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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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201 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-1238 11509 RAD-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1238; radius distal end fragment; drawer says 'Alcelaphini radii' Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1239 11510 RAD-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1239; radius distal end fragment; drawer says 'Alcelaphini radii' Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1240 11511 RAD-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1240; radius distal end fragment; drawer says 'Alcelaphini radii' Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1794 11773 RAD-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1794; radius proximal end fragment Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1795 11774 RAD-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1795; radius proximal end fragment Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1797 11776 RAD-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1797; radius proximal end fragment Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1798 11777 RAD-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1798; radius proximal end fragment Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1799 11778 RAD-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1799; radius proximal end fragment Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1800 11779 RAD-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1800; radius proximal end fragment Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1801 11780 RAD-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1801; radius distal end fragment Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1084 12012 RAD-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1084; radius proximal end fragment Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1085 12013 RAD-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1085; radius proximal end fragment Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1086 12014 RAD-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1086; radius proximal end fragment Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1087 12015 RAD-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1087; radius proximal end fragment Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1088 12016 RAD-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1088; radius distal end fragment Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
UCMP 42059 12372 RAD-f 1948 276 - University of California Museum of Paleontology Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
UCMP 42064 12377 RAD-f 1948 276 - University of California Museum of Paleontology Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-144 12435 RAD-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-144; proximal radius Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla No
OLD-15 12441 69 - GRK S d-M-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK II Current location 17E; drawer 5; very worn; "OLDY GRK II 24.V.35" Unknown Mammalia Proboscidea Tethytheria Behemota Elephantoidea Elephantidae No
OLD-167 12457 d-TOOTH 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-167 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae No
OLD-169 12459 69 - GRK S d-M (4) 1935 114 - Natural History Museum UK II -- OLD-169; deciduous molar pillars; "Colld. & presd. Dr. LSB Leakey, 1935"; "Presumably associated OLDY GRK II 24.V.35" 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Proboscidea Tethytheria Behemota Elephantoidea Elephantidae No
M 103885 12622 39 - MRC R-MAN, d-P (3) 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-447; R-MAN wit d-P2, d-P3, and d-P4; "OLD Y MRC 2 5 10/5/35" Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Suiformes Suoidea Suidae Tragelaphini No
M 103917 12634 35 - GTC R/L-MAN-f, d-P (5) 114 - Natural History Museum UK IV -- OLD-459; Partial left mandible with dP2 and dP4 and partial right mandible with dP2-dP4; "OLD Y GTC IV 27. (illegible)" Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Bovinae Bovini No
OLD-589 12740 R-MAX-f, M, d-M 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-589; R-MAX-f with M1 and d-M4 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Tethytheria Behemota Elephantoidea Hippopotamidae No
UCMP 42078 12815 RAD-f, PHX 1948 276 - University of California Museum of Paleontology Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Hippomorpha Equidae Equinae Equini Equus Yes
M 103998 12842 10 - BK d-P (2) 114 - Natural History Museum UK IV -- OLD-729; d-P3 and d-P4; "OLD Y BK IV 14/5/38" Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Alcelaphinae Alcelaphini No
OLD-1032 12997 RAD-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK IV -- OLD-1032; distal RAD-f; May all be from Bed IV See strat info. for OLD-1558 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae No
OLD-1033 12998 RAD-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK IV -- OLD-1033; distal RAD-f; immature; may all be from Bed IV, see strat info for OLD-1558 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae No
OLD-1034 12999 RAD-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK IV -- OLD-1034; distal RAD-f; May all be from Bed IV See strat info. for OLD-1558 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae No
OLD-1361 13117 RAD-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1361; distal RAD-f; Part of Reck collection in Munich. Numbers written on bone are German field numbers and do not correspond to stratigraphy. Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Alcelaphinae Alcelaphini No
OLD-1793 13195 11 - HWK RAD-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK I S -- OLD-1793; distal RAD-f; "Oldoway HWK I S" Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae No
OLD-1802b 13197 RAD-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1802b; RAD-f proximal end Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae No
OVPP-P-36 13312 L-RAD-f -- OLD-I-S 1941 067-2601 Bed I surface Unknown Carnivora Mustelidae Mellivora Yes
OH 68 3783 18 - VEK Mand-f, R-P-f 2001 127 - National Natural History Museum, Arusha, Tanzania II Lower Mandible fragment with unerupted P4 and root of M1. Specimen is pictured in the middle in image 1. Specimen is shown in the middle of the top row in image 2. Yes Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Hominoidea Hominidae Australopithecus africanus OH 13-like No
OVPP Tyto 1 10177 6 - FLK NN RAD-f , ULNA-f , CARMET , PHX I Brodkorb P., Mourer-Chauviré, C. 1984. Fossil owls from early man sites of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Ostrich; Journal of African Ornithology 55:17-27. Authors do not specify specimen numbers. "Radius, 1 proximal and 1 distal part; ulna, 2 distal parts; carpometacarpus, 1 almost complete and l distal part; l phalanx of the wing; tarsometatarsus, 1 distal part and 2 distal fragments; 4 pedal phalanges" (Brodkorb and Mourer-Chauvire, 1984:23). "Place of conservation of the material: The fossils are currently on deposit at the University of Florida, Department of Zoology, and will later be returned to Tanzania" (Brodkorb and Mourer-Chauvire, 1984:19). Unknown Aves Strigiformes Strigidae Tyto alba cf. affinis No
OVPP Tyto 2 10178 7 - FLK North RAD-f , ULNA-f , CARMET-f I Brodkorb P., Mourer-Chauviré, C. 1984. Fossil owls from early man sites of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Ostrich; Journal of African Ornithology 55:17-27. Authors do not specify specimen numbers. "Coracoid, 2 upper parts; ulna, 1 distal part; carpometacarpus, 5 distal parts;tibiotarsus, 1 distal part; tarsometatarsus, 1 proximal and 2 distal parts; 21 pedal phalanges" (Brodkorb and Mourer-Chauvire, 1984:23). "Place of conservation of the material: The fossils are currently on deposit at the University of Florida, Department of Zoology, and will later be returned to Tanzania" (Brodkorb and Mourer-Chauvire, 1984:19). Unknown Aves Strigiformes Strigidae Tyto alba cf. affinis No
OH 30 3745 72 - FLK Maiko Gully 283 - 45 TOOTH , d-TOOTH , CRA-f , 1969 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania II Lower Surface "Parts deciduous and germ dentitions" (Leakey MD, 1971:234). Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya. 264 - Leakey family expedition No Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Hominoidea Hominidae Australopithecus boisei No
OH 80 3796 10 - BK R/L-P , L-M , R/L-I , L-HUM-f , R-RAD-f , R-FEM-f , TIB-f 2009 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania II 4 Upper Domínguez-Rodrigo M, et al. 2013. First Partial Skeleton of a 1.34-Million-Year-Old Paranthropus boisei from Bed II, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. PLoS ONE 8(12): e80347. Distal portion of a left humerus diaphysis. Partial right radius with head, proximal metaphysis and partial diaphysis. Right partial femur, diaphysis in three refitting pieces. Tibia midshaft fragment assigned to OH 80 based on close "spatial association, comparable anatomical ruggedness and similar state of preservation to the other OH 80 postcranial fossils" (Dominiguez-Rodrigo et al., 2013). 292 - Proyecto Olduvai Yes Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Hominoidea Hominidae Homininae Hominini Australopithecus boisei Anatomically modern No
OVPP-Erinaceus 73 2130 7 - FLK North RAD-f, (n=14) 104 - Unknown I upper 3, 4, 5 Butler, P., and Greenwood, M. 1973. The early Pleistocene hedgehogs from Olduvai, Tanzania. Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:7-42. The authors mention 14 proximal ends of radii from layers 3-5 150 - Butler and Greenwood Unknown Mammalia Insectivora Erinaceoidea Erinaceidae Erinaceinae Erinaceus broomi No
FLK NI 21182 10193 7 - FLK North L-RAD-f 1960-2 I Haarhoff, P.J. 1993. Latest Pliocene mousebirds (Aves, Coliidae) from Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Ann S Afr Mus. 103:191–211. Left proximal radius fragment. "The specimen numbers are catalogue numbers of the Olduvai fossil birds, and the data are kept at the Department of Zoology, University of Florida, Gainesville. The fossils belong to the Tanzanian Ministry of Antiquities, Dar es Salaam. They were collected by Mary Leakey in 1960-1962" (Haarhoff, 1993:). Unknown Aves Coliiformes Coliidae Colius cf. striatus No