|
Olduvai (unnumbered) |
1333 |
|
|
PHX |
|
104 - Unknown |
|
|
|
Jolly, C. J. 1972. The classification and natural history of Theropithecus (Simopithecus)(Andrews, 1916), baboons of the African Plio-Pleistocene: British Museum (Natural History) |
|
146 - C. J. Jolly |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Cercopithecoidea |
Cercopithecidae |
Cercopithecinae |
Papionini |
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Macroscelididae 1 |
16 |
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. |
One juvenile specimen is found in layer 2 or 3. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
|
Macroscelididae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Megadermidae 1 |
19 |
7 - FLK North |
|
MAX |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
3 |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
Unidentified megadermid. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Chiroptera |
|
|
|
Megadermidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Megadermidae 2 |
20 |
7 - FLK North |
|
MAN |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
2 |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
Undetermined megadermid. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Chiroptera |
|
|
|
Megadermidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Muridae 1 |
35 |
5 - FLK |
|
P, M, I, C, MAN, MAX |
|
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. |
Several unidentified murids |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Rodentia |
Myomorpha |
Myodonta |
Muroidea |
Muridae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Muridae 2 |
37 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
P, M, I, C |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
1 |
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 |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Rodentia |
Myomorpha |
Myodonta |
Muroidea |
Muridae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Muridae 3 |
38 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
P, M, I, C |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
2, 3 |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
Several specimens of unidentified murids. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Rodentia |
Myomorpha |
Myodonta |
Muroidea |
Muridae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Muridae 4 |
40 |
7 - FLK North |
|
P, M, I, C |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
Several specimens of unidentified murids are present. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Rodentia |
Myomorpha |
Myodonta |
Muroidea |
Muridae |
|
|
|
|
|
The author is unsure of the taxonomy. |
No |
|
OVPP-Herpestinae 1 |
70 |
7 - FLK North |
|
L-P |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
1 |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
A few isolated teeth perhaps belonging to the subfamily Herpestinae. Only the pre-molar is mentioned directly. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Feliformia |
|
|
Herpestidae |
Herpestinae |
|
|
|
|
Author placed this taxon in Family Viverridae, but the specimen "perhaps" belongs to the subfamily Herpestinae. |
No |
|
OVPP-Herpestinae 2 |
77 |
7 - FLK North |
|
M |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
4 |
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 |
Carnivora |
Feliformia |
|
|
Herpestidae |
Herpestinae |
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Herpestinae 3 |
78 |
7 - FLK North |
|
R-MAN, R-d-M, R-P |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
4 |
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 |
Carnivora |
Feliformia |
|
|
Herpestidae |
Herpestinae |
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Herpestinae 4 |
81 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
R-MAN, R-d-P, R-C |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
1 |
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 |
Carnivora |
Feliformia |
|
|
Herpestidae |
Herpestinae |
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Viverridae 1 |
83 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
M |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
2, 3 |
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 |
Carnivora |
Feliformia |
|
|
Viverridae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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-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-Macroscelididae 4 |
410 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
2, 3 |
Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
|
142 - M. D. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
|
Macroscelididae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
DK I 5400 |
722 |
24 - DK |
|
FEM |
|
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 |
Bovinae |
Tragelaphini |
|
|
|
The authors describe this specimen as coming from a "larger tragelaphine". |
No |
|
FLK I G. 258 |
723 |
5 - FLK |
|
MTC |
|
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 |
Bovinae |
Tragelaphini |
|
|
|
The authors describe this specimen as coming from a "larger tragelaphine". |
No |
|
FLK N I 5107 |
897 |
7 - FLK North |
|
R-MTC |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
|
|
-- |
|
137 - A. Gentry |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Alcelaphinae |
Alcelaphini |
|
|
|
This specimen is larger than P. altidens and may be from a wildebeest. |
No |
|
FLK N I 067/240 |
899 |
7 - FLK North |
|
MAX, M, P |
|
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. |
This specimen is from an immature individual. |
137 - A. Gentry |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Alcelaphinae |
Alcelaphini |
|
|
|
|
No |
|
FLK N I 9394 |
932 |
7 - FLK North |
|
L-MTC |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
5 |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
This specimen is pictured in Gentry and Gentry (1978a) plate 19, figure 2 (lower). |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Caprinae |
Caprini |
|
|
|
Gentry and Gentry (1978) reclassified this specimen to aff. Caprinae. |
No |
|
FLK W 1969.82a |
1070 |
55 - FLK W |
|
CRA, R/L-HOR, SKULL, VER |
1969 |
104 - Unknown |
|
|
Above Tuff IF below the Sandy Conglomerate |
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. |
The skull is a crushed cranium with horn cores. This is a skeleton found in association with several antilopine bones that the authors mention but do not provide specimens for. |
137 - A. Gentry |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Alcelaphinae |
Alcelaphini |
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Cichlidae 7 |
2550 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
VER |
1960 |
104 - Unknown |
I |
|
3 |
Greenwood, P., and Todd, E. 1970. Fish remains from Olduvai. In: Fossil Vertebrates of Africa,vol. 2 New York: Academic Press. pp. 225-241. |
There is no estimate of the number of individuals represented by these specimens. |
151 - Greenwood and Todd |
|
|
Yes |
|
Actinopterygii |
Perciformes |
|
|
|
Cichlidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Cichlidae 8 |
2555 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
SPINE-f, OPER, RAY |
1960 |
104 - Unknown |
I |
|
3 |
Greenwood, P., and Todd, E. 1970. Fish remains from Olduvai. In: Fossil Vertebrates of Africa,vol. 2 New York: Academic Press. pp. 225-241. |
MNI=2.These specimens are from trench II, extension E. |
151 - Greenwood and Todd |
|
|
Yes |
|
Actinopterygii |
Perciformes |
|
|
|
Cichlidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Cichlidae 9 |
2562 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
SPINE, VER |
1960 |
104 - Unknown |
I |
|
3 |
Greenwood, P., and Todd, E. 1970. Fish remains from Olduvai. In: Fossil Vertebrates of Africa,vol. 2 New York: Academic Press. pp. 225-241. |
It is unclear how many individuals are represented by these specimens. The specimens are from trench III. |
151 - Greenwood and Todd |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Actinopterygii |
Perciformes |
|
|
|
Cichlidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Cichlidae 11 |
2572 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
RAY, VER, SPINE |
1960 |
104 - Unknown |
I |
|
3 |
Greenwood, P., and Todd, E. 1970. Fish remains from Olduvai. In: Fossil Vertebrates of Africa,vol. 2 New York: Academic Press. pp. 225-241. |
It is unclear how many individuals are represented by these specimens. The specimens are from trench VI (980). |
151 - Greenwood and Todd |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Actinopterygii |
Perciformes |
|
|
|
Cichlidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Cichlidae 12 |
2642 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
DNTY, PTYG, RAY, VER, SPINE-f |
1960 |
104 - Unknown |
I |
|
2, 3 |
Greenwood, P., and Todd, E. 1970. Fish remains from Olduvai. In: Fossil Vertebrates of Africa,vol. 2 New York: Academic Press. pp. 225-241. |
It is unclear how many individuals are represented by these specimens. The specimens are from trench II. |
151 - Greenwood and Todd |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Actinopterygii |
Perciformes |
|
|
|
Cichlidae |
|
|
|
|
|
These specimens could be from Tilapia. |
No |
|
OVPP-Cichlidae 13 |
2643 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
OPER-f, VER, SPINE-f |
1960 |
104 - Unknown |
I |
|
2, 3 |
Greenwood, P., and Todd, E. 1970. Fish remains from Olduvai. In: Fossil Vertebrates of Africa,vol. 2 New York: Academic Press. pp. 225-241. |
It is unclear how many individuals are represented by these specimens. The specimens are from trench II. |
151 - Greenwood and Todd |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Actinopterygii |
Perciformes |
|
|
|
Cichlidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Actinopterygii 1 |
2666 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
|
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
