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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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645 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
OVPP-L-1051 10330 22 - SC MAN-f , M , P , I 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania -- Box: SC. 35 specimens: OLD/71.SC.2, OLD/71.SC.37, OLD/71.SC.38, OLD/71.SC.94, OLD/71.SC.122, OLD/71.SC.423, OLD/71.SC.522, OLD/71.SC.556, OLD/71.SC.719, OLD/71.SC.747, OLD/71.SC.769, OLD/71.SC.793, OLD/71.SC.801, OLD/71.SC.848, OLD/71.SC.1076, OLD/71.SC.1101, OLD/71.SC.1115, OLD/71.SC.1155, OLD/71.SC.1248, OLD/71.SC.1305, OLD/71.SC.1358, OLD/71.SC.1579, OLD/71.SC.1653, OLD/71.SC.1674, OLD/71.SC.1682, OLD/71.SC.1691, OLD/71.SC.1734, OLD/71.SC.1738, OLD/71.SC.1747, OLD/71.SC.1842, OLD/71.SC.1849, OLD/71.SC.1931, OLD/71.SC.1939, OLD/71.SC.1944 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae No
M. 14682 10382 Part of a left mandibular ramus with P3-M1 and the alveolus for P2. 1934 114 - Natural History Museum UK IV upper part, Middle Pleistocene Kanjeran Pluvial LSB Leakey. 1958. Fossil Mammals of Africa: Some East African Pleistocene Suidae. British Museum. No. 14. 1934 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Suiformes Suoidea Suidae Potamochoerus majus Holotype. Originally classified as Koiropotamus majus (Hopwood, 1934). Reclassified as Potamochoerus majus (Leakey, 1942). Unknown
M. 14683 10383 Two upper tusks, probably of the same individual. 1934 106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) I lower part, Middle Pleistocene Kamasian Pluvial LSB Leakey. 1958. Fossil Mammals of Africa: Some East African Pleistocene Suidae. British Museum. No. 14. British Museum Palaeontology Department 130 - L.S.B. Leakey 1942 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Suiformes Suoidea Suidae Potamochoerus majus Paratypes. Originally classified as Koiropotamus majus (Hopwood, 1934). Reclassified as Potamochoerus majus (Leakey, 1942). Yes
M. 17071 10384 The greater part of a mandible. 1953 106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) II Chellean I Living Site LSB Leakey. 1958. Fossil Mammals of Africa: Some East African Pleistocene Suidae. British Museum. No. 14. marked Old. B.K.II, 1953/454; Brit. Mus. Palaeont. Dept. 130 - L.S.B. Leakey 1958 Yes Mammalia Artiodactyla Suiformes Suoidea Suidae Potamochoerus majus Yes
M. 17074 10385 A fragment of mandible with a well preserved lower third molar 1935 106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) I top of Bed I F.L.K. LSB Leakey. 1958. Fossil Mammals of Africa: Some East African Pleistocene Suidae. British Museum. No. 14. Brit. Mus. Palaeont. Dept. 130 - L.S.B. Leakey 1958 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Suina Suoidea Suidae Potamochoerus majus Yes
M. 17073 10386 An isolated lower canine tooth. 1953 106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) II B.K.II LSB Leakey. 1958. Fossil Mammals of Africa: Some East African Pleistocene Suidae. British Museum. No. 14. Brit. Mus. Palaeont. Dept. Marked Old. B.K.II, 1953/443 130 - L.S.B. Leakey 1958 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Suina Suoidea Suoidea Suidae Potamochoerus majus Yes
M. 17112 10387 An upper third molar in a fragment of maxilla. 106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) II F.L.K. Brit. Mus. Palaeont. Dept. 130 - L.S.B. Leakey 1958 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Suina Suoidea Suidae Suidae Potamochoerus majus Yes
M. 17090 10388 A broken fragment of the left side of a mandible with damaged first molar, but with second and third molars intact. 106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) II Kamasian Pluvial LSB Leakey. 1958. Fossil Mammals of Africa: Some East African Pleistocene Suidae. British Museum. No. 14. Holotype. Formerly Coryndon Museum No. F. 3666. 130 - L.S.B. Leakey 1942 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Suina Suoidea Suidae Suinae Suini Mesochoerus olduvaiensis Yes
OVPP-L-1568 10490 297 - TK Fish Gully Canine Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OVPP-L-1650 10513 86 - HK Distal femur 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Yes
OVPP-L-1652 10515 86 - HK Distal humerus 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Yes
OVPP-L-1655 10518 86 - HK 5 Bones including Bovidae phalanx & distal phalanx 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania Bovidae distal phalanx has on it "OLD/69 HK.134" Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OVPP-L-1661 11101 Horncore with base 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania 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
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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-1268 11539 TIB-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1268; tibia distal end fragment; drawer says 'Alcelaphini tibiae' Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1269 11540 TIB-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1269; tibia distal end fragment; drawer says 'Alcelaphini tibiae' Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1270 11541 TIB-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1270; tibia distal end fragment; drawer says 'Alcelaphini tibiae' Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1271 11543 TIB-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1271; tibia distal end fragment; drawer says 'Alcelaphini tibiae' Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes