|
068/6506 |
780 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
R/L-HOR-f, PAL |
1961 |
104 - Unknown |
|
|
found in gravel postdating the Ndutu bed. Based on adhering matrix, it is probably from bed I or 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. |
This specimen (Horn cores) is from the same individual as the palate with specimen number 068/6502. |
137 - A. Gentry |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Reduncinae |
Reduncini |
Kobus |
sigmoidalis |
|
|
No |
|
HWK EE II 1965.068/5975 |
1018 |
37 - HWK EE |
|
CRA-f, R/L-HOR |
1965 |
104 - Unknown |
II |
middle |
found 3.7 meters above the Sandy Conglomerate |
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 26, figures 1, 2. |
131 - A. Remane |
|
|
Yes |
"pyroxene-rich volcanic sandstone" |
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Alcelaphinae |
Alcelaphini |
Parmularius |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-169 |
7847 |
|
|
L-M |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
III/IV |
|
Five meters below Masek/Ndutu. |
-- |
Left mandibular M3. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2012/07/06 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-737 |
10110 |
|
|
L-MAX-f, L-P, L-M |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
I |
Lower |
Eroded onto lag just below Tuff IA. |
-- |
Left maxilla fragment with P4-M3. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2013/07/07 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Cercopithecoidea |
Cercopithecidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
MB.Ma.25172 |
9199 |
|
|
L-TOOTH |
1931 |
128 - Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Germany |
|
|
Deinotherium horizont; Leakey site |
-- |
Upper. Reck field number: IV 83d. Mfn room number: 2251. Cabinet: P0449-4. Drawer: 41. |
|
|
273 - Reck expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Perissodactyla |
Hippomorpha |
|
|
Equidae |
Equinae |
Equini |
Equus |
|
|
Inventoried by Faysal Bibi in 2012. |
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-66 |
7744 |
|
|
L-MAX-f, M |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
I |
Lower |
Claystones just above Tuff 1B; with calcareous nodules. |
-- |
Left maxilla fragment with M1-2. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2012/6/29 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
Y |
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-99 |
7777 |
|
|
L-M |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
I |
Upper |
Claystones 1.5 meters above Tuff 1F. |
-- |
Left mandibular M3. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2012/6/29 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-130 |
7810 |
|
|
L-MAN-f, M-f |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
II |
|
Claystone. |
-- |
Left mandible fragment with M3 fragment. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2012/6/30 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-94 |
7772 |
|
|
R/L-HOR, R/L-FRLT, CRA-f |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
I |
Upper |
Claystone just below Tuff 1E. |
-- |
Partial skull with right and left frontlets and horn cores. Needs preparation. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2012/6/29 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
Y |
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-759 |
10133 |
|
|
L-MAN-f, L-M |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
I |
Lower |
Below Tuff IA. |
-- |
Left mandible fragment with broken M1 and complete M2-3. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2013/07/07 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
Y |
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suiformes |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
|
|
potamochoerus |
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-380 |
9751 |
|
|
L-AST, MTP |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
I |
Upper |
Below Tuff 1E. |
-- |
Left astragalus and associated metapodial. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2013/06/24 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Perissodactyla |
Hippomorpha |
|
|
Equidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
FLK N II 1962.067/4998 |
1091 |
7 - FLK North |
|
L-HOR-f |
1962 |
105 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (?) |
II |
|
base of Bed 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. |
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. |
137 - A. Gentry |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Alcelaphinae |
Alcelaphini |
Beatragus |
antiquus |
|
|
No |
|
Kar K II 1962.068/5811 |
760 |
42 - Kar. K |
|
R/L-HOR, CRA |
1962 |
105 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (?) |
II |
upper |
basal gravels |
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 2. The authors indicate other horn cores are found from Bed II to undivided Beds III-IV and teeth occur from Beds I-IV. 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. |
137 - A. Gentry |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Bovinae |
Bovini |
Syncerus |
acoelotus |
|
Holotype |
No |
|
OVPP-665 |
10038 |
|
|
L-MAN-f |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
I |
Lower |
At carbonate that overlies Tuff IA channel fill. |
-- |
Left mandible fragment. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2013/07/03 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
|
Alcelaphini |
|
|
|
|
No |
|
FLK W 1969.82a |
1070 |
55 - FLK W |
|
CRA, R/L-HOR, SKULL, VER |
1969 |
104 - Unknown |
|
|
Above Tuff IF below the Sandy Conglomerate |
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 skull is a crushed cranium with horn cores. This is a skeleton found in association with several antilopine bones that the authors mention but do not provide specimens for. |
137 - A. Gentry |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Alcelaphinae |
Alcelaphini |
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-509 |
9880 |
|
|
L-MAX-f, L-M |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
Masek? |
|
About 5 meters below carbonate top, reddish brown popcorn clays about 3m below silts. |
-- |
Maxillary left M1 or M2 with maxillary bone adhering. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2013/06/30 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
Y |
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Bovinae |
Antilopini |
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-511 |
9882 |
|
|
L-MAN-f, L-P, L-M, R-MAN-f, R-M, R-MAX-f |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
Masek? |
|
About 5 meters below carbonate top, reddish brown popcorn clays about 3m below silts. |
-- |
Three pieces- labeled A, B, and C. Left mandible fragment with P3-4 and M1-2. Right mandible fragment with M3. Right maxillary fragment with M3. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2013/06/30 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
Y |
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Bovinae |
Antilopini |
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-520 |
9891 |
|
|
L-M |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
Masek? |
|
About 5 meters below carbonate top, reddish brown popcorn clays about 3m below silts. |
-- |
Left maxillary molar. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2013/06/30 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Bovinae |
Antilopini |
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-506 |
9877 |
|
|
L-MAN-f, L-M |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
I |
Lower |
7 meters below Tuff 1A. |
-- |
Left mandible with M2-3. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2013/06/30 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
Y |
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Bovinae |
Tragelaphini |
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-415 |
9786 |
|
|
L-MAN-f, L-M |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
II |
Lower |
5 meters above Tuff 1F. |
-- |
Left mandibular fragment with M3. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2013/06/25 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
|
Antilopini |
|
|
|
|
No |
|
01. R. L5-58 |
3128 |
7 - FLK North |
|
L-MAX-f, M |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
|
5 |
Jaeger, J.J. 1976. Les rongeurs (Mammalia, Rodentia) du Pleistocene inferieur d’Olduvai Bed I (Tanzanie) 1ere Partie: Les Murides. Fossil vertebrates of Africa 4:58-120. |
This specimen is pictured in plate 3, figures G and H. |
153 - J. Jaeger |
|
|
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Rodentia |
Myomorpha |
Myodonta |
Muroidea |
Muridae |
Murinae |
|
Praomys |
minor |
|
|
No |
|
FLK N I 9394 |
932 |
7 - FLK North |
|
L-MTC |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
5 |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
This specimen is pictured in Gentry and Gentry (1978a) plate 19, figure 2 (lower). |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Caprinae |
Caprini |
|
|
|
Gentry and Gentry (1978) reclassified this specimen to aff. Caprinae. |
No |
|
OVPP-542 |
9913 |
|
|
L-M-f, L-M |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
I |
Lower |
4 meters below Tuff IA. Sands. |
-- |
Needs prep. Left mandible with ascending ramus preserved and M1-3. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2013/06/30 |
253 - OVPP |
Yes |
Y |
Mammalia |
Perissodactyla |
Ceratomorpha |
Tapiromorpha |
Rhinocerotoidea |
Rhinocerotidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-541 |
9912 |
|
|
L-M |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
I |
Lower |
4 meters below Tuff IA. Sand with carbonate nodules, about same strat as OVPP-542. |
-- |
Left maxillary M3. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2013/06/30 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Bovinae |
Alcelaphini |
|
|
|
|
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 |
|
OVPP-Herpestes 5 |
3893 |
7 - FLK North |
|
L-M |
|
|
I |
|
4 |
Petter, G. 1973. Carnivores Pleistocenes du ravin d’Olduvai (Tanzanie). Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:43-100. |
Specimen is an upper M1. |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Feliformia |
|
|
Herpestidae |
Herpestinae |
|
Herpestes |
ichneumon |
|
|
No |
|
018 |
3903 |
7 - FLK North |
|
L-MAN, C |
|
|
I |
