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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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254 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-1280 11552 TIB-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1280; tibia distal end fragment; drawer says 'Alcelaphini tibiae' Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1281 11553 TIB-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1281; tibia distal end fragment; drawer says 'Alcelaphini tibiae' Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1282 11554 TIB-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1282; tibia distal end fragment; drawer says 'Alcelaphini tibiae' Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1283 11555 TIB-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1283; tibia distal end fragment; drawer says 'Alcelaphini tibiae' Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1284 11556 TIB-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1284; tibia distal end fragment; drawer says 'Alcelaphini tibiae' Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1285 11557 TIB-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1285; tibia distal end fragment; drawer says 'Alcelaphini tibiae' Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1286 11558 TIB-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1286; tibia distal end fragment; drawer says 'Alcelaphini tibiae' Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1287 11559 TIB-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1287; tibia distal end fragment; drawer says 'Alcelaphini tibiae' Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1288 11560 TIB-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1288; tibia distal end fragment; drawer says 'Alcelaphini tibiae' Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1289 11561 TIB-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1289; tibia distal end fragment; drawer says 'Alcelaphini tibiae' Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1290 11562 TIB-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1290; tibia distal end fragment; drawer says 'Alcelaphini tibiae' Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1291 11563 TIB-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1291; tibia distal end fragment; drawer says 'Alcelaphini tibiae' Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1292 11564 TIB-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1292; tibia distal end fragment; drawer says 'Alcelaphini tibiae' Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1366 11622 TIB-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1366; tibia distal end fragment Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1367 11623 TIB-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1367; tibia distal end fragment Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1489 11723 TIB-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1489; tibia distal end fragment Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1490 11724 TIB-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1490; tibia distal end fragment Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-25 11846 TIB-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-25; tibia distal end fragment Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Giraffidae Yes
OLD-41 11930 TIB-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-41; tibia proximal end fragment Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OLD-1813 12187 TIB-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1813; tibia distal end fragment Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1814 12188 TIB-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1814; tibia distal end fragment Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1815 12189 TIB-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1815; tibia distal end fragment Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1816 12190 TIB-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1816; tibia distal end fragment Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1817 12191 TIB-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1817; tibia distal end fragment Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1818 12192 TIB-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1818; tibia distal end fragment Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1820 12193 TIB-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1820; tibia distal end fragment Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1494 12222 TIB-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK Bed IV Surface -- OLD-1494; tibia distal end fragment Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1495 12223 TIB-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK Bed IV Surface -- OLD-1495; tibia distal end fragment Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
UCMP 42010 12371 TIB-f 1948 276 - University of California Museum of Paleontology Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
UCMP 42063 12376 TIB-f 1948 276 - University of California Museum of Paleontology Bed 1 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
UCMP 42075 12813 TIB-f 1948 276 - University of California Museum of Paleontology Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Yes
COP-12-100 9684 TIB-f, FEM-f 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania I -- Proximal tibia and fragment of proximal femur. 157 - L. Hlusko 2013/06/22 254 - COP Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae No
M. 14687 1350 TIB-f, FEM-f, FIB-f 106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) I Hopwood, A. 1934. New fossil mammals from Olduvai, Tanganyika territory. Annals of the Magazine of Natural History. 10: 546-550. This specimen is described as a "partial hind-limb". Whether it is a tibia, femur, or fibula is unknown. 293 - A.T. Hopwood Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Giraffoidea Giraffidae Helladotherium olduvaiensis Paratype No
FLK N I 81 1393 7 - FLK North TIB-f, CUBNAV 1960 104 - Unknown I 1, 2, 3 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 Yes Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Antilopinae Antilopini Gazella No
FLK N I 1564 1384 7 - FLK North TIB-f, AST, CUBNAV 1960 104 - Unknown I 1 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 Yes Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Antilopinae Antilopini Gazella No
FLK N I 7500 41 7 - FLK North TIB 104 - Unknown I upper Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. Image available from plate 13 comparing this lagomorph's tibia to other modern and extinct lagomorph tibiae. 130 - L.S.B. Leakey 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Lagomorpha Leporidae Lepus No
M. 20230 68 TIB 106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) II Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. No locality given. 130 - L.S.B. Leakey 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Carnivora Feliformia Felidae Pantherinae Panthera crassidens The author suggests this specimen may belong to the subfamily Machairodontinae. No
FLK NN I 821 857 6 - FLK NN TIB 104 - Unknown I 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 Hippotraginae Hippotragini Hippotragus gigas No
FLK N I 7207 860 7 - FLK North TIB 104 - Unknown I 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 Hippotraginae Hippotragini Hippotragus gigas No
FLK N I 1450+1459 861 7 - FLK North TIB 104 - Unknown I 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 Hippotraginae Hippotragini Hippotragus gigas No