|
OVPP-Suncus 3 |
12 |
7 - FLK North |
|
UK |
|
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 from FLK N I |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
Soricoidea |
Soricidae |
Crocidurinae |
|
Suncus |
orangiae |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Suncus 8 |
421 |
7 - FLK North |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
All levels |
Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
|
142 - M. D. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
Soricoidea |
Soricidae |
Crocidurinae |
|
Suncus |
orangiae |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Libytherium 3 |
607 |
7 - FLK North |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
1, 2, 3 |
Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
|
142 - M. D. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Giraffoidea |
Giraffidae |
|
|
Libytherium |
olduvaiensis |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Libytherium 4 |
608 |
7 - FLK North |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
II |
lower |
|
Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
|
142 - M. D. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Giraffoidea |
Giraffidae |
|
|
Libytherium |
olduvaiensis |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Gorgon 4 |
664 |
7 - FLK North |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
5 |
Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
|
142 - M. D. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Bovinae |
Bovini |
Gorgon |
olduvaiensis |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Sylvisorex 7 |
3821 |
7 - FLK North |
|
MAN-f |
|
|
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. |
Fragment of left mandible with almost unworn M1-M3 |
150 - Butler and Greenwood |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
Soricoidea |
Soricidae |
|
|
Sylvisorex |
olduvaiensis |
|
Described as Suncus cf. lixus by Butler & Greenwood (1965). |
No |
|
OVPP-Equus 6 |
513 |
7 - FLK North |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
|
142 - M. D. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Perissodactyla |
Hippomorpha |
|
|
Equidae |
Equinae |
Equini |
Equus |
oldowayensis |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Equus 7 |
514 |
7 - FLK North |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
II |
lower |
|
Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
|
142 - M. D. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Perissodactyla |
Hippomorpha |
|
|
Equidae |
Equinae |
Equini |
Equus |
oldowayensis |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Crocodylus 5 |
344 |
7 - FLK North |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
1, 2, 5 |
Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
|
142 - M. D. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Reptilia |
Crocodilia |
|
|
|
Crocodylidae |
|
|
Crocodylus |
niloticus |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Crocodylus 6 |
345 |
7 - FLK North |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
II |
lower |
2 |
Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
|
142 - M. D. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Reptilia |
Crocodilia |
|
|
|
Crocodylidae |
|
|
Crocodylus |
niloticus |
|
|
No |
|
6084 |
104 |
7 - FLK North |
|
C |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
1 |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
Two upper canines presumed to be female. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suiformes |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
Suinae |
Suini |
Promesochoerus |
mukiri |
|
Paratype |
No |
|
OVPP-Promesochoerus 1 |
559 |
7 - FLK North |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
1 |
Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
|
142 - M. D. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suiformes |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
Suinae |
Suini |
Promesochoerus |
mukiri |
|
|
No |
|
762 |
3908 |
7 - FLK North |
|
L-MAN, P, (n=3), M, (n=2), C |
|
|
I |
|
3 |
Petter, G. 1973. Carnivores Pleistocenes du ravin d’Olduvai (Tanzanie). Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:43-100. |
|
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Feliformia |
|
|
Herpestidae |
Herpestinae |
|
Mungos |
minutus |
|
|
No |
|
762 |
3909 |
7 - FLK North |
|
R-M |
|
|
I |
|
3 |
Petter, G. 1973. Carnivores Pleistocenes du ravin d’Olduvai (Tanzanie). Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:43-100. |
Specimen is a lower right M1. |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Feliformia |
|
|
Herpestidae |
Herpestinae |
|
Mungos |
minutus |
|
|
No |
|
762 |
7669 |
7 - FLK North |
|
L-MAN, P, (n=3), M, (n=2), C |
|
|
I |
|
3 |
Petter, G. 1973. Carnivores Pleistocenes du ravin d’Olduvai (Tanzanie). Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:43-100. |
|
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Feliformia |
|
|
Herpestidae |
Herpestinae |
|
Mungos |
minutus |
|
|
No |
|
762 |
7670 |
7 - FLK North |
|
R-M |
|
|
I |
|
3 |
Petter, G. 1973. Carnivores Pleistocenes du ravin d’Olduvai (Tanzanie). Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:43-100. |
Specimen is a lower right M1. |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Feliformia |
|
|
Herpestidae |
Herpestinae |
|
Mungos |
minutus |
|
|
No |
|
01. R. L5-58 |
3128 |
7 - FLK North |
|
L-MAX-f, M |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
|
5 |
Jaeger, J.J. 1976. Les rongeurs (Mammalia, Rodentia) du Pleistocene inferieur d’Olduvai Bed I (Tanzanie) 1ere Partie: Les Murides. Fossil vertebrates of Africa 4:58-120. |
This specimen is pictured in plate 3, figures G and H. |
153 - J. Jaeger |
|
|
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Rodentia |
Myomorpha |
Myodonta |
Muroidea |
Muridae |
Murinae |
|
Praomys |
minor |
|
|
No |
|
2676 |
7646 |
7 - FLK North |
|
M |
|
|
I |
Zinjanthropus |
3 |
Petter, G. 1973. Carnivores Pleistocenes du ravin d’Olduvai (Tanzanie). Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:43-100. |
Specimen is a lower M1 |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Caniformia |
Cynoidea |
|
Canidae |
|
|
Canis |
mesomelas |
latirostris |
|
No |
|
7188 |
7647 |
7 - FLK North |
|
FEM-f |
|
|
I |
Zinjanthropus |
3 |
Petter, G. 1973. Carnivores Pleistocenes du ravin d’Olduvai (Tanzanie). Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:43-100. |
|
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Caniformia |
Cynoidea |
|
Canidae |
|
|
Canis |
mesomelas |
latirostris |
|
No |
|
7075 |
7648 |
7 - FLK North |
|
FEM |
|
|
I |
Zinjanthropus |
3 |
Petter, G. 1973. Carnivores Pleistocenes du ravin d’Olduvai (Tanzanie). Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:43-100. |
|
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Caniformia |
Cynoidea |
|
Canidae |
|
|
Canis |
mesomelas |
latirostris |
|
No |
|
6520 |
7645 |
7 - FLK North |
|
M |
|
|
I |
Zinjanthropus |
3 |
Petter, G. 1973. Carnivores Pleistocenes du ravin d’Olduvai (Tanzanie). Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:43-100. |
Specimen is a lower M1 |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Caniformia |
Cynoidea |
|
Canidae |
|
|
Canis |
mesomelas |
latirostris |
|
No |
|
7304 |
7644 |
7 - FLK North |
|
R-MAN, C, P, (n=4), M, (n=3) |
|
|
I |
Zinjanthropus |
3 |
Petter, G. 1973. Carnivores Pleistocenes du ravin d’Olduvai (Tanzanie). Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:43-100. |
Specimen is a right mandible with canine to M3. |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Caniformia |
Cynoidea |
|
Canidae |
|
|
Canis |
mesomelas |
latirostris |
|
No |
|
7446 |
7643 |
7 - FLK North |
|
CRA-f, TOOTH |
|
|
I |
Zinjanthropus |
3 |
Petter, G. 1973. Carnivores Pleistocenes du ravin d’Olduvai (Tanzanie). Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:43-100. |
Specimen is the anterior portion of the skull with teeth. Specimen is broken. |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Caniformia |
Cynoidea |
|
Canidae |
|
|
Canis |
mesomelas |
latirostris |
|
No |
|
1672 |
7649 |
7 - FLK North |
|
HUM-f |
|
|
I |
Zinjanthropus |
3 |
Petter, G. 1973. Carnivores Pleistocenes du ravin d’Olduvai (Tanzanie). Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:43-100. |
Specimen is the distal portion of a humerus. |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Caniformia |
Cynoidea |
|
Canidae |
|
|
Canis |
mesomelas |
latirostris |
|
No |
|
7446 |
3882 |
7 - FLK North |
|
CRA-f, TOOTH |
|
|
I |
Zinjanthropus |
3 |
Petter, G. 1973. Carnivores Pleistocenes du ravin d’Olduvai (Tanzanie). Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:43-100. |
Specimen is the anterior portion of the skull with teeth. Specimen is broken. |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Caniformia |
Cynoidea |
|
Canidae |
|
|
Canis |
mesomelas |
latirostris |
|
No |
|
7304 |
3883 |
7 - FLK North |
|
R-MAN, C, P, (n=4), M, (n=3) |
|
|
I |
Zinjanthropus |
3 |
Petter, G. 1973. Carnivores Pleistocenes du ravin d’Olduvai (Tanzanie). Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:43-100. |
Specimen is a right mandible with canine to M3. |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Caniformia |
Cynoidea |
|
Canidae |
|
|
Canis |
mesomelas |
latirostris |
|
No |
|
6520 |
3884 |
7 - FLK North |
|
M |
|
|
I |
Zinjanthropus |
3 |
Petter, G. 1973. Carnivores Pleistocenes du ravin d’Olduvai (Tanzanie). Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:43-100. |
Specimen is a lower M1 |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Caniformia |
Cynoidea |
|
Canidae |
|
|
Canis |
mesomelas |
latirostris |
|
No |
|
2676 |
3885 |
7 - FLK North |
|
M |
|
|
I |
Zinjanthropus |
3 |
Petter, G. 1973. Carnivores Pleistocenes du ravin d’Olduvai (Tanzanie). Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:43-100. |
Specimen is a lower M1 |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Caniformia |
Cynoidea |
|
Canidae |
|
|
Canis |
mesomelas |
latirostris |
|
No |
|
7188 |
3886 |
7 - FLK North |
|
FEM-f |
|
|
I |
Zinjanthropus |
3 |
Petter, G. 1973. Carnivores Pleistocenes du ravin d’Olduvai (Tanzanie). Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:43-100. |
|
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Caniformia |
Cynoidea |
|
Canidae |
|
|
Canis |
mesomelas |
latirostris |
|
No |
|
7075 |
3887 |
7 - FLK North |
|
FEM |
|
|
I |
Zinjanthropus |
3 |
Petter, G. 1973. Carnivores Pleistocenes du ravin d’Olduvai (Tanzanie). Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:43-100. |
|
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Caniformia |
Cynoidea |
|
Canidae |
|
|
Canis |
mesomelas |
latirostris |
|
No |
|
1672 |
3888 |
7 - FLK North |
|
HUM-f |
|
|
I |
Zinjanthropus |
3 |
Petter, G. 1973. Carnivores Pleistocenes du ravin d’Olduvai (Tanzanie). Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:43-100. |
Specimen is the distal portion of a humerus. |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Caniformia |
Cynoidea |
|
Canidae |
|
|
Canis |
mesomelas |
latirostris |
|
No |
|
OVPP-Canis 1 |
3889 |
7 - FLK North |
|
AST, CAL, MTP |
|
|
I |
Zinjanthropus |
3 |
Petter, G. 1973. Carnivores Pleistocenes du ravin d’Olduvai (Tanzanie). Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:43-100. |
Author does not specify number of each element or whether any of the specimens are from the same individual. |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Caniformia |
Cynoidea |
|
Canidae |
|
|
Canis |
mesomelas |
latirostris |
|
No |
|
FLK N I 6252/1960 |
51 |
7 - FLK North |
|
SKULL, P, M |
1960 |
105 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (?) |
I |
upper |
|
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
Specimen is crushed. 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. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Caniformia |
Cynoidea |
|
Canidae |
|
|
Canis |
mesomelas |
latirostris |
|
No |
|
6237/1960 |
53 |
7 - FLK North |
|
L/R-RAM-f, L/R-P, L/R-M |
1960 |
105 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (?) |
I |
upper |
|
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
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. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Caniformia |
Cynoidea |
|
Canidae |
|
|
Canis |
mesomelas |
latirostris |
|
No |
|
OVPP-Thos 3 |
459 |
7 - FLK North |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
3 |
Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
|
142 - M. D. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Caniformia |
Cynoidea |
|
Canidae |
|
|
Thos |
mesomelas |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Tragelaphus 6 |
618 |
7 - FLK North |
|
|
1959 |
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
All levels |
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. |
|
142 - M. D. Leakey |
|
|
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Bovinae |
Strepsicerotini |
Strepsiceros |
maryanus |
|
This specimen was reclassified as Tragelaphus strepsiceros maryanus by Gentry and Gentry (1978). |
No |
|
OVPP-Erinaceus 1 |
239 |
7 - FLK North |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
3, 4, 5 |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
There are several specimens found but are not individually described. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
Erinaceoidea |
Erinaceidae |
Erinaceinae |
|
Erinaceus |
major |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Erinaceus 93 |
406 |
7 - FLK North |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
3, 4, 5 |
Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
|
142 - M. D. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
Erinaceoidea |
Erinaceidae |
Erinaceinae |
|
Erinaceus |
major |
|
|
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 |
|
OVPP-Suncus 18 |
3837 |
7 - FLK North |
|
MAN, (n=8) |
|
|
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. |
|
150 - Butler and Greenwood |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
Soricoidea |
Soricidae |
Crocidurinae |
|
Suncus |
leakeyi |
|
|
No |