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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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1334 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
1116 3941 L-COX I/II Petter, G. 1973. Carnivores Pleistocenes du ravin d’Olduvai (Tanzanie). Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:43-100. Author lists specimen in an assemblage that is described as coming from FLK N, FLK NN, KK, BK, and DK but does not specifically assign site. 157 - L. Hlusko 2012/6/28 Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Hippomorpha Equidae No
303 3945 L-I Petter, G. 1973. Carnivores Pleistocenes du ravin d’Olduvai (Tanzanie). Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:43-100. Specimen is upper I3. Author lists specimen in an assemblage that is described as coming from BK, THL, and FLK N but does not specifically assign site. 157 - L. Hlusko 2012/6/28 Unknown Mammalia Carnivora No
B 44 3952 27 - MNK L-CUB II Petter, G. 1973. Carnivores Pleistocenes du ravin d’Olduvai (Tanzanie). Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:43-100. 157 - L. Hlusko 2012/6/28 Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea Cercopithecidae Cercopithecinae Papionini Theropithecus No
OVPP-Homo 1 3961 6 - FLK NN L-PAR, R-PAR I Tobias, P. 1964. The Olduvai Bed I Hominine with Special Reference to its Cranial Capacity. Nature 202:3-4. 157 - L. Hlusko 2012/6/28 Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Hippomorpha Equidae No
OVPP-L-9 3976 L-MAN-f, M, TOOTH 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania -- Specimen label: OLD87-115-15; Box #: OLD87. 157 - L. Hlusko 2012/6/28 Unknown Y Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae No
OVPP-30 7707 L-M 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania II Upper One meter below Bed III contact. -- Mandibular left M3. 157 - L. Hlusko 2012/6/28 253 - OVPP No Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea Cercopithecidae Cercopithecinae Papionini Theropithecus No
OVPP-31 7708 L-MAX-f, M, P 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania II Upper One meter below Bed III contact. -- Left maxilla fragment with P4 and M1. 157 - L. Hlusko 2012/6/28 253 - OVPP No Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae No
OVPP-32 7709 L-M 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania II Upper One meter below Bed III contact. -- Left upper M1 or M2. 157 - L. Hlusko 2012/6/28 253 - OVPP No Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae No
OVPP-33 7710 L-M 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania II Upper One meter below Bed III contact. -- Left upper M1 and M2. 157 - L. Hlusko 2012/6/28 253 - OVPP No Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae No
OVPP-34 7711 L-M 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania II Cobble conglomerate three meters below bed III contact. -- Upper left M1 or M2. 157 - L. Hlusko 2012/6/28 253 - OVPP No Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae No
OVPP-35 7712 L-M 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania II Cobble conglomerate three meters below bed III contact. -- Upper left M1 or M2. 157 - L. Hlusko 2012/6/28 253 - OVPP No Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae No
OVPP-36 7713 L-MAN-f, P, M 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania II Upper Two meters below Bed III. -- Needs preparation. Left mandible fragment P4-M2. 157 - L. Hlusko 2012/6/28 253 - OVPP No Y Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae No
OVPP-38 7715 L-MAN-f, M 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania II Four meters below contact with Bed III. -- Left mandible fragment with M2-3. 157 - L. Hlusko 2012/6/28 253 - OVPP No Y Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae No
OVPP-39 7716 L-M 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania II Four meters below contact with Bed III. -- Upper left molar. 157 - L. Hlusko 2012/6/28 253 - OVPP No Mammalia Perissodactyla Hippomorpha Equidae No
OVPP-45 7722 L-M 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania I Lower One meter above Bed I lava; sandy claystone. -- Left mandibular molar. 157 - L. Hlusko 2012/6/28 253 - OVPP No Y Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae No
OVPP-48 7725 L-MAN-f, M 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania II Ten meters below contact with Bed III sandstone. -- Left mandible fragment with M2 and M3. 157 - L. Hlusko 2012/6/28 253 - OVPP No Y Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae No
OVPP-50 7727 L-MAN-f, M 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania III From ten meters below top of gorge. -- Left mandible fragment with M3. 157 - L. Hlusko 2012/6/28 253 - OVPP No Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae No
OVPP-56 7734 L-M 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania III -- Upper left M3. 157 - L. Hlusko 2012/6/28 253 - OVPP No Y Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae No
OVPP-57 7735 L-M 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania III -- Upper left molar. 157 - L. Hlusko 2012/6/28 253 - OVPP No Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae No
OVPP-17 7694 L-MAN-f, M 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania I lower Located 0.5 meters above Bed I lava. -- Left mandible fragment with M3. 157 - L. Hlusko 2012/6/25 253 - OVPP No Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae No
OLD/70 WKE A.518 8267 41 - WK E L-MAN-f, d-TOOTH 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania -- Left mandible fragment with two teeth (d). Card with box states "Olduvai Bed IV WKE Old/70 A.518. Left mandible fragment with third deciduous premolar and fourth deciduous premolar. ?Cercocebus B7." 2012/08/10 264 - 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
FLK NNI 1011 8257 6 - FLK NN MAX, MAN, CRA-f, R/L-M, TOOTH-f, UK-f 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania I -- Packed in National Museum in Nairobi, Kenya in box 188 or 189 labeled "Cercopithecidae" for transport to National Museum of History, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Maxilla, mandible, cranium fragment, right second and third molar, left third molar, tooth fragment and unknown fragment. Other card in bag states "FLK NNI 1011 + another individual there? M3 etc ED `81". 2012/08/09 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No
OLDUVAI 1962 MLK IV Left Maxilla Monkey 8264 34 - MLK L-MAX, M 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania IV -- Left maxilla with first and second molar. Card in bag with specimen states "Original type cabinet A. Cercopithecoides kimeni cranial vault+left and right maxilla". Specimen found in bag with specimen OLDUVAI/1962 MLK IV Right, probably from the same individual. 2012/08/09 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No
OLD/80 S.368 BK EAST BED II 8251 49 - BK E L-ULNA 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania II -- Left ulna. Pleistocene. 2012/08/07 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No
OLD/63/3059 DK I L/2 KNM 2.023 8252 24 - DK L-CAL 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania I 2 -- Left calcaneus. Card in bag with specimen states "Loc: Olduvai Field No: Old/63 DK I 3059 Strip II L/2". Other card found in bag states "Cercopithecidae, Cynocephalinae left of small....". For more information see the card which has been photographed. 2012/08/07 264 - 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
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 1957/622 SHK II 8208 19 - SHK L-MAX-f, P, M 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania II -- Fragment of left maxilla with third and forth premolar and first molar. In BM loan collection. Card in bag with specimen states "Canine socket suggests male". 2012/08/03 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No
OLD/69 FLK S.160 8217 5 - FLK L-I 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania -- Left upper second incisor. 2012/08/03 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No
OLDUVAI ? M 8221 L-MAN-f 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Jolly, C.J. 1965. Origins and specialization of the long-faced Cercopithecoidea. PhD thesis, University of London. Left mandible fragment. Card in bag with specimen states "Superior end of left ascending ramus condyle or coronoid. Process rather weathered. In BM loan collection. Field No: OLDUVAI". 2012/08/03 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No
067/3979 DK IC 8223 24 - DK L-AST 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania I C? Surface -- Left astragulus. Card in bag with specimen states "LOC: OLDUVAI, OLD `62". Pleistocene. 2012/08/03 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No
1229 DK IA SCREE 067/? 8232 24 - DK L-MTT-f 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania I A? Scree -- Proximal end of left metatarsal. Card in bag with specimens states "Loc: Olduvai, Field No: OLD 1962 067/3917". Pleistocene. 2012/08/03 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No
OLD/69 S. 6I 8195 L-M, TOOTH-f 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania -- Left upper third molar (root and buccal side is broken) and tooth fragment. Card in bag with specimen states "Upper M3 with broken outer root. Cercopithecoidea, papio sp. surface Bed II TK B9". Other card in bag states "Upper molar papio sp". 2012/08/02 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No
OLD 1957/1384 BK II E 8199 49 - BK E L-HUM 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania II -- Distal end and part of shaft of left humerus.Card in bag with specimen states "Cercopithecoidea. Simopithecus?" Pleistocene. 2012/08/02 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No
OLD 1963/ 4372 DK I L/3 8205 24 - DK L-FEM 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania I 3 -- Complete left femur. LSB Leakey. Card in bag with specimen states "Strip III. Cercopithecidae Cynocephalinae genus indet. left femur... much more slender than any recorded[?] species of Simopithecus...". [See card in photograph; writing on card barely legible.] 2012/08/02 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No
OLD/1951 1050 BK II 8178 10 - BK L-TAL 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania II Jolly, C.J. 1965. Origins and specialization of the long-faced Cercopithecoidea. PhD thesis, University of London. Left talus. Card in bag with specimen stats "OLD/1951 BK II 315". In BM loan collection. 2012/08/01 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No
067/5609 MCK II Simo 8187 80 - MCK L-SCP-f 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania II -- Partial left scapula preserving glenoid process and acromion, and superior 1/3 of spine and lateral border. Found in bag with 067/5622 (R scapula, possibly from same individual.) 2012/08/01 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea Cercopithecidae Cynocephalinae Simopithecus No
OLDOWAY 1941/ F921 S I KNM 18 8189 L-HUM-f 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania I Surface -- Distal end of left humerus. Pleistocene. Card in bag with specimen states "Loc: Oldoway". Specimen label is also "Oldoway". 2012/08/01 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No
OLD 1953/3 BK II KNM 2.3? 8190 10 - BK L-UNLA-f 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania II -- Proximal end of left ulna and part of shaft. Pleistocene. 2012/08/01 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No