|
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 |
|
M. 14556 |
908 |
|
|
HOR-f |
|
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. |
|
137 - A. Gentry |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Alcelaphinae |
Alcelaphini |
Connochaetes |
sp. |
|
This specimen could also be C. taurinus. |
No |
|
JK 2 III A. 976 |
1049 |
46 - JK 2 |
|
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. |
|
137 - A. Gentry |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Alcelaphinae |
Alcelaphini |
Damaliscus |
niro |
|
The authors say this specimen is of "Type A" variety and could "doubtfully be included in D. niro." |
No |
|
JK 2 III A. 2348 |
1050 |
46 - JK 2 |
|
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. |
|
137 - A. Gentry |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Alcelaphinae |
Alcelaphini |
Damaliscus |
niro |
|
The authors say this specimen is of "Type A" variety and could "doubtfully be included in D. niro." |
No |
|
1961 B.T.T.F. Floor |
1072 |
46 - JK 2 |
|
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 |
Alcelaphinae |
Alcelaphini |
Damaliscus |
agelaius |
|
|
No |
|
JK II A. 345 |
1073 |
46 - JK 2 |
|
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. |
The authors describe this specimen as "probably a distal half of a horn core." |
137 - A. Gentry |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Alcelaphinae |
Alcelaphini |
Damaliscus |
agelaius |
|
|
No |
|
JK II A. 1129 |
1079 |
46 - JK 2 |
|
FRLT, 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 31, figure 1. |
137 - A. Gentry |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Alcelaphinae |
Alcelaphini |
Rabaticeras |
arambourgi |
|
|
No |
|
OLD-113 |
12405 |
23 - TK |
|
M-f |
17 March 1935 |
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
III |
|
|
-- |
OLD-113; "Oldoway TK III S with jaw 17/3/35" |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Proboscidea |
Tethytheria |
Behemota |
Elephantoidea |
Elephantidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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-60 |
7738 |
|
|
L-MAX-f, L-P, L-M |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
III |
|
|
-- |
Left maxilla fragment P4-M2. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2012/6/29 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
Y |
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-61 |
7739 |
|
|
R-MAN-f, M |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
III |
|
|
-- |
Right mandible fragment with M2-3. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2012/6/29 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
Y |
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-77 |
7755 |
|
|
L-MAX-f, M |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
III |
|
Sand lens at top of Bed III. |
-- |
Left maxillary fragment with M1-3. Needs some preparation. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2012/6/29 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
Y |
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-139 |
7819 |
|
|
MAN-f
, M |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
III |
|
|
-- |
Mandible fragment with M1-M2. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2012/07/06 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suiformes |
|
Hippopotamoidea |
Hippopotamidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-289 |
7967 |
|
|
R-MAN-f, R-M |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
III |
|
Grey gravel horizon |
-- |
Right mandible fragment with M1 - M2.Needs preparation. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2012/07/08 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
Y |
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-290 |
7968 |
|
|
R-MAN-f, M |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
III |
|
Grey gravel horizon. |
-- |
Right mandible fragment with partial M1, M2, and M3. Needs preparation. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2012/07/08 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
Y |
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
|
Alcelaphini |
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-291 |
7969 |
|
|
L-MAX-f, L-M |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
III |
|
Grey gravel horizon. Found right beside 1935 OH 2 marker. |
-- |
Left maxillary fragment with M2. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2012/07/08 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
Y |
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-297 |
7975 |
|
|
R-MAN-f
, R-P |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
III |
|
Found at Bed II / Bed III contact. |
-- |
Right mandible fragment with P2 - P4. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2012/07/08 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
Y |
Mammalia |
Perissodactyla |
Hippomorpha |
|
|
Equidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-300 |
7978 |
|
|
FEM-f |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
III |
|
|
-- |
Proximal femur head and femoral shaft.Theropithecus? |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2012/07/08 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD/70 553a WK III/4 |
8289 |
38 - WK |
|
FEM-f |
|
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
III |
4 |
|
-- |
Distal end of femur? and part of shaft. |
|
2012/08/13 |
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Cercopithecoidea |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-561 |
9926 |
|
|
CAL-f |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
III |
|
|
-- |
Calcaneal fragment. Found near OVPP-297. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2013/06/27 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Feliformia |
|
|
Hyaenidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
COP-12-42 |
9628 |
|
|
R-MAX-f, R-M |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
III |
|
|
-- |
Right maxillary fragment with M2 and M3. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2013/06/21 |
254 - COP |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Bovinae |
Bovini |
|
|
|
|
No |
|
COP-12-55 |
9640 |
|
98 - 95 |
R-MAN-f, R-M |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
III |
|
|
-- |
Right mandible fragment with M2 and M3. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2013/06/22 |
254 - COP |
Unknown |
Y |
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
COP-12-139 |
9723 |
|
|
L-MAX-f, L-M |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
III |
|
|
-- |
Left maxillary M3 with maxilla adhering. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2013/06/23 |
254 - COP |
Unknown |
Y |
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suiformes |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
M. 21429 |
211 |
18 - VEK |
|
CRA, L/R-HOR-f |
1932 |
106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) |
II? |
|
|
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
The specimen was badly crushed prior to fossilization. It is pictured in plate 91. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Alcelaphinae |
Alcelaphini |
|
|
|
This specimen was reclassified as Parmularius cf. angusticornis by Gentry and Gentry (1978). Gentry and Gentry (1978) say this specimen's horn cores have attributes of P. antiquus as well. |
No |
|
OVPP-534 |
9905 |
|
|
d-P, MAN-f |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
II? |
|
Sandstone with ash about 30m below top of section. |
-- |
dP4 with adhering mandibular fragment. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2013/06/30 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
Y |
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-52 |
7730 |
|
|
HOR-f |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
II? |
|
Twelve meters below Lemuta sandstone; brown claystones. |
-- |
|
157 - L. Hlusko |
2012/6/28 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
Y |
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-127 |
7807 |
|
|
MAN-f, M |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
II,III |
|
Gulley eroding off of Bed III from top of Bed II. |
-- |
Mandibular fragment with molar. Needs preparation. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2012/6/30 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
Y |
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
068/6514 |
3711 |
34 - MLK |
|
CRA, MAX-f, R/L-P, R/L-M |
|
104 - Unknown |
II |
middle |
|
Leakey, M. G., and Leakey, R. E. F. 1973. Pleistocene Colobinae from East Africa. Leakey, L. S. B., Savage, R. J. G., Coryndon, S. C., eds. In: Fossil Vertebrates of Africa,vol. 3. London: Academic Pr |
This specimen is pictured in plate 3. |
154 - Leakey and Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Cercopithecoidea |
Cercopithecidae |
Colobinae |
Colobini |
Cercopithecoides |
kimeui |
|
Holotype |
No |
|
OH 13 |
3728 |
27 - MNK |
287 - 88 "Skull Site" |
MAN
, MAX
, CRA-f |
1963 |
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
II |
Lower Middle IIB |
5 feet above chert horizon |
|
Paratpye. "This consists of a sub-adult skull, probably female, with the third molars coming into wear. It is represented by the greater part of the mandible, including the complete dentition, although the crowns of the incisors are damaged and the left ascending ram us is not preserved; the greater part of the maxillae, represented by two fragments both lacking the anterior portions; the greater part of the occipital; the right parietal and temporal; parts of the left parietal and temporal; together with a few frontal fragments and approximately fifty additional pieces which it has not been possible to fit together" (Leakey MD, 1971:231). Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya. 5 pieces found at House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Hominoidea |
Hominidae |
Homininae |
Hominini |
Homo |
habilis |
|
Paratype |
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 |
|
OH 16 |
3731 |
72 - FLK Maiko Gully |
283 - 45 |
CRA-f
, TOOTH
, MAN
, |
1963 |
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
II |
base |
+ Tuff IF (see curatorial notes for details) |
Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
Upper and lower dentition, calotte, and > 1500 unidentified fragments due to cattle trampling. Majority of fragments found on surface of Tuff IF, some teeth found in situ, 2 feet above Tuff IF. Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya. |
154 - Leakey and Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Hominoidea |
Hominidae |
Homininae |
Hominini |
Homo |
habilis |
|
Leakey LSB, 1964 refers to this specimen as Homo erectus. Leakey, Tobias, and Napier provisionally assign it to Homo habilis (referred material, not paratype) (1964), and Leakey MD, 1971 refers to it as cf. Australopithecus. |
Yes |
|
OH 19 |
3734 |
29 - FC W |
288 - 89 |
M-f |
1963 |
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
II |
Middle |
15 feet above chert horizon |
Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
Half of a very worn molar. Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya. |
142 - M. D. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Hominoidea |
Hominidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OH 30 |
3745 |
72 - FLK Maiko Gully |
283 - 45 |
TOOTH
, d-TOOTH
, CRA-f
, |
1969 |
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
II |
Lower |
Surface |
|
"Parts deciduous and germ dentitions" (Leakey MD, 1971:234). Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya. |
|
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Hominoidea |
Hominidae |
|
|
Australopithecus |
boisei |
|
|
No |
|
OH 32 |
3747 |
27 - MNK |
|
M-f |
1969 |
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
II |
Middle |
Surface. |
|
Broken. Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya. |
|
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Hominoidea |
Hominidae |
Homininae |
Hominini |
Homo |
|
|
|
No |
|
OH 53 |
3768 |
19 - SHK |
|
R-FEM |
1957 |
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
II |
Middle |
|
-- |
Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya. |
|
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Hominoidea |
Hominidae |
Homininae |
Hominini |
Homo |
|
|
|
No |
|
OH 67 |
3782 |
14 - HWK E |
|
M-f |
2001 |
127 - National Natural History Museum, Arusha, Tanzania |
II |
Lowermost |
Surface. |
|
Upper adult fragment. Specimen is pictured on top right in image 1. |
|
|
|
No |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Hominoidea |
Hominidae |
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|
|
|
|
Homo or Australopithecus |
No |
|
OH 68 |
3783 |
18 - VEK |
|
Mand-f, R-P-f |
2001 |
127 - National Natural History Museum, Arusha, Tanzania |
II |
Lower |
|
|
Mandible fragment with unerupted P4 and root of M1.Specimen is pictured in the middle in image 1.Specimen is shown in the middle of the top row in image 2. |
|
|
|
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Hominoidea |
Hominidae |
|
|
Australopithecus |
africanus |
|
OH 13-like |
No |