|
OVPP-Clarias 1 |
225 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
2,3 |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
The author notes the presence of catfishes from this genus. No elements are described. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Actinopterygii |
Siluriformes |
|
|
|
Clariidae |
|
|
Clarias |
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Clarias 2 |
227 |
19 - SHK |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
II |
|
|
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 |
|
Actinopterygii |
Siluriformes |
|
|
|
Clariidae |
|
|
Clarias |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Clarias 3 |
228 |
10 - BK |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
II, IV |
|
|
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 |
|
Actinopterygii |
Siluriformes |
|
|
|
Clariidae |
|
|
Clarias |
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Serpentes 2 |
233 |
5 - FLK |
|
VER |
|
104 - Unknown |
I, II |
|
|
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
Several snake specimens have been found. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Reptilia |
Serpentes |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Serpentes 3 |
234 |
26 - FC |
|
VER |
|
104 - Unknown |
IV |
|
|
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
Several snake specimens have been found. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
No |
|
Reptilia |
Serpentes |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Aquila 1 |
236 |
|
|
|
1913 |
104 - Unknown |
I, II |
|
|
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
Several bird specimens have been found. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Aves |
Ciconiiformes |
Ciconii |
Falconides |
|
Accipitridae |
|
|
Aquila |
rapax |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Erinaceus 1 |
239 |
7 - FLK North |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
3, 4, 5 |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
There are several specimens found but are not individually described. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
Erinaceoidea |
Erinaceidae |
Erinaceinae |
|
Erinaceus |
major |
|
|
No |
|
FLK I/E-G 394 |
1 |
5 - FLK |
|
L-RAM, L-P, L-M |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle (Zinjanthropus) |
22 feet below the upper limit of bed I. |
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 |
Primates |
Strepsirrhini |
Lorisiformes |
|
Galagidae |
|
|
Galago |
senegalensis |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Macroscelididae 2 |
254 |
5 - FLK |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
|
|
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
One juvenile specimen is found but not described. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
|
Macroscelididae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Pedetes 1 |
255 |
7 - FLK North |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
1 |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
The author indicates there are a "few specimens." |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Rodentia |
Anomaluromorpha |
|
|
Pedetidae |
|
|
Pedetes |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Steatomys 1 |
256 |
5 - FLK |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle (Zinjanthropus) |
22 feet below the upper limit of bed I. |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
This is a very "constant type" but is never abundant. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Rodentia |
Myomorpha |
Myodonta |
Muroidea |
Muridae |
Dendromurinae |
|
Steatomys |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Dendromys 1 |
257 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
3 |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
No information on the types of specimens is given. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Rodentia |
Myomorpha |
Myodonta |
Muroidea |
Muridae |
Dendromurinae |
|
Dendromys |
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Dendromys 2 |
258 |
7 - FLK North |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
No information on the types of specimens is given. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Rodentia |
Myomorpha |
Myodonta |
Muroidea |
Muridae |
Dendromurinae |
|
Dendromys |
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Hystrix 1 |
259 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
1 |
Leakey, LSB, 1951. Olduvai Gorge: a report on the evolution of the handaxe culture in Beds I-IV. Cambridge:Cambridge University Press. |
Information about the specimens preserved is not given. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Rodentia |
Hystricognatha |
Hystricognathi |
|
Hystricidae |
Hystricinae |
|
Hystrix |
galatea |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Hystrix 2 |
260 |
5 - FLK |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle (Zinjanthropus) |
22 feet below the upper limit of bed I. |
|
Specimens preserved are not details but is rare where it is found. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
|
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Rodentia |
Hystricognatha |
Hystricognathi |
|
Hystricidae |
Hystricinae |
|
Hystrix |
galatea |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Hystrix 3 |
261 |
7 - FLK North |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
1, 6 |
|
Details of elements preserved are not given by the author. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
|
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Rodentia |
Hystricognatha |
Hystricognathi |
|
Hystricidae |
Hystricinae |
|
Hystrix |
galatea |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Heterocephalus 1 |
262 |
7 - FLK North |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
3, 4, 5, 6 |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
Elements preserved were not described by the author. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Rodentia |
|
|
|
Bathyergidae |
Heterocephalinae |
|
Heterocephalus |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
OLD BK 2 132 |
264 |
10 - BK |
|
MAN, L/R-I |
|
104 - Unknown |
II |
upper |
|
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
This specimen is pictured in plate 20. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Perissodactyla |
Hippomorpha |
|
|
Equidae |
Equinae |
|
Stylohipparion |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Stylohipparion 1 |
265 |
|
|
MAN, L/R-I |
|
104 - Unknown |
|
|
|
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
This specimen is pictured in plate 20. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Perissodactyla |
Hippomorpha |
|
|
Equidae |
Equinae |
|
Stylohipparion |
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Panthera 1 |
273 |
|
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
|
|
Leakey, LSB, 1951. Olduvai Gorge: a report on the evolution of the handaxe culture in Beds I-IV. Cambridge:Cambridge University Press. |
|
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Feliformia |
|
|
Felidae |
Pantherinae |
|
Panthera |
pardus |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Leo 1 |
274 |
|
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I, II, IV |
|
|
Leakey, LSB, 1951. Olduvai Gorge: a report on the evolution of the handaxe culture in Beds I-IV. Cambridge:Cambridge University Press. |
|
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Feliformia |
|
|
Felidae |
|
|
Leo |
leo |
|
|
No |
|
Unknown Acinonyx 1 |
275 |
11 - HWK |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
|
|
Leakey, LSB, 1951. Olduvai Gorge: a report on the evolution of the handaxe culture in Beds I-IV. Cambridge:Cambridge University Press. |
|
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Feliformia |
|
|
Felidae |
|
|
Acinonyx |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Anancus 1 |
276 |
|
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
II |
|
|
Leakey, LSB, 1951. Olduvai Gorge: a report on the evolution of the handaxe culture in Beds I-IV. Cambridge:Cambridge University Press. |
|
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Proboscidea |
Tethytheria |
Behemota |
Elephantoidea |
Gomphotheriidae |
Anancinae |
|
Anancus |
kenyensis |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Hippotigris 1 |
277 |
|
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
II, III, IV |
|
|
Leakey, LSB, 1951. Olduvai Gorge: a report on the evolution of the handaxe culture in Beds I-IV. Cambridge:Cambridge University Press. |
|
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Perissodactyla |
Hippomorpha |
|
|
Equidae |
|
|
Hippotigris |
quagga |
boehmi |
|
No |
|
OVPP-Notochoerus 1 |
280 |
|
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
II |
|
|
|
|
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suiformes |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
Tetraconodontinae |
|
Notochoerus |
dietrichi |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Hippopotamus 2 |
282 |
24 - DK |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
lower |
All levels |
|
|
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suiformes |
|
Hippopotamoidea |
Hippopotamidae |
Hippopotaminae |
|
Hippopotamus |
gorgops |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Sivatherium 1 |
284 |
|
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I, II, III, IV |
|
|
|
|
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Giraffoidea |
Giraffidae |
Sivatheriinae |
|
Sivatherium |
olduvaiensis |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Philantomba 1 |
292 |
|
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
IV |
|
|
|
The author indicates this species might be found in bed 4. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Cephalophinae |
|
Philantomba |
monticola |
|
|
No |
|
OLD 1472 |
3694 |
63 - JLK |
|
MAN, M, P |
1957 |
104 - Unknown |
IV |
|
|
Leakey, L., and Whitworth, T. 1958. Notes on the genus Simopithecus, with a description of a new species from Olduvai. |
This specimen is pictured in plate 4, figure 1; plate 5, figure 1; plate 6, figure 1; plate 8, plate 9, and plate 10. All descriptions of this specimen indicate that the pictured specimen is the holotype. In plate 4, however, the description reads female S. jonathani so it is unclear whether this is the same specimen or not. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Cercopithecoidea |
Cercopithecidae |
Cynocephalinae |
|
Simopithecus |
jonathani |
|
Holotype |
No |
|
OLD 580 |
3695 |
22 - SC |
|
MAN-f, M |
1957 |
104 - Unknown |
II |
|
|
Leakey, L., and Whitworth, T. 1958. Notes on the genus Simopithecus, with a description of a new species from Olduvai. |
|
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Cercopithecoidea |
Cercopithecidae |
Cynocephalinae |
|
Simopithecus |
jonathani |
|
|
No |
|
OH 3 |
3719 |
10 - BK |
280 - 94 |
d-C
, L-d-M |
1955 |
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
II |
Upper |
Upper part of BK channel which cuts into Tuff IID |
Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
In the first publication of these specimens (Leakey, LSB, 1958), Leakey described the teeth as a deciduous lower canine and a left deciduous upper M2. "This view was not shared by Robinson, von Koenigswald and others, who preferred to regard it as either a permanent or a deciduous upper molar of an australopithecine character" (Leakey, MD, 1970:226). Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Hominoidea |
Hominidae |
|
|
Australopithecus |
|
|
Referred to as species boisei in Tobias (Olduvai Gorge volume IV, 1991). |
No |
|
OH 14 |
3729 |
27 - MNK |
287 - 88 "Skull Site" |
CRA-f
, FRO-f
, R-PAR-f |
1963 |
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
II |
Lower Middle B |
Surface. Inferred as same horizon as OH 13 (Leakey MD, 1971). |
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. |
Juvenile (sutures unfused). Thin skull. Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya. 11 pieces found at House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Hominoidea |
Hominidae |
|
|
|
|
|
Juvenile, parietal is thin. |
No |
|
1510/1957 |
4181 |
|
|
MAN-f, P, M |
1957 |
105 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (?) |
|
|
|
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
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. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Feliformia |
|
|
Hyaenidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
K 14/1960 |
4184 |
|
|
MAX-f |
1960 |
104 - Unknown |
|
|
|
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
No information on the locality is given. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Caniformia |
Cynoidea |
|
Canidae |
|
|
Canis |
mesomelas |
latirostris |
|
No |
|
P.P.F. 4 |
4339 |
5 - FLK |
|
HOR |
1955 |
105 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (?) |
|
|
|
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
This specimen may represent a rare bovid from Olduvai. It is pictured in plate 88. 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. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
|
|
Thaleroceros |
|
|
This specimen was reclassified as an unidentified Alcelaphine by Gentry and Gentry (1978). |
No |
|
FLK I/E-G 391 |
2 |
5 - FLK |
|
L-MAN, L/R-RAM-f, L-P, L-M, R-P, R-M |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle (Zinjanthropus) |
22 feet below the upper limit of Bed I. |
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 |
Primates |
Strepsirrhini |
Lorisiformes |
|
Galagidae |
|
|
Galago |
senegalensis |
|
|
No |
|
M. 14683 |
10383 |
|
|
Two upper tusks, probably of the same individual. |
1934 |
106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) |
I |
lower part, Middle Pleistocene |
Kamasian Pluvial |
LSB Leakey. 1958. Fossil Mammals of Africa: Some East African Pleistocene Suidae. British Museum. No. 14. |
British Museum Palaeontology Department |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
1942 |
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suiformes |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
|
|
Potamochoerus |
majus |
|
Paratypes. Originally classified as Koiropotamus majus (Hopwood, 1934). Reclassified as Potamochoerus majus (Leakey, 1942). |
Yes |
|
M. 17071 |
10384 |
|
|
The greater part of a mandible. |
1953 |
106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) |
II |
|
Chellean I Living Site |
LSB Leakey. 1958. Fossil Mammals of Africa: Some East African Pleistocene Suidae. British Museum. No. 14. |
marked Old. B.K.II, 1953/454; Brit. Mus. Palaeont. Dept. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
1958 |
|
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suiformes |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
|
|
Potamochoerus |
majus |
|
|
Yes |
|
BK II 1957.662 |
208 |
10 - BK |
|
L-FRO, L-HOR-f |
1957 |
105 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (?) |
II |
|
|
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
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. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Alcelaphinae |
Aepycerotini |
Aepyceros |
indet. |
|
This specimen was reclassified as Aepyceros melampus by Gentry and Gentry (1978). |
No |
|
F. 948 |
163 |
|
|
UK |
1941 |
105 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (?) |
II |
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Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
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. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
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264 - Leakey family expedition |
No |
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Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
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Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Alcelaphinae |
Alcelaphini |
Damaliscus |
antiquus |
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This specimen was reclassified by Gentry and Gentry (1978) as Parmularius angusticornis. |
No |