|
4 |
Petter, G. 1973. Carnivores Pleistocenes du ravin d’Olduvai (Tanzanie). Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:43-100. |
Specimen 6128 (molar) was found separately but determined to be from the same individual. |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Feliformia |
|
|
Herpestidae |
Herpestinae |
|
Ichneumia |
albicauda |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Ichneumia 1 |
3905 |
7 - FLK North |
|
L-MAX-f, P, (n=2) |
|
|
I |
|
4 |
-- |
Specimen is a fragment of left maxilla with P3 and P4. |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Feliformia |
|
|
Herpestidae |
Herpestinae |
|
Ichneumia |
albicauda |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Herpestes 4 |
7654 |
7 - FLK North |
|
L-M |
|
|
I |
|
4 |
Petter, G. 1973. Carnivores Pleistocenes du ravin d’Olduvai (Tanzanie). Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:43-100. |
Specimen is an upper M1. |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Feliformia |
|
|
Herpestidae |
Herpestinae |
|
Herpestes |
ichneumon |
|
|
No |
|
018 |
7664 |
7 - FLK North |
|
L-MAN, C |
|
|
I |
|
4 |
Petter, G. 1973. Carnivores Pleistocenes du ravin d’Olduvai (Tanzanie). Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:43-100. |
Specimen 6128 (molar) was found separately but determined to be from the same individual. |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Feliformia |
|
|
Herpestidae |
Herpestinae |
|
Ichneumia |
albicauda |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-438 |
9809 |
|
|
L-M |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
II |
Middle |
3 meters above Tuff 1F. |
-- |
Maxillary left M3. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2013/06/25 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
|
Boselaphini |
|
|
|
|
No |
|
762 |
3908 |
7 - FLK North |
|
L-MAN, P, (n=3), M, (n=2), C |
|
|
I |
|
3 |
Petter, G. 1973. Carnivores Pleistocenes du ravin d’Olduvai (Tanzanie). Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:43-100. |
|
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Feliformia |
|
|
Herpestidae |
Herpestinae |
|
Mungos |
minutus |
|
|
No |
|
762 |
7669 |
7 - FLK North |
|
L-MAN, P, (n=3), M, (n=2), C |
|
|
I |
|
3 |
Petter, G. 1973. Carnivores Pleistocenes du ravin d’Olduvai (Tanzanie). Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:43-100. |
|
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Feliformia |
|
|
Herpestidae |
Herpestinae |
|
Mungos |
minutus |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Protocyon 1 |
87 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
MAN, RAM-f, L-P, L-M |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
3 |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
|
133 - L. Werdelin |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Caniformia |
Cynoidea |
|
Canidae |
|
|
Prototocyon |
recki |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Genetta 4 |
89 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
L-MAN, L-P, L-d-P |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
3 |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
|
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Feliformia |
|
|
Viverridae |
Viverrinae |
|
Genetta |
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Clarias 12 |
2479 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
SKULL-f, SOCC-f, PTRC-f, FRO, MSEH-f, ETHM, URHL-f, EPHL, CRHL, HMND, QUAD, ARTC, DNTY, PAL, CLEI, COR, OPER, SPINE, PCG-f, VER, PTYG-f, RAY-f |
1960 |
104 - Unknown |
I |
|
3 |
Greenwood, P., and Todd, E. 1970. Fish remains from Olduvai. In: Fossil Vertebrates of Africa,vol. 2 New York: Academic Press. pp. 225-241. |
MNI=62. Multiple of each element is represented; authors do not specify numbers for each element.It is unclear which specimens belong together. |
151 - Greenwood and Todd |
|
|
Yes |
|
Actinopterygii |
Siluriformes |
|
|
|
Clariidae |
|
|
Clarias |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Clarias 16 |
2551 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
FRO, VER, SPHT, DRMS, R-SUBO, L-OPER, SUPP-f, R/L-ARTC, R-CLEI-f, SPINE, RAY-f |
1960 |
104 - Unknown |
I |
|
3 |
Greenwood, P., and Todd, E. 1970. Fish remains from Olduvai. In: Fossil Vertebrates of Africa,vol. 2 New York: Academic Press. pp. 225-241. |
MNI=4.Multiple of each element is represented.These specimens are from trench II, extension E. |
151 - Greenwood and Todd |
|
|
Yes |
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Actinopterygii |
Siluriformes |
|
|
|
Clariidae |
|
|
Clarias |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Clarias 17 |
2557 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
R/L-DRMS-f, SOCC, R/L-PTRC, FRO-f, R-EPHL-f, CRHL, L-QUAD, R/L-ARTC, R/L-SPINE |
1960 |
104 - Unknown |
I |
|
3 |
Greenwood, P., and Todd, E. 1970. Fish remains from Olduvai. In: Fossil Vertebrates of Africa,vol. 2 New York: Academic Press. pp. 225-241. |
MNI=2 or 3. Authors state that size of the bones suggests 3 individuals.These specimens are from trench III. |
151 - Greenwood and Todd |
|
|
Yes |
|
Actinopterygii |
Siluriformes |
|
|
|
Clariidae |
|
|
Clarias |
sp. |
|
|
No |