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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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2823 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
DK I 067/4230 II L/1 8236 24 - DK MTC-f 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania I 1 Strip II -- Proximal end of metacarpal. Pleistocene. Card in bag with specimen states "Loc: lduvai, Field No: OLD 62". 2012/08/06 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No
MNK II I/1 8239 27 - MNK PHX-f 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania II 1 -- Proximal phalanx. Card in bag with specimen states "Prox phal foot. Monkey". 2012/08/06 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No
OLD/63 BK II 212 8240 10 - BK PHX-f 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania II Pit 3 -- Phalanx fragment. Pleistocene. Card in bag with specimen states "Pit 3 L.S. Primate?". Pleistocene. 2012/08/06 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No
OLD/63 DK I 86 8244 24 - DK L-MTT-f 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania I -- Left metatarsal. Card in bag with specimen states "IVth Left Metatarsal." Card written by Paul F. Whitehead. Specimen found in bag with DK I ?17 (Metacarpal), DK I 5196 L/1 (Metacarpal), DK I 5197 L/1. 2012/08/06 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No
OLD/1960 FLK I 8246 5 - FLK MAN-f, TEETH 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania I -- Mandible fragment with teeth. Specimen found in bag with other small fragments of different bones, and also found with specimen OLD? FLK?. Card in bag with specimen states "OLDUVAI 1960 FLK I Main dig. Zinj level, section F. Galago". Other card with specimens states "strip 39-1+2 W". 2012/08/07 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No
2958 DK I A/2 8247 24 - DK PHX-f 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania I 2, A? -- Proximal phalanx. Pleistocene. 2012/08/07 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No
FLK NNI 1011 8257 6 - FLK NN MAX, MAN, CRA-f, R/L-M, TOOTH-f, UK-f 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania I -- Packed in National Museum in Nairobi, Kenya in box 188 or 189 labeled "Cercopithecidae" for transport to National Museum of History, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Maxilla, mandible, cranium fragment, right second and third molar, left third molar, tooth fragment and unknown fragment. Other card in bag states "FLK NNI 1011 + another individual there? M3 etc ED `81". 2012/08/09 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No
OLD? FLK? 8258 91 - FLK (?) MAN-f, M, UK-f 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania -- Mandible fragment with molar. Specimen found in small box with other small fragments and OLD/1960 FLK I. Card in bag with specimen states "Olduvai 1960 FLK I Main dig. Zinj. level, section F. galago". Other card with specimens states "Strip 3 '9- 1+2' W". 2012/08/09 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No
OLD/70 WKE A.518 8267 41 - WK E L-MAN-f, d-TOOTH 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania -- Left mandible fragment with two teeth (d). Card with box states "Olduvai Bed IV WKE Old/70 A.518. Left mandible fragment with third deciduous premolar and fourth deciduous premolar. ?Cercocebus B7." 2012/08/10 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No
OLD 1957/51 BK II 8271 10 - BK HUM-f 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania II -- Distal end and shaft of humerus?. 2012/08/10 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No
OLD 1952/316 BK II 8274 10 - BK R-MTT-f 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania II -- Proximal end of second right metatarsal. In BM loan collection. 2012/08/10 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No
OLD 1957 1383 BK II E KNM 2.24? 8277 49 - BK E FEM-f 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania II Jolly, C.J. 1965. Origins and specialization of the long-faced Cercopithecoidea. PhD thesis, University of London. Distal end of Femur and part of shaft. LSB Leakey. Cercopithecoidea. Pleistocene. 2012/08/10 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No
OLD/64 2966 DK I A + 8278 24 - DK FEM-f 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania I -- Distal end of Femur. Weathered. Pleistocene. 2012/08/10 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No
OLD I 59 MTK 109 Baboon. 8279 92 - MTK FEM-f 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania -- Distal end of femur. Weathered. Pleistocene. 2012/08/10 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No
OLD/68 S.3 HWK 8280 11 - HWK FEM-f 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania -- Proximal end of femur. Does not preserve greater trochanter. Pleistocene. 2012/08/10 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No
OLD/62 5159A 5159B DK I B 8281 24 - DK FIB-f 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania I 2 -- Two fibula fragments. Pleistocene. Card in bag with specimen states "Field no: 5759A 5759B." 2012/08/10 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No
JK 1255 IV/3 8285 40 - JK M-f 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania VI 3 -- Molar, very worn. Card in bag with specimen states "Old Bed III JK, Primate? six teeth, five non primate one hyaena (lower vert.?) 1254 RM3 colobine ED 81." Specimen found in bag with specimen JK 1259 VI/I, JK 1254 71/I, JK 1258 III/2, 1256 and 1257. 2012/08/13 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No
1256 8286 M-f 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania -- Fragment of molar and root. Card in bag with specimen states "Old Bed III JK, Primate? six teeth, five non primate one hyaena (lower vert.?). Specimen found in bag with JK 1258 II/2, JK 1254 71/I, JK 1259 VI/I, 1259 IV/I, 1257 and JK 1255 IV/3. 2012/08/13 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No
