|
OVPP-Elephantulus 23 |
2869 |
7 - FLK North |
|
MAX, P, I |
|
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
I |
|
5 |
Butler, P., and Greenwood, M. 1976. Elephant-shrews (Macroscelididae) from Olduvai and Makapansgat. In: Fossil Vertebrates of Africa,vol. 4. pp. 1-56. |
|
150 - Butler and Greenwood |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
|
Macroscelididae |
|
|
Elephantulus |
fuscus |
leakeyi |
|
No |
|
OVPP-Elephantulus 24 |
2870 |
7 - FLK North |
|
MAX, P, C, I |
|
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
I |
|
3 |
Butler, P., and Greenwood, M. 1976. Elephant-shrews (Macroscelididae) from Olduvai and Makapansgat. In: Fossil Vertebrates of Africa,vol. 4. pp. 1-56. |
|
150 - Butler and Greenwood |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
|
Macroscelididae |
|
|
Elephantulus |
fuscus |
leakeyi |
|
No |
|
OVPP-Elephantulus 25 |
2871 |
7 - FLK North |
|
MAX, M |
|
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
I |
|
3 |
Butler, P., and Greenwood, M. 1976. Elephant-shrews (Macroscelididae) from Olduvai and Makapansgat. In: Fossil Vertebrates of Africa,vol. 4. pp. 1-56. |
|
150 - Butler and Greenwood |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
|
Macroscelididae |
|
|
Elephantulus |
fuscus |
leakeyi |
|
No |
|
OVPP-Elephantulus 26 |
2872 |
7 - FLK North |
|
MAX, M |
|
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
I |
|
123 |
Butler, P., and Greenwood, M. 1976. Elephant-shrews (Macroscelididae) from Olduvai and Makapansgat. In: Fossil Vertebrates of Africa,vol. 4. pp. 1-56. |
|
150 - Butler and Greenwood |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
|
Macroscelididae |
|
|
Elephantulus |
fuscus |
leakeyi |
|
No |
|
OVPP-Elephantulus 27 |
2873 |
7 - FLK North |
|
MAX, P, I |
|
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
I |
|
|
Butler, P., and Greenwood, M. 1976. Elephant-shrews (Macroscelididae) from Olduvai and Makapansgat. In: Fossil Vertebrates of Africa,vol. 4. pp. 1-56. |
|
150 - Butler and Greenwood |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
|
Macroscelididae |
|
|
Elephantulus |
fuscus |
leakeyi |
|
No |
|
OVPP-Heterocephalus 2 |
3008 |
7 - FLK North |
|
MAX-f, M, (N=7) |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
upper |
|
Denys, C. 1989. A new species of bathyergid rodent from Olduvai Bed I (Tanzania, Lower Pleistocene). Neue Jahrbuecher Geologica Palaeontologica 5:257-264. |
The author mentions 7 maxillae with associated molars. |
147 - C. Denys |
|
|
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Rodentia |
|
|
|
Bathyergidae |
Heterocephalinae |
|
Heterocephalus |
jaegeri |
|
|
No |
|
01. R. L3-272 |
3404 |
|
|
R-MAX-f, M |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
|
|
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 species is found at FLK NNI layer 2 and 3; FLK NI layers 1-6; FLK I Main site. It is unclear where individual specimens were recovered. |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Mammalia |
3801 |
83 - FLK NW |
|
AST, (n=33), CAL, (n=73), FEM, (n=272), HUM, (n=186), I, (n=316), M, (n=108), MAN, (n=161), MAX, (n=68), MTP, (n=257), PHX, (n=77), PVG, (n=218), RAD, (n=55), SCP, (n=40), TIB, (n=395), ULNA, (n=76), VER, (n=595) |
|
|
I |
20 |
|
Arcos, S., Sevilla, P., and Fernandez-Jalvo, Y. 2010. Preliminary small mammal taphonomy of FLK NW level 20 (Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania). Quarternary Research 74:405-410. |
MNI is 198. Authors describe specimens as "small mammals". |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Authors describe specimens as "small mammals". |
No |
|
OVPP-Ichneumia 1 |
3905 |
7 - FLK North |
|
L-MAX-f, P, (n=2) |
|
|
I |
|
4 |
-- |
Specimen is a fragment of left maxilla with P3 and P4. |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Feliformia |
|
|
Herpestidae |
Herpestinae |
|
Ichneumia |
albicauda |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Gentryi 1 |
3965 |
5 - FLK |
|
MAN-f, (n=114), M, (n=62), MAX, (n=53) |
|
|
I |
|
Specimens were found from all FLK sites |
Denys, C. 1989. Two new gerbillids (Rodentia, Mammalia) from Olduvai Bed I (Pleistocene, Tanzania). Neues Jahrbuch f |
Mandible assemblage consists of 14 with M/123 and 100 with M/12 or M/1 or M/2.Isolated molar assemblage consists of 14 M/1 and 16 M1/.Maxilla assemblage consists of 52 with M12/ or M1/ and one with M123/. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2012/6/28 |
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-L-25 |
3992 |
|
|
MAX-f, M |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
|
|
|
-- |
No original specimen label. Box #: OLD87. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2012/6/29 |
|
Unknown |
Y |
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-L-34 |
4001 |
|
|
MAX, TOOTH |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
|
|
|
-- |
Specimen label: OLD-88-255-1?. Box #: OLD881-E. Maxilla (?) with teeth. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2012/6/29 |
|
Unknown |
Y |
Mammalia |
Perissodactyla |
Hippomorpha |
|
|
Equidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-L-56 |
4024 |
|
|
MAX-f, M |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
|
|
|
-- |
No specimen label. Box #: OLD881-E. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2012/6/29 |
|
Unknown |
Y |
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD-402 |
12584 |
|
|
MAX-f, M |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-402 |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Tethytheria |
Behemota |
Elephantoidea |
Hippopotamidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD-403 |
12585 |
|
|
MAX-f, M |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-403 |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Tethytheria |
Behemota |
Elephantoidea |
Hippopotamidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD-570 |
12729 |
|
|
MAX-f, M (3), P |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-570; MAX-f with M1, M2, M3, and P; possibly associated fragment found in drawer |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Tethytheria |
Behemota |
Elephantoidea |
Hippopotamidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD-586 |
12737 |
|
|
R-MAX-f, M |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-586; R-MAX-f with M3 and roots of other molars and teeth |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Tethytheria |
Behemota |
Elephantoidea |
Hippopotamidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD-589 |
12740 |
|
|
R-MAX-f, M, d-M |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-589; R-MAX-f with M1 and d-M4 |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Tethytheria |
Behemota |
Elephantoidea |
Hippopotamidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD-592 |
12742 |
|
|
MAX-f, M (2) |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-592 |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Tethytheria |
Behemota |
Elephantoidea |
Hippopotamidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD-594 |
12744 |
|
|
R-MAX-f, M (2) |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-594 |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Tethytheria |
Behemota |
Elephantoidea |
Hippopotamidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD-682 |
12798 |
|
|
MAX-F, TOOTH |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-682; MAN-f or MAX-f with teeth |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Tethytheria |
Behemota |
Elephantoidea |
Hippopotamidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD-788 |
12889 |
313 - GRK |
|
M, MAX-f |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
II |
|
|
-- |
OLD-788; "Oldoway GRK II 15/7/35" |
|
|
|
Unknown |
M with adhering MAX-f |
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Tethytheria |
Behemota |
Elephantoidea |
Hippopotamidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD-803 |
12900 |
|
|
MAX-f, M |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-803; fragment in box in photo belongs to OLD-815 |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Tethytheria |
Behemota |
Elephantoidea |
Hippopotamidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD-808 |
12905 |
|
|
M, MAX-f |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-808 |
|
|
|
Unknown |
molar with adhering max-f |
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Tethytheria |
Behemota |
Elephantoidea |
Hippopotamidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD-815 |
12911 |
|
|
M, MAX |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-815 |
|
|
|
Unknown |
upper molar with adhering maxilla |
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Tethytheria |
Behemota |
Elephantoidea |
Hippopotamidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD-865 |
12943 |
|
|
MAX-f, M (2) |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-865; MAX-f with 2 M (probably M1 and M2); molars very worn |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Tethytheria |
Behemota |
Elephantoidea |
Hippopotamidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
K 14/1960 |
4184 |
|
|
MAX-f |
1960 |
104 - Unknown |
|
|
|
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
No information on the locality is given. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Caniformia |
Cynoidea |
|
Canidae |
|
|
Canis |
mesomelas |
latirostris |
|
No |
|
K 14/1960 |
52 |
|
|
MAX-f |
1960 |
104 - Unknown |
|
|
|
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
No information on the locality is given. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Caniformia |
Cynoidea |
|
Canidae |
|
|
Canis |
mesomelas |
latirostris |
|
No |
|
OVPP-Papio 1 |
26 |
|
|
SKULL, CRA, MAX |
1913 |
104 - Unknown |
II |
|
|
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
The assignment to Bed 2 is based on the author's analysis though he does not seem certain. The skull is from a juvenile. |
131 - A. Remane |
1925 |
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Cercopithecoidea |
Cercopithecidae |
Cercopithecinae |
Papionini |
Papio |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Papio 2 |
245 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
CRA, MAX |
1962 |
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
2, 3 |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
Skull is severely crushed. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Cercopithecoidea |
Cercopithecidae |
Cercopithecinae |
Papionini |
Papio |
indet. |
|
|
No |
|
M. 18779 |
1312 |
39 - MRC |
|
R-MAX-f |
|
106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) |
II |
Upper, surface? |
|
Jolly, C. J. 1972. The classification and natural history of Theropithecus (Simopithecus)(Andrews, 1916), baboons of the African Plio-Pleistocene: British Museum (Natural History) |
|
146 - C. J. Jolly |
|
|
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Cercopithecoidea |
Cercopithecidae |
Cercopithecinae |
Papionini |
Theropithecus |
gelada |
|
|
No |
|
M. 14681 |
1313 |
|
|
L-MAX-f, L-M, L-P |
|
106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) |
II |
|
|
Hopwood, A. 1934. New fossil mammals from Olduvai, Tanganyika territory. Annals of the Magazine of Natural History. 10: 546-550. |
This specimen is pictured in plate 14b and 14c (Jolly, 1972). |
293 - A.T. Hopwood |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Cercopithecoidea |
Cercopithecidae |
Cynocephalinae |
|
Simopithecus |
leakeyi |
|
This specimen was reclassified as aff. Theropithecus by Jolly (1972). |
No |
|
S. 193 |
3117 |
24 - DK |
|
MAX-f, P, M |
1969 |
104 - Unknown |
I |
|
|
Leakey, M., and Leakey, R. 1976. Further Cercopithecinae (Mammalia, Primates) from the Plio/Pleistocene of East Africa. Fossil vertebrates of Africa 4:121-146. |
|
142 - M. D. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Cercopithecoidea |
Cercopithecidae |
Cercopithecinae |
Papionini |
Papio |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
068/6514 |
3711 |
34 - MLK |
|
CRA, MAX-f, R/L-P, R/L-M |
|
104 - Unknown |
II |
middle |
|
Leakey, M. G., and Leakey, R. E. F. 1973. Pleistocene Colobinae from East Africa. Leakey, L. S. B., Savage, R. J. G., Coryndon, S. C., eds. In: Fossil Vertebrates of Africa,vol. 3. London: Academic Pr |
This specimen is pictured in plate 3. |
154 - Leakey and Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Cercopithecoidea |
Cercopithecidae |
Colobinae |
Colobini |
Cercopithecoides |
kimeui |
|
Holotype |
No |
|
OH 5 |
3713 |
5 - FLK |
283 - 45 |
CRA
, MAX
, M
, I
, C
, P |
17 July - 6 August 1959 |
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
I |
Middle (Zinj.) |
22 feet below the upper limit of Bed I (Tuff IF), approximately 20 feet above basalt. |
Leakey, L. S. B. 1959. A new fossil skull from Olduvai. Nature 184:491-493. |
Holotype. Almost complete cranium. Adolescent. One reconstructed fossil found at House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya. Additional pieces from NMK unpublished. |
142 - M. D. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Hominoidea |
Hominidae |
|
|
Zinjanthropus |
boisei |
|
Holotype. This specimen was reclassified as Paranthropus boisei by Robinson (1960). |
No |
|
OH 11 |
3726 |
24 - DK |
285 - 13 |
PAL
, L-MAX-f
, TOOTH-f |
1962 |
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
Ndutu |
Lower |
Found in stream bed at bottom of gully near DK excavations. See curatorial notes for details. |
Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
Left half of palate and maxillary arch, crowns of teeth not preserved. "It is thus impossible to assign to any stratigraphic level, although the condition of the bone, which bears a pinkish tinge, is similar to that seen in fossil bones from a conglomerate at the head of the DK gully belonging to the lower Ndutu Beds" (Leakey MD, 1971:230). 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 |
sp. |
|
|
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 65 |
3780 |
|
82 - 64 |
MAX
, TOOTH |
1995 |
127 - National Natural History Museum, Arusha, Tanzania |
I |
Middle/Upper |
|
Blumenschine, R. J., Peters, C. R., Masao, F. T., et al. 2003. Late Pliocene Homo and Hominid Land Use from Western Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Science 299, 1217-1221. |
Author describes specimen as "complete maxilla with all teeth and lower face of adult".Specimen is pictured in images 1-11. (Images from R. Clarke 2011). |
|
|
|
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Hominoidea |
Hominidae |
Homininae |
Hominini |
Homo |
habilis |
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Large habilis |
No |
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2609 |
3943 |
|
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MAX, P, (n=4), M, (M=2) |
|
|
II |
|
|
Petter, G. 1973. Carnivores Pleistocenes du ravin d’Olduvai (Tanzanie). Fossil vertebrates of Africa 3:43-100. |
Author lists specimen in an assemblage that is described as coming from FLK N, FLK NN, and MNK but does not specifically assign site.Specimen is pictured in image 1. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2012/6/28 |
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Cercopithecoidea |
Cercopithecidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |