|
OVPP-Mungos 4 |
470 |
7 - FLK North |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
4 |
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 |
Feliformia |
|
|
Herpestidae |
Herpestinae |
|
Mungos |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Mungos 5 |
471 |
7 - FLK North |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
4 |
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 |
Feliformia |
|
|
Herpestidae |
Herpestinae |
|
Mungos |
dietrichi |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Redunca 1 |
648 |
7 - FLK North |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
4 |
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 |
Reduncinae |
Reduncini |
Redunca |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Erinaceus 89 |
2161 |
7 - FLK North |
|
TBF-f |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
4 or 5 |
Butler, P., and Greenwood, M. 1973. The early Pleistocene hedgehogs from Olduvai, Tanzania. Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:7-42. |
This specimen is from layer 4 or 5. |
150 - Butler and Greenwood |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
Erinaceoidea |
Erinaceidae |
Erinaceinae |
|
Erinaceus |
broomi |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Erinaceus 57 |
2077 |
7 - FLK North |
|
M, (n=20) |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
4, 5 |
Butler, P., and Greenwood, M. 1973. The early Pleistocene hedgehogs from Olduvai, Tanzania. Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:7-42. |
The authors mention 20 mandibular M2s from layers 4 and 5. |
150 - Butler and Greenwood |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
Erinaceoidea |
Erinaceidae |
Erinaceinae |
|
Erinaceus |
broomi |
|
|
No |
|
FLK N I 1454 |
1409 |
7 - FLK North |
|
MTT |
1960 |
104 - Unknown |
I |
|
5 |
Gentry, A. W. 1966 Fossil Antilopini of East Africa. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History, Geology. 12: 43-106. 9 pls. |
|
137 - A. Gentry |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Antilopinae |
Antilopini |
Gazella |
|
|
|
No |
|
FLK N I 1758 |
1410 |
7 - FLK North |
|
MTT |
1960 |
104 - Unknown |
I |
|
5 |
Gentry, A. W. 1966 Fossil Antilopini of East Africa. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History, Geology. 12: 43-106. 9 pls. |
|
137 - A. Gentry |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Antilopinae |
Antilopini |
Gazella |
|
|
|
No |
|
FLK N I 5194 |
1411 |
7 - FLK North |
|
MTT |
1960 |
104 - Unknown |
I |
|
5 |
Gentry, A. W. 1966 Fossil Antilopini of East Africa. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History, Geology. 12: 43-106. 9 pls. |
|
137 - A. Gentry |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Antilopinae |
Antilopini |
Gazella |
|
|
|
No |
|
FLK N I 1813 |
1464 |
7 - FLK North |
|
HUM |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
|
5 |
Gentry, A. W. 1966 Fossil Antilopini of East Africa. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History, Geology. 12: 43-106. 9 pls. |
|
137 - A. Gentry |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Antilopinae |
Antilopini |
Gazella |
|
|
|
No |
|
FLK N I Unknown Gazella 9 |
1468 |
7 - FLK North |
|
RAD |
1960 |
104 - Unknown |
I |
|
5 |
Gentry, A. W. 1966 Fossil Antilopini of East Africa. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History, Geology. 12: 43-106. 9 pls. |
|
137 - A. Gentry |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Antilopinae |
Antilopini |
Gazella |
|
|
|
No |
|
FLK N I 1448 |
1473 |
7 - FLK North |
|
RAD-f |
1960 |
104 - Unknown |
I |
|
5 |
Gentry, A. W. 1966 Fossil Antilopini of East Africa. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History, Geology. 12: 43-106. 9 pls. |
Proximal end |
137 - A. Gentry |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Antilopinae |
Antilopini |
Gazella |
|
|
|
No |
|
FLK N I 1816 |
1474 |
7 - FLK North |
|
RAD-f |
1960 |
104 - Unknown |
I |
|
5 |
Gentry, A. W. 1966 Fossil Antilopini of East Africa. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History, Geology. 12: 43-106. 9 pls. |
Proximal end |
137 - A. Gentry |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Antilopinae |
Antilopini |
Gazella |
|
|
|
No |
|
FLK N I 1450 |
1490 |
7 - FLK North |
|
MTC |
1960 |
104 - Unknown |
I |
|
5 |
Gentry, A. W. 1966 Fossil Antilopini of East Africa. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History, Geology. 12: 43-106. 9 pls. |
|
137 - A. Gentry |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Antilopinae |
Antilopini |
Gazella |
|
|
|
No |
|
FLK N I Unknown Phenacotragus 1 |
1526 |
7 - FLK North |
|
R-HOR |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
|
5 |
Gentry, A. W. 1966 Fossil Antilopini of East Africa. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History, Geology. 12: 43-106. 9 pls. |
This specimen is pictured in plate 7A. |
|
|
273 - Reck expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Antilopinae |
Neotragini |
Phenacotragus |
recki |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Erinaceus 2 |
1945 |
7 - FLK North |
|
MAX-f, P |
|
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 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 53 |
2055 |
7 - FLK North |
|
P |
|
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 |
|
FLK N I 9394 |
932 |
7 - FLK North |
|
L-MTC |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
5 |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
This specimen is pictured in Gentry and Gentry (1978a) plate 19, figure 2 (lower). |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Caprinae |
Caprini |
|
|
|
Gentry and Gentry (1978) reclassified this specimen to aff. Caprinae. |
No |
|
OVPP-Cichlidae 19 |
2792 |
7 - FLK North |
|
RAY, VER |
1962 |
104 - Unknown |
I |
|
5 |
Greenwood, P., and Todd, E. 1970. Fish remains from Olduvai. In: Fossil Vertebrates of Africa,vol. 2 New York: Academic Press. pp. 225-241. |
These specimens are from trench V. |
151 - Greenwood and Todd |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Actinopterygii |
Perciformes |
|
|
|
Cichlidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Cichlidae 20 |
2793 |
7 - FLK North |
|
RAY, VER |
1962 |
104 - Unknown |
I |
|
5 |
Greenwood, P., and Todd, E. 1970. Fish remains from Olduvai. In: Fossil Vertebrates of Africa,vol. 2 New York: Academic Press. pp. 225-241. |
These specimens are from trench III. There are some other unidentifiable fragments from this locality that are thought to be fish bones. |
151 - Greenwood and Todd |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Actinopterygii |
Perciformes |
|
|
|
Cichlidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Cichlidae 21 |
2794 |
7 - FLK North |
|
RAY, VER |
1961 |
104 - Unknown |
I |
|
5 |
Greenwood, P., and Todd, E. 1970. Fish remains from Olduvai. In: Fossil Vertebrates of Africa,vol. 2 New York: Academic Press. pp. 225-241. |
These specimens are from trench IV. |
151 - Greenwood and Todd |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Actinopterygii |
Perciformes |
|
|
|
Cichlidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
01. R. M5-222 |
3126 |
7 - FLK North |
|
R-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 2, figure C. |
153 - J. Jaeger |
|
|
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Rodentia |
Myomorpha |
Myodonta |
Muroidea |
Muridae |
Murinae |
|
Pelomys |
dietrichi |
|
Holotype |
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 |
|
FLK N I 1960.067/250 |
1212 |
7 - FLK North |
|
HOR |
1960 |
104 - Unknown |
I |
|
5 |
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 |
|
273 - Reck expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Antilopinae |
Antilopini |
Antidorcas |
recki |
|
|
No |
|
FLK N I 8194 |
1214 |
7 - FLK North |
|
HOR |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
|
5 |
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 |
|
273 - Reck expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Antilopinae |
Antilopini |
Antidorcas |
recki |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Deinotherium 3 |
494 |
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 |
Proboscidea |
Tethytheria |
Behemota |
|
Deinotheriidae |
|
|
Deinotherium |
bozasi |
|
|
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-Neotragini 1 |
671 |
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 |
Antilopinae |
Neotragini |
Indet. |
|
|
|
No |
|
FLK N I 1235 |
105 |
7 - FLK North |
|
CRA, MAX, P, M |
1961 |
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
5 |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
This specimen is pictured in plate 25. It is the same individual as FLK N I 1236. The specimen is crushed. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suiformes |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
Suinae |
Suini |
Ectopotamochoerus |
dubius |
|
Holotype |
No |
|
OVPP-Pelorovis 1 |
306 |
14 - HWK E |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
II |
lower |
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 |
Pelorovis |
oldowayensis |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Crocodylus 18 |
357 |
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 |
|
Reptilia |
Crocodilia |
|
|
|
Crocodylidae |
|
|
Crocodylus |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Elephas 9 |
500 |
7 - FLK North |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
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 |
Proboscidea |
Tethytheria |
Behemota |
Elephantoidea |
Elephantidae |
|
|
Elephas |
recki |
|
The author says this is the "early form" of E. recki. |
No |
|
OVPP-Bovidae 1 |
690 |
7 - FLK North |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
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 |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
|
Indet. |
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Gerbillus 1 |
27 |
5 - FLK |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
|
5, 6 and perhaps above but not explicitly stated. |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
Elements preserved are not indicated by the author. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Rodentia |
Myomorpha |
Myodonta |
Muroidea |
Muridae |
Gerbilinae |
Gerbilini |
Gerbillus |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
FLK N I 1236 |
106 |
7 - FLK North |
|
MAN, P, M |
1961 |
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
6 |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
FLK N I 1235 and 1236 are two parts of the same individual and are both considered the holotype. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suiformes |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
Suinae |
Suini |
Ectopotamochoerus |
dubius |
|
Holotype |
No |
|
OVPP-Python 4 |
374 |
7 - FLK North |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
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 |
|
Reptilia |
Squamata |
|
|
|
Boidae |
|
|
Python |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Cichlidae 18 |
2790 |
7 - FLK North |
|
RAY |
1962 |
104 - Unknown |
I |
|
6 |
Greenwood, P., and Todd, E. 1970. Fish remains from Olduvai. In: Fossil Vertebrates of Africa,vol. 2 New York: Academic Press. pp. 225-241. |
This specimen is from trench V. |
151 - Greenwood and Todd |
|
|
Yes |
|
Actinopterygii |
Perciformes |
|
|
|
Cichlidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
FLK N I 7884 |
1100 |
7 - FLK North |
|
HOR |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
|
6 |
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 40, figure 4. |
137 - A. Gentry |
|
|
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Alcelaphinae |
Alcelaphini |
Indet. |
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Alcelaphini 3 |
670 |
14 - HWK E |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
II |
lower |
Above level 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 |
Alcelaphinae |
Alcelaphini |
Indet. |
|
|
|
No |
|
S. 38 |
1069 |
|
268 - 54 |
CRA
, L/R-HOR |
1968 |
104 - Unknown |
II |
|
Above the Lemuta Member |
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 25, figure 1. |
137 - A. Gentry |
|
|
Yes |
Agutite and mafic volcanic glass. |
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Alcelaphinae |
Alcelaphini |
Damaliscus |
agelaius |
|
|
No |