|
OLD-1743 |
13192 |
|
|
FEM-f |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-1743; FEM-f distal end with condyle |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Alcelaphinae |
Alcelaphini |
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD-44b |
13267 |
|
|
FEM-f |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-44b; distal end femur fragment |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Giraffoidea |
Giraffidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-P-1 |
13276 |
|
|
Distal FEM-f |
|
|
|
|
|
-- |
Bed I surf OLD-S-I 1941 F.887 |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Indet. |
|
|
|
Yes |
|
OVPP-P-27 |
13303 |
|
|
LIMB (femur) -f |
|
|
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-60 DALK Bed IV |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
|
Carnivora |
|
|
|
Felidae |
|
|
Panthera |
|
|
|
Yes |
|
067/4668 FLK NN Tr. Trench/4 |
8204 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
R-FEM-f |
|
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
|
4 |
Trench |
-- |
Proximal half of right femur. Pleistocene. Card in bag with specimen states "LSB Leakey `60 LOC: Olduvai Field No: 067/4667 L/4 FLK NN I OLD 60". |
|
2012/08/02 |
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Cercopithecoidea |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Myosorex 5 |
3804 |
7 - FLK North |
|
FEM, (n=1), HUM, (n=3), MAN, (n=13) |
|
|
I |
1 |
|
Butler, P., and Greenwood, M. 1979. Soricidae (Mammalia) from the Early Pleistocene of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 67:329-379. |
Authors do not provide MNI. |
150 - Butler and Greenwood |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
Soricoidea |
Soricidae |
Crocidurinae |
|
Myosorex |
robinsoni |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Suncus 9 |
3828 |
7 - FLK North |
|
FEM, HUM, (n=2), MAN, (n=25) |
|
|
I |
1 |
|
Butler, P., and Greenwood, M. 1979. Soricidae (Mammalia) from the Early Pleistocene of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 67:329-379. |
Authors do not provide MNI. |
150 - Butler and Greenwood |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
Soricoidea |
Soricidae |
Crocidurinae |
|
Suncus |
varilla |
meesteri |
|
No |
|
OVPP-Suncus 17 |
3836 |
7 - FLK North |
|
FEM, MAN, (n=11) |
|
|
I |
1 |
|
Butler, P., and Greenwood, M. 1979. Soricidae (Mammalia) from the Early Pleistocene of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 67:329-379. |
Authors do not specify if femur is associated with any of the mandibles.The following specimen is specifically mentioned by the authors:Right mandible with moderately worn dentition and without the angular process. |
150 - Butler and Greenwood |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
Soricoidea |
Soricidae |
Crocidurinae |
|
Suncus |
leakeyi |
|
|
No |
|
OLD 61/7421 FLK N I Tr.III LS/1-2 |
8118 |
7 - FLK North |
|
L-FEM |
|
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
I |
1-2 |
Tr. III surface |
-- |
Shaft of left femur. |
|
2012/07/27 |
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
Y |
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Cercopithecoidea |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Sylvisorex 14 |
3856 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
FEM, (n=2), HUM, (n=7) |
|
|
I |
1/3 |
|
Butler, P., and Greenwood, M. 1979. Soricidae (Mammalia) from the Early Pleistocene of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 67:329-379. |
Authors do not provide an MNI. |
150 - Butler and Greenwood |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
Soricoidea |
Soricidae |
|
|
Sylvisorex |
olduvaiensis |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Myosorex 8 |
3807 |
7 - FLK North |
|
FEM, (n=3), HUM, (n=3), MAN, (n=20) |
|
|
I |
123 |
|
Butler, P., and Greenwood, M. 1979. Soricidae (Mammalia) from the Early Pleistocene of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 67:329-379. |
Authors do not provide MNI.The following specimens are specifically mentioned by the authors:a. Right mandible broken off at the anterior end of M1b.Anterior part of right mandible with unworn dentitionc. Part of left mandibular ramus with lightly worn dentiton |
150 - Butler and Greenwood |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
Soricoidea |
Soricidae |
Crocidurinae |
|
Myosorex |
robinsoni |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Suncus 12 |
3831 |
7 - FLK North |
|
FEM, (n=6), MAN, (n=105) |
|
|
I |
123 |
|
Butler, P., and Greenwood, M. 1979. Soricidae (Mammalia) from the Early Pleistocene of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 67:329-379. |
Authors do not provide MNI.Includes holotype for the species, a complete left mandible with unworn teeth.The following specimens are specifically mentioned by the authors: Three right mandibles iwth I2-M3 and base of I1 |
150 - Butler and Greenwood |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
Soricoidea |
Soricidae |
Crocidurinae |
|
Suncus |
varilla |
meesteri |
|
No |
|
OVPP-Suncus 10 |
3829 |
7 - FLK North |
|
FEM, (n=5), HUM, (n=8), MAN, (n=54) |
|
|
I |
2 |
|
