|
OVPP-Testudines 18 |
3095 |
22 - SC |
|
SHEL-f |
|
106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) |
II |
|
|
-- |
|
152 - W. Auffenberg |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Reptilia |
Testudines |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The author mentions there are over 3,000 fossilized turtle fragments from Olduvai Gorge, 98% of which are from the species Pelusios sinuatus. However, it is unclear which specimens belong to which species based on the description given. When it was unclear, the specimen is only referred to as belonging to the Order Testudines. |
No |
|
OVPP-Geochelone 1 |
3106 |
10 - BK |
|
R-HYPL-f |
|
105 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (?) |
II |
|
|
Auffenberg, W. 1981. The fossil turtles of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, Africa. Copeia 1981:509-522. |
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. |
152 - W. Auffenberg |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Reptilia |
Testudines |
Cryptodira |
|
Testidinoidea |
Testudinidae |
|
|
Geochelone |
pardalis |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Latisternon 1 |
3114 |
24 - DK |
|
L-EPLS |
|
105 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (?) |
II |
|
|
-- |
The authors mention "thousands" of fragments and a few complete shells of this species found at Olduvai. 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. |
152 - W. Auffenberg |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Reptilia |
Testudines |
|
|
|
Pelomedusidae |
|
|
Latisternon |
microsulcae |
|
Holotype |
No |
|
OLD 69 S.45 MNK Mid II.S |
8121 |
27 - MNK |
|
L-RAD-f |
|
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
II |
Middle |
Surface. |
-- |
Proximal end of left radius. Large. Preserves about 1/3 of shaft. Card in bag with specimen states "OLD/69 S-45 MNK Mid II-S". |
|
2012/07/27 |
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Cercopithecoidea |
Cercopithecidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD 1953/2 BK II |
8122 |
10 - BK |
|
L-HUM-f |
|
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
II |
2? |
|
-- |
Packed in National Museum in Nairobi, Kenya in box 188 or 189 labeled "Cercopithecidae" for transport to National Museum of History, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Distal end of left humerus. Large.Simopithecus? Pleistocene. |
|
2012/07/27 |
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Cercopithecoidea |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD 1953/4 BK II |
8141 |
10 - BK |
|
L-RAD-f |
|
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
II |
|
|
Jolly, C.J. 1965. Origins and specialization of the long-faced Cercopithecoidea. PhD thesis, University of London. |
Proximal end of left radius. Large. |
|
2012/07/30 |
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Cercopithecoidea |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
067/56 16 MCK II |
8148 |
80 - MCK |
|
L-CAL |
|
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
II |
|
|
-- |
Left calcaneus. Type specimen. Specimen is in the same bag with 067/5610, 067/5611 and 067/5609. Card with specimen states "N609". |
|
2012/07/30 |
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Cercopithecoidea |
Cercopithecidae |
Cynocephalinae |
|
Simopithecus |
oswaldi |
|
|
No |
|
067/2493 MNK II IV/4 |
8154 |
27 - MNK |
|
L-M |
|
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
II |
Middle |
|
-- |
Lower left M3. Pleistocene. Card in bag with specimen states "L.S.B. Leakey, Olduvai, OLD/63, middle II". |
|
2012/07/30 |
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Cercopithecoidea |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD 1962 067/5608 MCK II Simo. Lt.Max |
8167 |
80 - MCK |
|
L-MAX, P-f, M |
|
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
II |
|
|
-- |
Left maxilla with fourth premolar (roots) and first molar to third molar. |
|
2012/07/31 |
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Cercopithecoidea |
Cercopithecidae |
Cynocephalinae |
|
Simopithecus |
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD/1951 1050 BK II |
8178 |
10 - BK |
|
L-TAL |
|
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
II |
|
|
Jolly, C.J. 1965. Origins and specialization of the long-faced Cercopithecoidea. PhD thesis, University of London. |
Left talus. Card in bag with specimen stats "OLD/1951 BK II 315". In BM loan collection. |
|
2012/08/01 |
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Cercopithecoidea |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
067/5609 MCK II Simo |
8187 |
80 - MCK |
|
L-SCP-f |
|
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
II |
|
|
-- |
Partial left scapula preserving glenoid process and acromion, and superior 1/3 of spine and lateral border. Found in bag with 067/5622 (R scapula, possibly from same individual.) |
|
2012/08/01 |
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Cercopithecoidea |
Cercopithecidae |
Cynocephalinae |
|
Simopithecus |
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD 1953/3 BK II KNM 2.3? |
8190 |
10 - BK |
|
L-UNLA-f |
|
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
II |
|
|
-- |
Proximal end of left ulna and part of shaft. Pleistocene. |
|
2012/08/01 |
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Cercopithecoidea |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD 1957/1384 BK II E |
8199 |
49 - BK E |
|
L-HUM |
|
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
II |
|
|
-- |
Distal end and part of shaft of left humerus.Card in bag with specimen states "Cercopithecoidea. Simopithecus?"Pleistocene. |
|
2012/08/02 |
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Cercopithecoidea |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD 1957/622 SHK II |
8208 |
19 - SHK |
|
L-MAX-f, P, M |
|
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
II |
|
|
-- |
Fragment of left maxilla with third and forth premolar and first molar. In BM loan collection. Card in bag with specimen states "Canine socket suggests male". |
|
2012/08/03 |
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Cercopithecoidea |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD/80 S.368 BK EAST BED II |
8251 |
49 - BK E |
|
L-ULNA |
|
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
II |
|
|
-- |
Left ulna. Pleistocene. |
|
2012/08/07 |
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Cercopithecoidea |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-194 |
9186 |
|
|
L-MAN, TOOTH |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
II |
Middle |
Sandstone. |
-- |
Left mandible with 3 teeth. Needs preparation. Fossil not labeled. In matrix. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2012/07/06 |
253 - OVPP |
Yes |
Y |
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Giraffoidea |
Giraffidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
BMNHM14356 |
9267 |
|
|
L-M |
|
129 - National Natural History Museum, Naturalis, Leiden, The Netherlands (RMNH) |
II |
|
|
-- |
Left maxillary M2. |
159 - R. Bernor |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Perissodactyla |
Hippomorpha |
|
|
Equidae |
Equinae |
Hipparionini |
Eurygnathohippus |
|
|
Inventoried by Ray Bernor. Identified by Bernor as genus Eurygnathohippus. |
No |
|
BMNHM14369 |
9286 |
|
|
L-M |
|
129 - National Natural History Museum, Naturalis, Leiden, The Netherlands (RMNH) |
II |
|
|
-- |
Left mandibular M1. |
159 - R. Bernor |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Perissodactyla |
Hippomorpha |
|
|
Equidae |
Equinae |
Hipparionini |
Eurygnathohippus |
|
|
Inventoried by Ray Bernor. Identified by Bernor as genus Eurygnathohippus. |
No |
|
OH 20 |
3735 |
11 - HWK |
289 - 44 |
L-FEM-f |
1959 |
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
II or I |
Lowermost if Bed II, upper if Bed I |
Surface |
Day, MH. 1969. Femoral Fragment of a Robust Australopithecine from Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Nature. 22: 230-233. |
Proximal end of large left femur missing head, greater and lesser trochanters damaged. Either Lower Bed II or Upper Bed I (Leakey MD, 1971:233). Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya. |
142 - M. D. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Hominoidea |
Hominidae |
|
|
Australopithecus |
cf. boisei |
|
|
No |
|
VI 306/1931 II 101 |
831 |
|
|
R-HOR, L-HOR-f, CRA |
1931 |
116 - Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie (BSPG), Munich, Germany |
II, IV |
|
|
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. |
Reck believed this specimen came from Bed IV but Hay (in communication with the authors) suggested that adhering matrix indicates it could also have come from Bed II. |
144 - H. Reck |
|
273 - Reck expedition |
Unknown |
yes but not specified |
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
|
|
Thaleroceros |
radiciformis |
|
Holotype |
No |
|
M. 29460 |
755 |
|
|
L-MAN-f, L-P, L-M |
1931 |
106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) |
III |
|
|
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 authors are uncertain of the excavation year but "III" is written on the fossil in yellow ink, which was characteristic of 1931 fossils. |
137 - A. Gentry |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Bovinae |
Bovini |
Pelorovis |
oldowayensis |
|
|
No |
|
JK2 GP8 III 1654 |
809 |
46 - JK 2 |
|
L-HOR-f |
1961 |
104 - Unknown |
III |
|
|
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 |
Reduncinae |
Reduncini |
Kobus |
ellipsiprymnus |
|
|
No |
|
JK2 III B. FFM4-9 |
813 |
46 - JK 2 |
|
L-M |
|
104 - Unknown |
III |
|
|
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 |
Reduncinae |
Reduncini |
Kobus |
ellipsiprymnus |
|
The authors suggest this specimen could belong to a waterbuck. |
No |
|
JK2 GP8 III 068/6694 |
823 |
46 - JK 2 |
|
FRLT, L-HOR, R-HOR-f |
|
104 - Unknown |
III |
|
|
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 pictured in plate 9. |
137 - A. Gentry |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Reduncinae |
Reduncini |
Kobus |
kob |
|
|
No |
|
JK2 III A.3271 |
826 |
46 - JK 2 |
|
d-L-P |
|
104 - Unknown |
III |
|
|
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 |
Reduncinae |
Reduncini |
Kobus |
kob |
|
Although this lower molar is larger than most of the K. kob lineage, the authors believe it belongs to K. kob. |
No |
|
JK2 GP8 III GN 47 |
827 |
46 - JK 2 |
|
L-M |
|
104 - Unknown |
III |
|
|
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 |
Reduncinae |
Reduncini |
Kobus |
kob |
|
Although this lower molar is larger than most of the K. kob lineage, the authors believes it belongs to K. kob. |
No |
|
JK2 III A. 1438N |
830 |
46 - JK 2 |
|
L-M |
|
104 - Unknown |
III |
|
|
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 |
Reduncinae |
Reduncini |
Redunca |
sp. |
|
This specimen could be from a kob according to the auhtors. |
No |
|
JK2 A. 2838 |
842 |
46 - JK 2 |
|
L-M |
|
104 - Unknown |
III |
|
|
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 |
Hippotraginae |
Hippotragini |
Hippotragus |
gigas |
|
|
No |
|
JK2 III A. 2426 |
873 |
46 - JK 2 |
|
L-HOR-f, FRO |
1962 |
104 - Unknown |
III |
|
|
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 |
Alcelaphinae |
Alcelaphini |
Megalotragus |
kattwinkelli |
|
|
No |
|
JK 2 TT 1 |
1015 |
46 - JK 2 |
|
CRA, R/L-HOR |
1969 |
104 - Unknown |
III |
|
|
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 |
|
|
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Alcelaphinae |
Alcelaphini |
Parmularius |
rugosus |
|
|
No |
|
A. 1446 |
1071 |
46 - JK 2 |
|
L-HOR |
1962 |
104 - Unknown |
III |
|
|
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 |
Alcelaphinae |
Alcelaphini |
Damaliscus |
agelaius |
|
|
No |
|
B.E/S K 7-1 |
1080 |
46 - JK 2 |
|
L-HOR, CRA |
|
104 - Unknown |
III |
|
|
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 pictured in plate 31, figure 2. |
137 - A. Gentry |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Alcelaphinae |
Alcelaphini |
Rabaticeras |
arambourgi |
|
|
No |
|
JK 2 III A. 3261 |
1109 |
46 - JK 2 |
|
L-MAN, L-M |
|
104 - Unknown |
III |
|
|
-- |
This specimen is pictured in plate 36, figure 1. |
137 - A. Gentry |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Alcelaphinae |
Alcelaphini |
Indet. |
|
|
|
No |
|
JK 2 III 068/6692 |
1116 |
46 - JK 2 |
|
L-P, L-M |
|
104 - Unknown |
III |
|
|
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 pictured in plate 37, figure 3. |
137 - A. Gentry |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Alcelaphinae |
Alcelaphini |
Indet. |
|
|
|
No |
|
OH 51 |
3766 |
35 - GTC |
|
L-MAND-f, L-P, L-M |
1974 |
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
III |
|
Surface. |
-- |
Mandible fragment with P4 and M1. Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya. |
|
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Hominoidea |
Hominidae |
Homininae |
Hominini |
Homo |
erectus |
|
|
No |
|
OH 59 |
3774 |
40 - JK |
|
L-I-f |
1962 |
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
III |
|
|
-- |
Upper left central incisor crown. Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya. |
|
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Hominoidea |
Hominidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-10 |
7688 |
|
|
L-M |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
III |
|
Scree slope |
-- |
Left mandibular M3 |
157 - L. Hlusko |
|
253 - OVPP |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-50 |
7727 |
|
|
L-MAN-f, M |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
III |
|
From ten meters below top of gorge. |
-- |
Left mandible fragment with M3. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2012/6/28 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-56 |
7734 |
|
|
L-M |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
III |
|
|
-- |
Upper left M3. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2012/6/28 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
Y |
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-57 |
7735 |
|
|
L-M |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
III |
|
|
-- |
Upper left molar. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2012/6/28 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |