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IMPORTANT NOTE: We have maintained the originally published taxonomic designation for each specimen despite the fact that many of these specimens have been reclassified since.  We chose to follow this protocol because of the difficulty in keeping up to date with all of the taxonomic groups, and our hesitancy to make a judgement call on taxonomic debates.  As such, please search the database with this in mind, perhaps using higher level taxonomic classifications for your query.

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254 specimens found
Image Spec # CODI Database ID Arch. Locality Geo. Locality Elements Preserved Excavation Date Repository Bed Level Stratigraphic Horizon Bibliographic Information Curatorial Notes ID By ID Date Research Team In Situ Sediment or Matrix Adhering Class Order Suborder Infraorder Superfamily Family Subfamily Tribe Genus Species Subspecies Taxonomic Notes Taxonomic Problems
OLD-1267 11538 TIB-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1267; tibia distal end fragment; drawer says 'Alcelaphini tibiae' Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1266 11537 TIB-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1266; tibia proximal end fragment; drawer says 'Alcelaphini tibiae' Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1265 11536 TIB-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1265; tibia proximal end fragment; drawer says 'Alcelaphini tibiae' Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1264 11535 TIB-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1264; tibia proximal end fragment; drawer says 'Alcelaphini tibiae' Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1263 11534 TIB-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1263; tibia proximal end fragment; drawer says 'Alcelaphini tibiae' Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1262 11533 TIB-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1262; tibia proximal end fragment; drawer says 'Alcelaphini tibiae' Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1261 11532 TIB-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1261; tibia proximal end fragment; drawer says 'Alcelaphini tibiae' Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1260 11531 TIB-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1260; tibia distal end fragment; drawer says 'Alcelaphini tibiae' Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1259 11530 TIB-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1259; tibia distal end fragment; drawer says 'Alcelaphini tibiae' Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1258 11529 TIB-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1258; tibia distal end fragment; drawer says 'Alcelaphini tibiae' Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1257 11528 TIB-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1257; tibia distal end fragment; drawer says 'Alcelaphini tibiae' Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1256 11527 TIB-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1256; tibia distal end fragment; drawer say 'Alcelaphini tibiae' Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1255 11526 TIB-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1255; tibia distal end fragment; drawer says 'Alcelaphini tibiae' Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1254 11525 TIB-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1254; tibia distal end fragment; drawer says 'Alcelaphini tibiae' Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1253 11524 TIB-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1253; tibia distal end fragment; drawer says 'Alcelaphini tibiae' Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1252 11523 TIB-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1252; tibia distal end fragment; drawer says 'Alcelaphini tibiae' Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1251 11522 TIB-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1251; tibia distal end fragment; drawer says 'Alcelaphini tibiae' Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1250 11521 TIB-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1250; tibia distal end fragment; drawer says 'Alcelaphini tibiae' Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1249 11520 TIB-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1249; tibia distal end fragment; drawer says 'Alcelaphini tibiae' Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1248 11519 TIB-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1248; tibia distal end fragment; drawer says 'Alcelaphini tibiae' Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1247 11518 TIB-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1247; tibia distal end fragment; drawer says 'Alcelaphini tibiae' Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1246 11517 TIB-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1246; tibia distal end fragment; drawer says 'Alcelaphini tibiae' Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1241 11512 TIB 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1241; drawer says 'Alcelaphini hind limb' Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
M 104227 13079 R-TIB-f, L-TIB-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK I -- OLD-1163; proximal R-TIB-f and proximal L-TIB-f; likely same individual Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae No
M 104225 13077 R-TIB 114 - Natural History Museum UK I -- OLD-1161; right distal tibia Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae No
M. 20231 67 TIB-f 106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) II Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. No locality given. 130 - L.S.B. Leakey 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Carnivora Feliformia Felidae Pantherinae Panthera crassidens The author suggests this specimen may belong to the subfamily Machairodontinae. No