Butler, P., and Greenwood, M. 1979. Soricidae (Mammalia) from the Early Pleistocene of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 67:329-379. |
Authors do not provide MNI.The following specimen is specifically mentioned by the authors:A right mandibular ramus with unworn I2-M2 |
150 - Butler and Greenwood |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
Soricoidea |
Soricidae |
Crocidurinae |
|
Suncus |
varilla |
meesteri |
|
No |
|
OVPP-Crocidura 5 |
3843 |
7 - FLK North |
|
FEM, MAN, (n=2) |
|
|
I |
2 |
|
Butler, P., and Greenwood, M. 1979. Soricidae (Mammalia) from the Early Pleistocene of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 67:329-379. |
Authors do not specify if femur is associated with either of the mandibles. |
150 - Butler and Greenwood |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
Soricoidea |
Soricidae |
Crocidurinae |
|
Crocidura |
balsaci |
|
|
No |
|
OLD/63/4135 DK I L/2 |
8202 |
24 - DK |
|
R-FEM-f |
|
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
I |
2 |
Strip III |
-- |
Distal end of right femur. Pleistocene. Card in bag with specimen states "Strip III". |
|
2012/08/02 |
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Cercopithecoidea |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Sylvisorex 12 |
3826 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
FEM, (n=6), HUM, (n=27), MAN-f, (n=139) |
|
|
I |
2/3 |
|
Butler, P., and Greenwood, M. 1979. Soricidae (Mammalia) from the Early Pleistocene of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 67:329-379. |
Authors do not provide MNI.Includes holotype for the species, a right mandibular ramus with complete dentition.The following specimens are specifically mentioned by the authors:a. Right mandible with base of I1 and worn I2-M3b. Right mandible with unworn M1-M3 and alveoli of I2 and P4c. Right mandible with M1, M2 and alveoli of M3 |
150 - Butler and Greenwood |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
Soricoidea |
Soricidae |
|
|
Sylvisorex |
olduvaiensis |
|
Described as Suncus cf. lixus by Butler & Greenwood (1965). |
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) |
|
|
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". |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Authors describe specimens as "small mammals". |
No |
|
OVPP-Myosorex 7 |
3806 |
7 - FLK North |
|
FEM, (n=4), HUM, (n=6), MAN, (n=26) |
|
|
I |
3 |
|
Butler, P., and Greenwood, M. 1979. Soricidae (Mammalia) from the Early Pleistocene of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 67:329-379. |
Authors do not provide MNI.The following specimen from this level is specifically mentioned by the authors:A fragment of the upper right jaw containing lightly worn dentition. |
150 - Butler and Greenwood |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
Soricoidea |
Soricidae |
Crocidurinae |
|
Myosorex |
robinsoni |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Suncus 11 |
3830 |
7 - FLK North |
|
FEM, (n=2), HUM, (n=4), MAN, (n=73) |
|
|
I |
3 |
|
Butler, P., and Greenwood, M. 1979. Soricidae (Mammalia) from the Early Pleistocene of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 67:329-379. |
Authors do not provide MNI.The following specimen is mentioned specifically by the authors: A fragment of right maxilla with unworn C-M2 |
150 - Butler and Greenwood |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
Soricoidea |
Soricidae |
Crocidurinae |
|
Suncus |
varilla |
meesteri |
|
No |
|
OLD 1963/ 4372 DK I L/3 |
8205 |
24 - DK |
|
L-FEM |
|
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
I |
3 |
|
-- |
Complete left femur. LSB Leakey. Card in bag with specimen states "Strip III. Cercopithecidae Cynocephalinae genus indet. left femur... much more slender than any recorded[?] species of Simopithecus...". [See card in photograph; writing on card barely legible.] |
|
2012/08/02 |
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Cercopithecoidea |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD/63 3120 DK I L/3 KNM 2.015 |
8293 |
24 - DK |
|
R-FEM-f |
|
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
I |
3 |
Strip III |
-- |
Proximal end of right femur. L/3 Strip III Pleistocene. Card in bag with specimen states "Primate?" Other card in bag with specimen states "Cercopithecidae, Cynocephalinae. Head of femur part of Simopithecus individual or 4372 we'll see." |
|
2012/08/13 |
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Cercopithecoidea |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OH 80 |
3796 |
10 - BK |
|
R/L-P
, L-M
, R/L-I
, L-HUM-f
, R-RAD-f
, R-FEM-f
, TIB-f |
2009 |
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
II |
4 |
Upper |
Domínguez-Rodrigo M, et al. 2013. First Partial Skeleton of a 1.34-Million-Year-Old Paranthropus boisei from Bed II, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. PLoS ONE 8(12): e80347. |
Distal portion of a left humerus diaphysis. Partial right radius with head, proximal metaphysis and partial diaphysis. Right partial femur, diaphysis in three refitting pieces. Tibia midshaft fragment assigned to OH 80 based on close "spatial association, comparable anatomical ruggedness and similar state of preservation to the other OH 80 postcranial fossils" (Dominiguez-Rodrigo et al., 2013). |
|
|
292 - Proyecto Olduvai |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Hominoidea |
Hominidae |
Homininae |
Hominini |
Australopithecus |
boisei |
|
Anatomically modern |
No |
|
OVPP-Myosorex 9 |
3808 |
7 - FLK North |
|
FEM, (n=2), HUM, (n=1), MAN, (n=11) |
|
|
I |
4 |
|
Butler, P., and Greenwood, M. 1979. Soricidae (Mammalia) from the Early Pleistocene of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 67:329-379. |
Authors do not provide MNI. |
150 - Butler and Greenwood |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
Soricoidea |
Soricidae |
Crocidurinae |
|
Myosorex |
robinsoni |
|
|
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-Myosorex 10 |
3809 |
7 - FLK North |
|
FEM, (n=13), HUM, (n=16), MAN, (n=117) |
|
|
I |
5 |
|
Butler, P., and Greenwood, M. 1979. Soricidae (Mammalia) from the Early Pleistocene of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 67:329-379. |
Authors do not provide MNI. |
150 - Butler and Greenwood |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
Soricoidea |
Soricidae |
Crocidurinae |
|
Myosorex |
robinsoni |
|
|
No |
|
OH 28 |
3743 |
38 - WK |
290 - 36 |
L-PVG-f
, L-FEM-f |
1970 |
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
IV |
a |
|
Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
Left femoral shaft and left innominate. Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya. |
|
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Hominoidea |
Hominidae |
Homininae |
Hominini |
Homo |
erectus |
|
|
No |
|
OH 34 |
3749 |
76 - JK W |
|
FEM
, TIB-f |
1962 |
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
III/ IV |
for Bed IV level = a |
|
Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
Femur described as "slender" (Leakey MD, 1971) and shaft of tibia. Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya. |
|
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Hominoidea |
Hominidae |
Homininae |
Hominini |
Homo |
sp. |
|
Slender bone |
No |
|
OLD/69 1468 HEB W IV/I |
8290 |
93 - HEB G |
|
FEM-f |
|
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
IV |
I |
|
-- |
Distal end of femur and part of shaft. |
|
2012/08/13 |
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Cercopithecoidea |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-42 |
7719 |
|
|
FEM-f |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
I |
Lower |
Just above of Bed I lavas. |
-- |
Proximal femur. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2012/6/28 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-313 |
7991 |
|
|
FEM-f |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
I |
Lower |
1 meter above Bed I lavas. |
-- |
distal femur |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2012/07/11 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
|
Aves |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-621 |
9994 |
|
|
FEM-f |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
I |
Lower |
Surface 6m below Tuff IB; sandy calcareous clays. |
-- |
Distal femur. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2013/07/02 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hyracoidea |
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-636 |
10009 |
|
|
FEM-f |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
I |
Lower |
Surface 6m below Tuff IB; sandy calcareous clays. |
-- |
Distal femur. Two pieces- A and B. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2013/07/02 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Cercopithecoidea |
Cercopithecidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-729 |
10102 |
|
|
FEM-f |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
I |
Lower |
4m above Tuff IA. |
-- |
Proximal femur. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2013/07/07 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
Y |
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
COP-12-8 |
9593 |
|
|
L-FEM-f, SCP-f |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
II |
Lowermost |
|
-- |
Proximal left femur missing greater trochanter with distal condyle fragment and two scapular fragments. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2013/06/21 |
254 - COP |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
OVPP-Erinaceus 74 |
2144 |
7 - FLK North |
|
FEM, (n=3) |
|
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 three "almost complete femora" that come from layers 3 and 4. These specimens are missing the distal epiphyses. |
150 - Butler and Greenwood |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
Erinaceoidea |
Erinaceidae |
Erinaceinae |
|
Erinaceus |
broomi |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Erinaceus 75 |
2147 |
7 - FLK North |
|
FEM-f |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
3 |
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 76 |
2148 |
7 - FLK North |
|
FEM-f |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
3 |
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 77 |
2149 |
7 - FLK North |
|
FEM-f |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
3 |
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 |