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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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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
	OH 16	3731	72 - FLK Maiko Gully	283 - 45	CRA-f , TOOTH , MAN ,	1963	122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania	II	base		Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.	Upper and lower dentition, calotte, and > 1500 unidentified fragments due to cattle trampling. Majority of fragments found on surface of Tuff IF, some teeth found in situ, 2 feet above Tuff IF. Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya.	154 - Leakey and Leakey		264 - Leakey family expedition	No		Mammalia	Primates	Anthropoidea	Haplorhini	Hominoidea	Hominidae	Homininae	Hominini	Homo	habilis		Leakey LSB, 1964 refers to this specimen as Homo erectus. Leakey, Tobias, and Napier provisionally assign it to Homo habilis (referred material, not paratype) (1964), and Leakey MD, 1971 refers to it as cf. Australopithecus.	Yes
	OH 30	3745	72 - FLK Maiko Gully	283 - 45	TOOTH , d-TOOTH , CRA-f ,	1969	122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania	II	Lower	Surface		"Parts deciduous and germ dentitions" (Leakey MD, 1971:234). Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya.			264 - Leakey family expedition	No		Mammalia	Primates	Anthropoidea	Haplorhini	Hominoidea	Hominidae			Australopithecus	boisei			No
	OH 12	3727	18 - VEK	286 - 86	OCC , L/R-PAR , L/R-TEM-f , CRA-f , L-PAL , L-MAX , TOOTH-f	1962	122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania	IV?	a	Surface. Found on eroded slope of Bed III. L-TEM-f from just below marker Tuff IVa.	Leakey, L., and Leakey, M. 1964. Recent discoveries of fossil hominids in tanganyika: at Olduvai and near Lake Natron. Nature 202:5-7.	Crowns of teeth not preserved. Bed IVA determined on basis of matrix adhering to L-TEM-f and PAL. Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya.			264 - Leakey family expedition	No	L-TEM-f & PAL found with matrix adhering.	Mammalia	Primates	Anthropoidea	Haplorhini	Hominoidea	Hominidae	Homininae	Hominini	Homo	erectus			No
	OH 13	3728	27 - MNK	287 - 88 "Skull Site"	MAN , MAX , CRA-f	1963	122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania	II	Lower Middle IIB	5 feet above chert horizon		Paratpye. "This consists of a sub-adult skull, probably female, with the third molars coming into wear. It is represented by the greater part of the mandible, including the complete dentition, although the crowns of the incisors are damaged and the left ascending ram us is not preserved; the greater part of the maxillae, represented by two fragments both lacking the anterior portions; the greater part of the occipital; the right parietal and temporal; parts of the left parietal and temporal; together with a few frontal fragments and approximately fifty additional pieces which it has not been possible to fit together" (Leakey MD, 1971:231). Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya. 5 pieces found at House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.	130 - L.S.B. Leakey		264 - Leakey family expedition	Yes		Mammalia	Primates	Anthropoidea	Haplorhini	Hominoidea	Hominidae	Homininae	Hominini	Homo	habilis		Paratype	No
	OH 14	3729	27 - MNK	287 - 88 "Skull Site"	CRA-f , FRO-f , R-PAR-f	1963	122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania	II	Lower Middle B	Surface. Inferred as same horizon as OH 13 (Leakey MD, 1971).	Leakey, L.S.B., Tobias, P.V. & Napier, J.R. 1964. A new species of the genus Homo from Olduvai Gorge. Nature 202(4927): 7-9.	Juvenile (sutures unfused). Thin skull. Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya. 11 pieces found at House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.	130 - L.S.B. Leakey		264 - Leakey family expedition	No		Mammalia	Primates	Anthropoidea	Haplorhini	Hominoidea	Hominidae						Juvenile, parietal is thin.	No