1257 8287 I-f 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania -- Incisor fragment. Card in bag with specimen states "Old Bed III JK Primate? six teeth five non primate one hyaena (lower vert.?) 1254; RM3 colobine ED 81" Specimen found in bag with JK 1259 IV/I, JK 1254 71/I, JK 1258 III/2, 1256 and JK 1255 IV/3. 2012/08/13 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No
OLD/70 3912 WKE A 5 8288 41 - WK E M-f 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania -- Molar root fragment. Card in bag with specimen states "Bed IV Primate WKE-A TRI spit 5, Civil 6 PTO. Papio sp. Rp3 male." 2012/08/13 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea 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
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
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
OLD/69 S.118 SHK W 8294 94 - SHK W FEM-f 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania -- Distal end of femur. Pleistocene. 2012/08/13 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No
OLD/62 068/6130 MCK II.S 8295 80 - MCK FEM-f 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania II Surface? -- Proximal end of femur shaft. Pleistocene. 2012/08/13 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Cercopithecoidea No
FLK I/E-G 391 2 5 - FLK L-MAN, L/R-RAM-f, L-P, L-M, R-P, R-M 104 - Unknown I middle (Zinjanthropus) 22 feet below the upper limit of Bed I. Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. 130 - L.S.B. Leakey 264 - Leakey family expedition Yes Mammalia Primates Strepsirrhini Lorisiformes Galagidae Galago senegalensis No
OVPP-Erinaceus 64 8309 7 - FLK North MAN-f, (n=, 55), M 104 - Unknown I Upper All Butler, P., and Greenwood, M. 1973. The early Pleistocene hedgehogs from Olduvai, Tanzania. Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:7-42. The author mentions 55 mandibles with associated molars. 150 - Butler and Greenwood Unknown Mammalia Insectivora Erinaceoidea Erinaceidae Erinaceinae Erinaceus broomi No
OVPP-L-185 8326 MAX-f, M 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania -- Specimen label: OLD-88-247-1-S. Box #: OLD 88 1-S. 158 - W. Reiner 2012/07/01 Unknown Y Mammalia Artiodactyla Suiformes Hippopotamoidea Hippopotamidae No
OVPP-L-192 8343 MAX-f, M, TOOTH 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania -- Specimen label:OLD-88-264-2-S. Box #: OLD 88 1-5. 158 - W. Reiner 2012/07/01 Unknown Y Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae No
OVPP-L-193 8344 M-f 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania -- Specimen label:OLD-86-?58-1-S. Box #: OLD 88 1-5. Specimen is broken. 158 - W. Reiner 2012/07/01 Unknown Y Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae No
OVPP-L-194 8345 M-f, MAX-f 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania -- Specimen label:OLD-??-?5-1-S. Box #: OLD 88 1-5. 158 - W. Reiner 2012/07/01 Unknown Y Mammalia Artiodactyla Suiformes Suoidea Suidae No
OVPP-L-196 8347 M, MAX-f 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania -- Specimen label:OLD-88-?2-?-S. Box #: OLD 88 1-5. 158 - W. Reiner 2012/07/01 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Suiformes Suoidea Suidae No
OVPP-L-197 8348 R-MAN-f, M 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania -- Specimen label:OLD-88-266-1-S. Box #: OLD 88 1-5. 158 - W. Reiner 2012/07/01 Unknown Y Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae No
OVPP-L-202 8351 L-MAX-f, P, M 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania -- Specimen label: OLD-3?-??-8. Box #: OLD 86. Box label: Teeth. 158 - W. Reiner 2012/07/01 Unknown Y Mammalia Artiodactyla Suiformes Hippopotamoidea Hippopotamidae No
OVPP-L-232 8374 MAN-f, TOOTH 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania -- Specimen label: OLD-87-226-11-S. Box #: OLD 87-3-E. Mandible fragment with two teeth. 158 - W. Reiner 2012/07/01 Unknown Y Mammalia Perissodactyla Hippomorpha Equidae No
OVPP-L-242 8384 I-f 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania -- Specimen label: OLD-?-121-?_?. Box #: OLD 87-3-E. 158 - W. Reiner 2012/07/01 Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Hippomorpha Equidae No
OH 62/998 8412 FEM-f, TOOTH 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania -- Femoral head and teeth. 264 - Leakey family expedition Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Hominoidea Hominidae No
OLD 60 8413 5 - FLK FIB-f, TIB-f, UK-f 104 - Unknown I -- Unknown Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Hominoidea Hominidae No
1931 II 1247 8439 L-MAX, R-MAX-f, L/d-P, L-M 1913 116 - Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie (BSPG), Munich, Germany Black E. 1937. Fossil Antelopes of Olduvai. Scientific results of the Olduvai Expedition 1913:8-104. Label/Publication Taxon ID: Gorgon taurinus semiticus. Reck Field No.: E 139. L max P3-M3. Frags of R max in matrix. 273 - Reck expedition Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Alcelaphinae Alcelaphini Megalotragus kattwinkeli Inventoried by Faysal Bibi in 2012. No
1931 II 890 8446 TOOTH-f, (N=7) 1913 116 - Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie (BSPG), Munich, Germany Black E. 1937. Fossil Antelopes of Olduvai. Scientific results of the Olduvai Expedition 1913:60. Label/Publication Taxon ID: Gorgon taurinus semiticus. Reck Field No.: E 139. E 139 listed by Schwarz as cranial specimen. Upper tooth fragments (n=7). 273 - Reck expedition Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Alcelaphinae Alcelaphini Megalotragus kattwinkeli Inventoried by Faysal Bibi in 2012. No