M. 20230 68 TIB 106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) II Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. No locality given. 130 - L.S.B. Leakey 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Carnivora Feliformia Felidae Pantherinae Panthera crassidens The author suggests this specimen may belong to the subfamily Machairodontinae. 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
1931 II 1012 9018 L-TIB 1913 116 - Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie (BSPG), Munich, Germany Black E. 1937. Fossil Antelopes of Olduvai. Scientific results of the Olduvai Expedition 1913:63. Juvenile. Label/publication taxon ID: Gorgon taurinus semiticus. Reck Field No.: VI 837. 273 - Reck expedition Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Alcelaphinae Alcelaphini Megalotragus kattwinkeli Inventoried by Faysal Bibi in 2012. No
OVPP-571 9944 TIB, HUM-f 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania I Lower Sandstone 15m above ignimbrite, below Tuff IA but not sure how far below. -- Immature. 157 - L. Hlusko 2013/06/30 253 - OVPP Yes Y Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae No
FLK N I 7500 41 7 - FLK North TIB 104 - Unknown I upper Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. Image available from plate 13 comparing this lagomorph's tibia to other modern and extinct lagomorph tibiae. 130 - L.S.B. Leakey 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Lagomorpha Leporidae Lepus No
OH 6 3721 5 - FLK 283 - 45 CRA-f , M-f , L-P , L-TIB-f , L-FIB-f , 1959/60 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania I Middle (Zinj.) Surface. Cranial and dental fragments found in surface soil from slope immediately below Zinj. site; assumed to be from Zinj. level (Leakey, MD, 1971:227). TIB-f and FIB-f from Zinj. level. Davis, P. R. 1964. Hominid fossils from Bed I, Olduvai Gorge, Tanganyika. A tibia and fibula. Nature. 201, 967. From Tobias (1991): OH 35 tibia and fibula attributed to same individual as OH 6 but appear to be more mature. It is unclear if OH 35 tibia and fibula are the same tibia and fibula originally listed under OH 6. Leakey, MD, 1971 describes CRA and dental fragments as having been found in surface soil, but Leakey, Tobias, and Napier, 1964 state "some [were] found in situ [and] some on the surface" (:9). Unworn lower L-P3. Partially developed roots of upper M1 or 2. Six cranial vault fragments. Tibia and fibula fragments first assumed to be associated with Zinjanthropus OH5, but should be considered associates with OH 6 following morphological study (Leakey, MD, 1971:227). and skull fragments. Juvenile. Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya. 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Hominoidea Hominidae Homininae Hominini Homo habilis Paratype. TIB-f and FIB-f not given taxonomic designation in original publication (Davis, 1964) but named as a paratype in Leakey, Tobias, and Napier, 1964. 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
MB.Ma.25181 9202 TIB-f 1931 128 - Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Germany -- Distal. Reck field number: III 14a. Mfn room number: 2251. Cabinet: P0449-4. Drawer: 41. 273 - Reck expedition Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Hippomorpha Equidae Equinae Equini Equus Inventoried by Faysal Bibi in 2012. No
1931 II 555 8841 TIB 1913 116 - Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie (BSPG), Munich, Germany Black E. 1937. Fossil Antelopes of Olduvai. Scientific results of the Olduvai Expedition 1913:63. Distal. Label/publication taxon ID: Gorgon taurinus semiticus. Reck Field No.: XVI 1202. 273 - Reck expedition Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Alcelaphinae Alcelaphini Megalotragus kattwinkeli Inventoried by Faysal Bibi in 2012. No
1931 II 1015 9019 L-TIB-f 1913 116 - Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie (BSPG), Munich, Germany Black E. 1937. Fossil Antelopes of Olduvai. Scientific results of the Olduvai Expedition 1913:63. Distal. Label/publication taxon ID: Gorgon taurinus semiticus. Reck Field No.: XV 1132. 273 - Reck expedition Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Alcelaphinae Alcelaphini Megalotragus kattwinkeli Inventoried by Faysal Bibi in 2012. No
1931 II 957 9014 R-TIB-f 1913 116 - Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie (BSPG), Munich, Germany Black E. 1937. Fossil Antelopes of Olduvai. Scientific results of the Olduvai Expedition 1913:63. Distal. Label/publication taxon ID: Gorgon taurinus semiticus. Reck Field No.: VI 893. 273 - Reck expedition Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Alcelaphinae Alcelaphini Megalotragus kattwinkeli Inventoried by Faysal Bibi in 2012. No
1931 II 532 9033 TIB-f 1913 116 - Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie (BSPG), Munich, Germany Black E. 1937. Fossil Antelopes of Olduvai. Scientific results of the Olduvai Expedition 1913:63. Distal. Label/publication taxon ID: Gorgon taurinus semiticus. Reck Field No.: VI 891. 273 - Reck expedition Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Alcelaphinae Alcelaphini Megalotragus kattwinkeli Inventoried by Faysal Bibi in 2012. No
1931 II 1005 9016 L-TIB-f 1913 116 - Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie (BSPG), Munich, Germany Black E. 1937. Fossil Antelopes of Olduvai. Scientific results of the Olduvai Expedition 1913:63. Distal. Label/publication taxon ID: Gorgon taurinus semiticus. Reck Field No.: VI 867. 273 - Reck expedition Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Alcelaphinae Alcelaphini Megalotragus kattwinkeli Inventoried by Faysal Bibi in 2012. No
1931 II 1016 9020 L-TIB-f 1913 116 - Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie (BSPG), Munich, Germany Black E. 1937. Fossil Antelopes of Olduvai. Scientific results of the Olduvai Expedition 1913:63. Distal. Label/publication taxon ID: Gorgon taurinus semiticus. Reck Field No.: VI 842. 273 - Reck expedition Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Alcelaphinae Alcelaphini Megalotragus kattwinkeli Inventoried by Faysal Bibi in 2012. No