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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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220 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-1027 12263 HUM-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1027; humerus distal end fragment; may all be from Bed IV; see strat info for OLD-1558 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1028 12264 HUM-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1028; humerus distal end fragment; may all be from Bed IV; see strat info for OLD-1558 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1029 12265 HUM-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1029; humerus distal end fragment; may all be from Bed IV; see strat info for OLD-1558 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1080 12274 HUM-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1080; humerus proximal end fragment Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-765 12324 HUM 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-765; humerus distal end Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OLD-42 12598 HUM 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-42; distal end of humerus Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Giraffoidea Giraffidae Unknown
OLD-5 12673 HUM 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-5; distal end of humerus; has been glued; "OLD/69 DKI A L/2" Unknown Mammalia "Insectivore?? Carnivore (Hedgehog) (Not- too large trochlea not same.)" Yes
UCMP 42071 12809 DIST HUM 276 - University of California Museum of Paleontology 1948 Unknown Mammalia Carnivora Caniformia Arctoidea Mustelidae Yes
M 104226 13080 L-HUM 114 - Natural History Museum UK I -- OLD-1164; proximal L-HUM Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae No
OLD-1189 13100 L-HUM-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1189; distal L-HUM-f; Drawer says "Alcelaphini humeri"; "IS" or "II"? Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Behemota Bovoidea Bovidae cf. Alcelaphini Unknown
OLD-1190 13101 L-HUM-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1190; L-HUM-f shaft and distal end; Drawer says "Alcelaphini humeri" Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Alcelaphinae Alcelaphini No
M 104236 13102 L-HUM-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK II -- OLD-1195; L-HUM-f distal; drawer says 'Alcelaphini humeri'; OLDY B or G or E?K II S Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae No
OLD-1802a 13196 HUM-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1802a; proximal HUM-f Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae No
OLD-1803a 13198 HUM-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1803a; HUM-f distal end Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae No
OLD-1803b 13199 HUM-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1803b; HUM-f distal end Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae No
OLD-1804a 13200 HUM-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1804a; HUM-f distal end Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae No
OLD-1804b 13201 HUM-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1804b; HUM-f distal end Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae No
OLD-1805a 13202 HUM-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1805a; HUM-f distal end Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae No
OLD-1805b 13203 HUM-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1805b; distal HUM-f Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae No
OLD-1806a 13204 HUM-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1806a; HUM-f shaft Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae No
OLD-1806b 13205 HUM-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1806b; HUM-f distal shaft Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae No
OLD-1807a 13206 HUM-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1807a; distal HUM-f Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae No
OLD-1807b 13207 HUM-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1807b; distal HUM-f Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae No
OLD-44a 13266 HUM 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-44a; distal end of humerus Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Giraffoidea Giraffidae No
OLD-797 13269 HUM -- OLD-797; distal humerus Unknown Hippopotamidae No
OVPP-P-26 13302 LIMB-f (Humerus) -- OLD NI I-4 5086 Unknown Yes
OLD-997 13318 L-HUM 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-997; distal left humerus Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Giraffidae No
OLD-1000 13319 R-HUM 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1000; "NG Bed IV Surface 20.V.35"; right distal humerus Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Giraffidae No
BK II 1957.42 822 10 - BK L-HUM-f 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 Reduncinae Reduncini Kobus kob This humerus is likely from a kob but the authors are unsure. No
BK II 118 1315 10 - BK L-HUM-f 104 - Unknown II 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 Cercopithecinae Papionini Theropithecus No
1952 BK II 271 1799 10 - BK L-HUM 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 This specimen is pictured in plate 4 137 - A. Gentry 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Bovinae Bovini Pelorovis oldowayensis No
1952 BK II 272 1800 10 - BK R-HUM 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
1952 BK II 184A 1801 10 - BK R-HUM-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
1952 BK II 185 1802 10 - BK R-HUM-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
1952 BK II 1847 1803 10 - BK L-HUM-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-Pelorovis 15 1804 10 - BK L-HUM-f 1955 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
F. 929 1805 10 - BK L-HUM-f 1941 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 listed in the monograph as 1941, S.2, F.929 137 - A. Gentry 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Bovinae Bovini Pelorovis oldowayensis No
1952 BK II 186 1806 10 - BK R-HUM-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
1952 BK II 352 1807 10 - BK L-HUM-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
1953 BK II Extension 44 1808 10 - BK R-HUM-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