|
OVPP-P-44 |
13327 |
|
|
R. MAN-f (C) |
|
|
|
|
|
-- |
FLKNI L-4. Cast |
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|
|
Unknown |
|
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Carnivora |
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|
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Yes |
|
OVPP-P-43 |
13326 |
|
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L- MAN (C, P1-M2) |
|
|
|
|
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-- |
FLKNI L-3 III-3 761 . Cast |
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|
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Unknown |
|
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Carnivora |
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|
Canidae |
Otocyoninae |
|
|
Prototocyon cf. recki |
|
|
Yes |
|
OVPP-P-41 |
13324 |
|
|
R. LC |
|
|
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|
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-- |
BKII 19531, CAST. |
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|
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Unknown |
|
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Carnivora |
|
|
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Viverridae |
Pseudocivetta ingens |
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|
|
Yes |
|
OVPP-P-38 |
13314 |
|
|
C |
|
|
|
|
|
-- |
OLDOWAY-S-I 1941 F.3035 |
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Unknown |
|
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Carnivora |
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|
|
Yes |
|
OVPP-P-24 |
13300 |
|
|
C or Crocodile TOOTH |
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|
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-- |
OLD BKIIE 1953-122 |
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Unknown |
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|
|
Yes |
|
OVPP-P-19 |
13295 |
|
|
TEM, middle ear ossicles |
|
|
|
|
|
-- |
NN tympanic bulla and middle ear ossicles. Looks modern, not fossilized |
|
|
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Unknown |
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Yes |
|
OVPP-Otomys 4 |
3858 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
CRA-f, M, (n=3) |
|
|
I |
3 |
|
Denys, C. 1989. Phylogenetic affinities of the oldest East African Otomys (Rodentia, Mammalia) from Olduvai Bed I (Pleistocene, Tanzania). Neues Jahrbuch f |
Cranium has left and right upper M123. |
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|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Rodentia |
Myomorpha |
Myodonta |
Muroidea |
Muridae |
Murinae |
Otomyini |
Otomys |
petteri |
|
|
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-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 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 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-Mungos 2 |
80 |
7 - FLK North |
|
R-MAN, R-P, R-M, R-C, R-I |
|
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 |
|
Mungos |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Mammalia |
3801 |
83 - FLK NW |
|
AST, (n=33), CAL, (n=73), FEM, (n=272), HUM, (n=186), I, (n=316), M, (n=108), MAN, (n=161), MAX, (n=68), MTP, (n=257), PHX, (n=77), PVG, (n=218), RAD, (n=55), SCP, (n=40), TIB, (n=395), ULNA, (n=76), VER, (n=595) |
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|
I |
20 |
|
Arcos, S., Sevilla, P., and Fernandez-Jalvo, Y. 2010. Preliminary small mammal taphonomy of FLK NW level 20 (Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania). Quarternary Research 74:405-410. |
MNI is 198. Authors describe specimens as "small mammals". |
|
|
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Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
Authors describe specimens as "small mammals". |
No |
|
OVPP-L-61 |
4029 |
|
|
C |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
|
|
|
-- |
Specimen label: OLD-88-224-3-S. Box #: OLD881-E. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2012/6/29 |
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-L-49 |
4016 |
|
|
CUBNAV |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
|
|
|
-- |
Specimen label: OLD-88-224-6-S. Box #: OLD881-E. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2012/6/29 |
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-L-32 |
3999 |
|
|
C |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
|
|
|
-- |
Specimen label: OLD-88-229-1-5. Box #: OLD881-E. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2012/6/29 |
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Perissodactyla |
Hippomorpha |
|
|
Equidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-L-215 |
8356 |
|
|
MAX, I, C |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
|
|
|
-- |
Specimen label: OLD-87-?37-?3-S. Box #: OLD 87-3-E. Box label: Teeth. |
158 - W. Reiner |
2012/07/01 |
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Perissodactyla |
Hippomorpha |
|
|
Equidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-L-212 |
8335 |
|
|
C |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
|
|
|
-- |
Box #: OLD 86. Box label: Teeth |
158 - W. Reiner |
2012/07/01 |
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suiformes |
|
Hippopotamoidea |
Hippopotamidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-L-1661 |
11101 |
|
|
Horncore with base |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
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|
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|
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Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
|
|
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Bovidae |
|
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|
|
|
|
Yes |
|
OVPP-L-1658 |
10521 |
86 - HK |
|
9 Elements: horn core fragment, distal femur, and distal metapodial |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
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|
|
Various taxonomy includes Aves, Bovidae, Leporidae, + others |
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Unknown |
