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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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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
	OH 7	3722	6 - FLK NN	283 - 45	MAN , L-PAR , R-PAR-f , M , OCC-f , L/R-TEM-f , PHX , CAR	1960	122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania	I	3	On surface of clay immediately overlying Tuff IB.	Leakey, L.S.B., Tobias, P.V. & Napier, J.R. 1964. A new species of the genus Homo from Olduvai Gorge. Nature 202(4927): 7-9.	Holotype. "Jonny's Child". Juvenile. Mandible with partial dentition and unerupted R/L-M3, almost complete left parietal and fragments of right parietal, left and right petrous portions (temporal) , "sundry small skull fragments ... [and] twenty-one bones of the hand, including the trapezium, scaphoid and a number of phalanges" (Leakey, MD, 1971:228). "One upper molar, a terminal phalanx, and a broken capitate bone, found on the surface, probably also belong to this individual" (:226). Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya.			264 - Leakey family expedition	Yes		Mammalia	Primates	Anthropoidea	Haplorhini	Hominoidea	Hominidae	Homininae	Hominini	Homo	habilis		Holotype	No
	OH 60	3775	5 - FLK		M	1982	122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania	I		Surface.	--	Large M3. Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya.			264 - Leakey family expedition	No		Mammalia	Primates	Anthropoidea	Haplorhini	Hominoidea	Hominidae			Australopithecus	boisei			No
	OH 6	3721	5 - FLK	283 - 45	CRA-f , M-f , L-P , L-TIB-f , L-FIB-f ,	1959/60	122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania	I	Middle (Zinj.)	Surface. Cranial and dental fragments found in surface soil from slope immediately below Zinj. site; assumed to be from Zinj. level (Leakey, MD, 1971:227). TIB-f and FIB-f from Zinj. level.	Davis, P. R. 1964. Hominid fossils from Bed I, Olduvai Gorge, Tanganyika. A tibia and fibula. Nature. 201, 967.	From Tobias (1991): OH 35 tibia and fibula attributed to same individual as OH 6 but appear to be more mature. It is unclear if OH 35 tibia and fibula are the same tibia and fibula originally listed under OH 6. Leakey, MD, 1971 describes CRA and dental fragments as having been found in surface soil, but Leakey, Tobias, and Napier, 1964 state "some [were] found in situ [and] some on the surface" (:9). Unworn lower L-P3. Partially developed roots of upper M1 or 2. Six cranial vault fragments. Tibia and fibula fragments first assumed to be associated with Zinjanthropus OH5, but should be considered associates with OH 6 following morphological study (Leakey, MD, 1971:227). and skull fragments. Juvenile. Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya.			264 - Leakey family expedition	Unknown		Mammalia	Primates	Anthropoidea	Haplorhini	Hominoidea	Hominidae	Homininae	Hominini	Homo	habilis		Paratype. TIB-f and FIB-f not given taxonomic designation in original publication (Davis, 1964) but named as a paratype in Leakey, Tobias, and Napier, 1964.	No
	OH 62	3777	78 - FLK S		SKULL-f, UK	1987	122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania	I	Middle	Surface.	Johanson, D. C., Masao, F. T., Eck, G. G., White, T. D., Walter, R. C., Kimbel, W. H., Asfaw,B., Manega, P. C., Ndessokia, P. & Suwa, G. (1987). New partial skeleton of HomoJohanson, D.C., Masao	Postcranial and skull fragments, 302 pieces.			264 - Leakey family expedition	No		Mammalia	Primates	Anthropoidea	Haplorhini	Hominoidea	Hominidae	Homininae	Hominini	Homo	habilis			No
	OH 62/998	8412			FEM-f, TOOTH		122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania				--	Femoral head and teeth.			264 - Leakey family expedition	Unknown		Mammalia	Primates	Anthropoidea	Haplorhini	Hominoidea	Hominidae							No