - W. Auffenberg |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Reptilia |
Testudines |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The author mentions there are over 3,000 fossilized turtle fragments from Olduvai Gorge, 98% of which are from the species Pelusios sinuatus. However, it is unclear which specimens belong to which species based on the description given. When it was unclear, the specimen is only referred to as belonging to the Order Testudines. |
No |
|
OVPP-Tatera 4 |
3964 |
7 - FLK North |
|
CRA-f, M |
|
|
I |
1 |
|
Denys, C. 1989. Two new gerbillids (Rodentia, Mammalia) from Olduvai Bed I (Pleistocene, Tanzania). Neues Jahrbuch f |
Specimen is described as the "anterior skull fragment with the left and right upper molar rows" |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Rodentia |
Myomorpha |
Myodonta |
Muroidea |
Muridae |
Gerbillinae |
Taterillini |
Tatera |
gentryi |
|
Holotype |
No |
|
OVPP-Suncus 25 |
3855 |
7 - FLK North |
|
CRA-f |
|
|
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. |
Facial part of the skull, crushed dorsally.Some dentition is preserved. |
150 - Butler and Greenwood |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
Soricoidea |
Soricidae |
Crocidurinae |
|
Suncus |
varilla |
meesteri |
|
No |
|
OVPP-Suncus 24 |
3854 |
7 - FLK North |
|
CRA-f |
|
|
I |
123 |
|
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. |
Facial part of the skull with palate with some teeth present (moderately worn). |
150 - Butler and Greenwood |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
Soricoidea |
Soricidae |
Crocidurinae |
|
Suncus |
varilla |
meesteri |
|
No |
|
OVPP-Python 8 |
1926 |
|
|
CRA-f |
|
104 - Unknown |
|
|
|
Rage J. 1973. Fossil snakes from Olduvai, Tanzania. In: Fossil vertebrates of Africa, vol. 3:1-6. |
Pieces of cranium are mentioned but the number of individuals represented is unclear. |
149 - J. C. Rage |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Reptilia |
Squamata |
|
|
|
Boidae |
|
|
Python |
sebae |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Phenacotragus 6 |
1644 |
19 - SHK |
|
MTC-f |
1960 |
104 - Unknown |
II |
|
|
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 |
|
273 - Reck expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Antilopinae |
Neotragini |
Phenacotragus |
recki |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Pelorovis 9 |
1772 |
|
|
L-CAL |
|
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
|
|
|
Gentry, A. W. 1967. Pelorovis oldowayensis Reck, an extinct bovid from East Africa: British Museum. pp. 245-299 |
This specimen is unnumbered. |
137 - A. Gentry |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Bovinae |
Bovini |
Pelorovis |
oldowayensis |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Pelorovis 85 |
751 |
11 - HWK |
|
CER |
|
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 |
Bovinae |
Bovini |
Pelorovis |
oldowayensis |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Pelorovis 77 |
1913 |
|
|
SAC |
|
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
|
|
|
Gentry, A. W. 1967. Pelorovis oldowayensis Reck, an extinct bovid from East Africa: British Museum. pp. 245-299 |
|
137 - A. Gentry |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Bovinae |
Bovini |
Pelorovis |
oldowayensis |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Pelorovis 45 |
1878 |
11 - HWK |
|
CER |
|
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
II |
|
|
Gentry, A. W. 1967. Pelorovis oldowayensis Reck, an extinct bovid from East Africa: British Museum. pp. 245-299 |
|
137 - A. Gentry |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Bovinae |
Bovini |
Pelorovis |
oldowayensis |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Pelorovis 44 |
1877 |
10 - BK |
|
CER |
|
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
II |
|
|
Gentry, A. W. 1967. Pelorovis oldowayensis Reck, an extinct bovid from East Africa: British Museum. pp. 245-299 |
|
137 - A. Gentry |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Bovinae |
Bovini |
Pelorovis |
oldowayensis |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Pelorovis 43 |
1876 |
10 - BK |
|
CER |
|
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
II |
|
|
Gentry, A. W. 1967. Pelorovis oldowayensis Reck, an extinct bovid from East Africa: British Museum. pp. 245-299 |
|
137 - A. Gentry |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Bovinae |
Bovini |
Pelorovis |
oldowayensis |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Pelorovis 42 |
1875 |
|
|
CER |
|
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
|
|
|
Gentry, A. W. 1967. Pelorovis oldowayensis Reck, an extinct bovid from East Africa: British Museum. pp. 245-299 |
This is a complete set of cervical vertebrae. |
137 - A. Gentry |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Bovinae |
Bovini |
Pelorovis |
oldowayensis |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Pelorovis 41 |
1874 |
|
|
CER |
|
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
|
|
|
Gentry, A. W. 1967. Pelorovis oldowayensis Reck, an extinct bovid from East Africa: British Museum. pp. 245-299 |
This is a complete set of cervical vertebrae. |
137 - A. Gentry |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Bovinae |
Bovini |
Pelorovis |
oldowayensis |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Pelorovis 35 |
1867 |
|
|
ATL, CER |
|
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
|
|
|
Gentry, A. W. 1967. Pelorovis oldowayensis Reck, an extinct bovid from East Africa: British Museum. pp. 245-299 |
This atlas belongs to a complete row of cervical vetebrae. |
137 - A. Gentry |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Bovinae |
Bovini |
Pelorovis |
oldowayensis |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Pelorovis 18 |
1827 |
10 - BK |
|
MTC-f |
1953 |
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
II |
|
|
Gentry, A. W. 1967. Pelorovis oldowayensis Reck, an extinct bovid from East Africa: British Museum. pp. 245-299 |
|
137 - A. Gentry |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Bovinae |
Bovini |
Pelorovis |
oldowayensis |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Pelorovis 17 |
1824 |
10 - BK |
|
R-MTC-f |
|
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
II |
|
|
Gentry, A. W. 1967. Pelorovis oldowayensis Reck, an extinct bovid from East Africa: British Museum. pp. 245-299 |
This specimen is "poorly preserved." |
137 - A. Gentry |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Bovinae |
Bovini |
Pelorovis |
oldowayensis |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Pelorovis 13 |
5854 |
|
|
L-CUBNAV |
|
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
|
|
|
Gentry, A. W. 1967. Pelorovis oldowayensis Reck, an extinct bovid from East Africa: British Museum. pp. 245-299 |
|
137 - A. Gentry |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Bovinae |
Bovini |
Pelorovis |
oldowayensis |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Pelorovis 12 |
1786 |
|
|
L-CUBNAV |
|
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
|
|
|
Gentry, A. W. 1967. Pelorovis oldowayensis Reck, an extinct bovid from East Africa: British Museum. pp. 245-299 |
|
137 - A. Gentry |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Bovinae |
Bovini |
Pelorovis |
oldowayensis |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Pelorovis 11 |
1785 |
10 - BK |
|
R-CUBNAV-f |
1952 |
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
II |
|
|
Gentry, A. W. 1967. Pelorovis oldowayensis Reck, an extinct bovid from East Africa: British Museum. pp. 245-299 |
|
137 - A. Gentry |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Bovinae |
Bovini |
Pelorovis |
oldowayensis |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Papio 2 |
245 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
CRA, MAX |
1962 |
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
2, 3 |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
Skull is severely crushed. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Cercopithecoidea |
Cercopithecidae |
Cercopithecinae |
Papionini |
Papio |
indet. |
|
|
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-P-7 |
13282 |
|
|
MAX (C) -f |
|
|
|
|
|
-- |
FLKNNI Layer2 308. Original. "308" written on the fossil, "Layer2" written on the label, "FLKNNI" written on both |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
|
Carnivora |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Yes |
|
OVPP-P-65 |
13345 |
|
|
PREMAX-MAX (incisors; R. C-P4, L. C-M1)-f |
|
|
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-63 DKI, L-12. CAST |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Yes |
|
OVPP-P-60 |
13341 |
|
|
R-MAN (P3-M1), L-MAN (C, P3-M1) |
|
|
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-57 BKII 1273. Cast |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
|
Carnivora |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Yes |
|
OVPP-P-6 |
13281 |
|
|
Several tympanic bullae + a few dental frags.
,
, |
|
|
|
|
|
-- |
FLKNNI Bed V GRAVEL. Original. Looks Modern, Not Fossilized |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
|
Carnivora |
|
|
|
Felidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Yes |
|
OVPP-P-58 |
13340 |
|
|
C |
|
|
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-55 BKII 303. Cast |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
|
Carnivora |
|
|
|
Felidae |
|
|
|
Panthera leo |
|
|
Yes |
|
OVPP-P-57 |
13339 |
|
|
C-f |
|
|
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-55 BKII 302. Cast |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
|
Carnivora |
|
|
|
Felidae |
|
|
|
Panthera leo |
|
|
Yes |
|
OVPP-P-56 |
13338 |
|
|
C |
|
|
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-55 BKII 301. Cast |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
|
Carnivora |
|
|
|
Felidae |
|
|
|
Panthera leo |
|
|
Yes |
|
OVPP-P-48 |
13331 |
|
|
R.MAN-f (C, P2-M2) |
|
|
|
|
|
-- |
FLKNI L-4 6128. Cast |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
|
Carnivora |
|
|
|
Herpestidae |
|
|
|
Mungos dietrichi |
|
|
Yes |
|
OVPP-P-46 |
13329 |
|
|
R. C + R.LM2 + R.MAX-f (P2-P3) + MAX-f (P4-M2) |
|
|
|
|
|
-- |
FLKNI L-4. Cast |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
|
Carnivora |
|
|
|
Herpestidae |
|
|
|
Mungos Dietrichi |
|
|
Yes |