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|
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|
|
|
|
Yes |
|
OVPP-L-1657 |
10520 |
86 - HK |
|
Miscellaneous fragments of ostrich eggshells and fish |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
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|
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Unknown |
|
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|
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Yes |
|
OVPP-L-1655 |
10518 |
86 - HK |
|
5 Bones including Bovidae phalanx & distal phalanx |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
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|
|
Bovidae distal phalanx has on it "OLD/69 HK.134" |
|
|
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Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
|
|
|
Bovidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Yes |
|
OVPP-L-1649 |
10512 |
86 - HK |
|
2 Horn core fragments |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
|
|
|
Bovidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Yes |
|
OVPP-L-1647 |
10510 |
86 - HK |
|
10 bone fragments of various species |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
|
|
|
|
1 Giraffidae molar, 3 fish spines, & other indeterminate fragments |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Yes |
|
OVPP-L-1632 |
10494 |
41 - WK E |
|
Vertebral centrum |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Yes |
|
OVPP-L-1618 |
10500 |
41 - WK E |
|
19 Bone fragments, including fish, Bovidae phalanx, and others |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Yes |
|
OVPP-L-1571 |
10493 |
297 - TK Fish Gully |
|
15 Small fragments including fish spines, Bovidae tooth fragment, microfauna bone fragments
, |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Yes |
|
OVPP-L-1570 |
10492 |
297 - TK Fish Gully |
|
Approximately 400 small bone fragments of microfauna, fish and crocodile |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Yes |
|
OVPP-L-1568 |
10490 |
297 - TK Fish Gully |
|
Canine |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
|
|
|
Hippopotamidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Yes |
|
OVPP-L-105 |
4073 |
|
|
CRA-f |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
|
|
|
-- |
|
157 - L. Hlusko |
2012/07/06 |
|
Unknown |
Y |
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-L-104 |
4072 |
|
|
HOR-f, CRA-f |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
|
|
|
-- |
|
157 - L. Hlusko |
2012/07/06 |
|
Unknown |
Y |
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Hippopotamus 1 |
112 |
|
|
CRA, MAX, MAN |
|
104 - Unknown |
I, II, IV |
|
|
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
The author mentions several specimens from beds 1, 2, and 4. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suiformes |
|
Hippopotamoidea |
Hippopotamidae |
Hippopotaminae |
|
Hippopotamus |
gorgops |
|
|
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-Geochelone 2 |
3107 |
24 - DK |
|
PLR-f, CARA-f |
|
105 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (?) |
I |
|
|
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 |
|
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-Erinaceus 91 |
2166 |
7 - FLK North |
|
CAL, (n=19) |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
3, 4 |
Butler, P., and Greenwood, M. 1973. The early Pleistocene hedgehogs from Olduvai, Tanzania. Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:7-42. |
The authors mention 19 calcanei from layers 3 and 4. |
150 - Butler and Greenwood |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
Erinaceoidea |
Erinaceidae |
Erinaceinae |
|
Erinaceus |
broomi |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Erinaceus 59 |
2100 |
7 - FLK North |
|
SCP |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
1 |
Butler, P., and Greenwood, M. 1973. The early Pleistocene hedgehogs from Olduvai, Tanzania. Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:7-42. |
|
150 - Butler and Greenwood |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
Erinaceoidea |
Erinaceidae |
Erinaceinae |
|
Erinaceus |
broomi |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Erinaceus 52 |
2054 |
7 - FLK North |
|
C |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
5 |
Butler, P., and Greenwood, M. 1973. The early Pleistocene hedgehogs from Olduvai, Tanzania. Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:7-42. |
|
150 - Butler and Greenwood |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
Erinaceoidea |
Erinaceidae |
Erinaceinae |
|
Erinaceus |
broomi |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Erinaceus 4 |
1947 |
7 - FLK North |
|
MAX-f, C, P |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
4 |
Butler, P., and Greenwood, M. 1973. The early Pleistocene hedgehogs from Olduvai, Tanzania. Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:7-42. |
|
150 - Butler and Greenwood |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
Erinaceoidea |
Erinaceidae |
Erinaceinae |
|
Erinaceus |
broomi |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Elephas 2 |
91 |
8 - MK |
|
MAN, C, M, I, P |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
lower |
|
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
Several other specimens found at this site in Bed I but probably fell from Bed II. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
Specimen was "embedded in matrix." |
Mammalia |
Proboscidea |
Tethytheria |
Behemota |
Elephantoidea |
Elephantidae |
|
|
Elephas |
africanavus |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Elephantulus 9 |
2855 |
7 - FLK North |
|
MAX-f, P, C |
|
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
I |
|
3 |
Butler, P., and Greenwood, M. 1976. Elephant-shrews (Macroscelididae) from Olduvai and Makapansgat. In: Fossil Vertebrates of Africa,vol. 4. pp. 1-56. |
|
150 - Butler and Greenwood |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
|
Macroscelididae |
|
|
Elephantulus |
fuscus |
leakeyi |
|
No |