|
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-Chelonia 1 |
229 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
1, 3 |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
Several tortoises are represented in beds 1, 2, and 4. There is no mention of how many specimens or what elements are preserved. |
140 - E.E. Williams |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Reptilia |
Testudines |
|
|
|
Cheloniidae |
|
|
Chelonia |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Varanus 1 |
231 |
|
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
|
|
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
Several specimens have been found but no description is given. |
140 - E.E. Williams |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Reptilia |
Squamata |
Scleroglossa |
Anguimorpha |
Varanoidea |
Varanidae |
|
|
Varanus |
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Serpentes 1 |
232 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
VER |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
|
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
Several snakes have been found associated with the Oldowan culture. Details are not given. |
140 - E.E. Williams |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Reptilia |
Serpentes |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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-Crocodylus 1 |
235 |
|
|
SKEL |
|
104 - Unknown |
|
|
|
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
The author mentions several specimens are present. |
141 - Hofstetter |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Reptilia |
Crocodilia |
|
|
|
Crocodylidae |
|
|
Crocodylus |
|
|
|
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-Papio 2 |
245 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
CRA, MAX |
1962 |
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
2, 3 |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
Skull is severely crushed. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Cercopithecoidea |
Cercopithecidae |
Cercopithecinae |
Papionini |
Papio |
indet. |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Tapinochoerus 2 |
247 |
5 - FLK |
|
M |
1959 |
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 specimen is pictured in plate 32. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suiformes |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
Suinae |
Phacochoerini |
Tapinochoerus |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Mesochoerus 1 |
252 |
23 - TK |
|
M |
|
104 - Unknown |
II |
|
Lower layers |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
|
|
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suiformes |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
Suinae |
Suini |
Mesochoerus |
heseloni |
|
|
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-Gazella 5 |
270 |
10 - BK |
|
HOR |
|
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 |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Antilopinae |
Antilopini |
Gazella |
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Simopithecus 1 |
271 |
|
|
UK |
1913 |
104 - Unknown |
I, II, III, IV |
|
|
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
|
293 - A.T. Hopwood |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Cercopithecoidea |
Cercopithecidae |
Cynocephalinae |
|
Simopithecus |
oswaldi |
leakeyi |
|
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-Phacochoerus 1 |
281 |
|
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
II, III, IV |
|
|
|
|
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suiformes |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
Suinae |
Phacochoerini |
Phacochoerus |
africanus |
|
|
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-Giraffa 2 |
283 |
|
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I, II, IV |
|
|
|
|
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Giraffoidea |
Giraffidae |
Giraffinae |
Giraffini |
Giraffa |
capensis |
|
|
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-Taurotragus 1 |
285 |
|
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I, II, IV |
|
|
|
|
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Bovinae |
Taurotragini |
Taurotragus |
oryx |
pachyceros |
|
No |
|
OVPP-Tragelaphus 3 |
288 |
|
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
IV |
|
|
|
|
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Bovinae |
Tragelaphini |
Tragelaphus |
scriptus |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Strepsiceros 1 |
289 |
|
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I, II, IV |
|
|
|
|
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Bovinae |
Strepsicerotini |
Strepsiceros |
strepsiceros |
|
|
No |