|
2, 3 |
Greenwood, P., and Todd, E. 1970. Fish remains from Olduvai. In: Fossil Vertebrates of Africa,vol. 2 New York: Academic Press. pp. 225-241. |
There are several fragments of unidentified fish but the types of specimens and number of individuals are not given. |
151 - Greenwood and Todd |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Actinopterygii |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Cichlidae 15 |
2716 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
SPINE-f, URHL-f, R/L-OPER-f, PTER, VER-f |
1960 |
104 - Unknown |
I |
|
2, 3 |
Greenwood, P., and Todd, E. 1970. Fish remains from Olduvai. In: Fossil Vertebrates of Africa,vol. 2 New York: Academic Press. pp. 225-241. |
It is unclear how many individuals are represented by these specimens. They were recovered in trench III. |
151 - Greenwood and Todd |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Actinopterygii |
Perciformes |
|
|
|
Cichlidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Cichlidae 16 |
2727 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
VER-f, DNTY-f, OPER-f, SPINE-f |
1960 |
104 - Unknown |
I |
|
2 |
Greenwood, P., and Todd, E. 1970. Fish remains from Olduvai. In: Fossil Vertebrates of Africa,vol. 2 New York: Academic Press. pp. 225-241. |
It is unclear how many individuals are represented by these specimens. |
151 - Greenwood and Todd |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Actinopterygii |
Perciformes |
|
|
|
Cichlidae |
|
|
|
|
|
These specimens are "probably Cichlidae." |
No |
|
OVPP-Percifomes 1 |
2777 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
SPINE-f, VER-f |
1960 |
104 - Unknown |
I |
|
2 |
Greenwood, P., and Todd, E. 1970. Fish remains from Olduvai. In: Fossil Vertebrates of Africa,vol. 2 New York: Academic Press. pp. 225-241. |
These fishes are from an unidentified family of percoid fishes. It is unknown how many individuals are represented. They were recovered from trench III. |
151 - Greenwood and Todd |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Actinopterygii |
Perciformes |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Cichlidae 17 |
2789 |
5 - FLK |
|
VER-f, SPINE |
1960 |
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle (Zinjanthropus) |
22 feet below the upper limit of bed I. |
Greenwood, P., and Todd, E. 1970. Fish remains from Olduvai. In: Fossil Vertebrates of Africa,vol. 2 New York: Academic Press. pp. 225-241. |
It is unclear how many individuals are represented by these specimens. |
151 - Greenwood and Todd |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Actinopterygii |
Perciformes |
|
|
|
Cichlidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Cichlidae 18 |
2790 |
7 - FLK North |
|
RAY |
1962 |
104 - Unknown |
I |
|
6 |
Greenwood, P., and Todd, E. 1970. Fish remains from Olduvai. In: Fossil Vertebrates of Africa,vol. 2 New York: Academic Press. pp. 225-241. |
This specimen is from trench V. |
151 - Greenwood and Todd |
|
|
Yes |
|
Actinopterygii |
Perciformes |
|
|
|
Cichlidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Cichlidae 19 |
2792 |
7 - FLK North |
|
RAY, VER |
1962 |
104 - Unknown |
I |
|
5 |
Greenwood, P., and Todd, E. 1970. Fish remains from Olduvai. In: Fossil Vertebrates of Africa,vol. 2 New York: Academic Press. pp. 225-241. |
These specimens are from trench V. |
151 - Greenwood and Todd |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Actinopterygii |
Perciformes |
|
|
|
Cichlidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Cichlidae 20 |
2793 |
7 - FLK North |
|
RAY, VER |
1962 |
104 - Unknown |
I |
|
5 |
Greenwood, P., and Todd, E. 1970. Fish remains from Olduvai. In: Fossil Vertebrates of Africa,vol. 2 New York: Academic Press. pp. 225-241. |
These specimens are from trench III. There are some other unidentifiable fragments from this locality that are thought to be fish bones. |
151 - Greenwood and Todd |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Actinopterygii |
Perciformes |
|
|
|
Cichlidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Cichlidae 21 |
2794 |
7 - FLK North |
|
RAY, VER |
1961 |
104 - Unknown |
I |
|
5 |
Greenwood, P., and Todd, E. 1970. Fish remains from Olduvai. In: Fossil Vertebrates of Africa,vol. 2 New York: Academic Press. pp. 225-241. |
These specimens are from trench IV. |
151 - Greenwood and Todd |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Actinopterygii |
Perciformes |
|
|
|
Cichlidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Cichlidae 22 |
2795 |
7 - FLK North |
|
VER |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
|
3 |
Greenwood, P., and Todd, E. 1970. Fish remains from Olduvai. In: Fossil Vertebrates of Africa,vol. 2 New York: Academic Press. pp. 225-241. |
These specimens are from trench III. |
151 - Greenwood and Todd |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Actinopterygii |
Perciformes |
|
|
|
Cichlidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |