|
OVPP-Myosorex 14 |
3813 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
MAN |
|
|
I |
3 |
|
Butler, P., and Greenwood, M. 1979. Soricidae (Mammalia) from the Early Pleistocene of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 67:329-379. |
|
150 - Butler and Greenwood |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
Soricoidea |
Soricidae |
Crocidurinae |
|
Myosorex |
robinsoni |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Myosorex 15 |
3814 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
HUM, (n=10), MAN, (n=15) |
|
|
I |
2/3 |
|
Butler, P., and Greenwood, M. 1979. Soricidae (Mammalia) from the Early Pleistocene of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 67:329-379. |
Authors do not provide MNI. |
150 - Butler and Greenwood |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
Soricoidea |
Soricidae |
Crocidurinae |
|
Myosorex |
robinsoni |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Naja 2 |
386 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
2, 3 |
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 |
|
|
|
Elapidae |
|
|
Naja |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
01. R. L3-95 |
3121 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
R-MAX-f, M |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
|
3 |
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 1, figure A. |
153 - J. Jaeger |
|
|
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Rodentia |
Myomorpha |
Myodonta |
Muroidea |
Muridae |
Murinae |
|
Oenomys |
olduvaiensis |
|
Holotype |
No |
|
OVPP-Otocyon 1 |
460 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
3 |
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 |
Caniformia |
Cynoidea |
|
Canidae |
|
|
Otocyon |
recki |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Otomys 2 |
436 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
1, 2, 3 |
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 |
Rodentia |
Myomorpha |
Myodonta |
Muroidea |
Muridae |
Murinae |
Otomyini |
Otomys |
kempi |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Otomys 4 |
3858 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
CRA-f, M, (n=3) |
|
|
I |
3 |
|
Denys, C. 1989. Phylogenetic affinities of the oldest East African Otomys (Rodentia, Mammalia) from Olduvai Bed I (Pleistocene, Tanzania). Neues Jahrbuch f |
Cranium has left and right upper M123. |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Rodentia |
Myomorpha |
Myodonta |
Muroidea |
Muridae |
Murinae |
Otomyini |
Otomys |
petteri |
|
|
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 |
|
OVPP-Papio 4 |
430 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
2, 3 |
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 |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Cercopithecoidea |
Cercopithecidae |
Cercopithecinae |
Papionini |
Papio |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
1011 |
3119 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
CRA-f, MAN-f |
1961 |
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. |
This specimen is crushed. |
142 - M. D. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Cercopithecoidea |
Cercopithecidae |
Cercopithecinae |
Papionini |
Papio |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
749/1960 |
218 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
UK |
1960 |
105 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (?) |
I |
middle |
|
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
Preserved elements have not been named. Original information indicated that this specimen was located in Nairobi. This specimen is likely within the material that was repatriated to Dar in 2011, but this has yet to be confirmed. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Alcelaphinae |
Alcelaphini |
Parmularius |
altidens |
|
|
No |
|
FLK NN I 1960.749 P.P.R. 9 |
930 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
HOR |
1960 |
104 - Unknown |
I |
|
|
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 |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Alcelaphinae |
Alcelaphini |
Parmularius |
altidens |
|
|
No |
|
FLK NN I 067/1173 |
944 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
HOR |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
|
|
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 |
|
|
No |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Alcelaphinae |
Alcelaphini |
Parmularius |
altidens |
|
|
No |
|
FLK NN I 733 |
954 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
MAN |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
|
|
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 |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Alcelaphinae |
Alcelaphini |
Parmularius |
altidens |
|
|
No |
|
1960.067/4951 |
1011 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
CRA, HOR-F |
1960 |
104 - Unknown |
I |
|
10 feet above the base of Bed 2 |
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 2. The horn core fragments are registered as:1960.067/4949067/4946067/4948 |
137 - A. Gentry |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Alcelaphinae |
Alcelaphini |
Parmularius |
angusticornis |
|
This specimen represents an intermediate stage of P. angusticornis and P. altidens. |
No |
|
F335 |
3023 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
PLAS |
|
105 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (?) |
I |
|
|
Auffenberg, W. 1981. The fossil turtles of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, Africa. Copeia 1981:509-522. |
Original information indicated that this specimen was located in Nairobi. This specimen is likely within the material that was repatriated to Dar in 2011, but this has yet to be confirmed. |
152 - W. Auffenberg |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Reptilia |
Testudines |
|
|
|
Pelomedusidae |
|
|
Pelusios |
sinuatus |
|
|
No |
|
F393 |
3026 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
CARA-f |
|
105 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (?) |
I |
|
|
Auffenberg, W. 1981. The fossil turtles of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, Africa. Copeia 1981:509-522. |
Original information indicated that this specimen was located in Nairobi. This specimen is likely within the material that was repatriated to Dar in 2011, but this has yet to be confirmed. |
152 - W. Auffenberg |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Reptilia |
Testudines |
|
|
|
Pelomedusidae |
|
|
Pelusios |
sinuatus |
|
|
No |
|
F4724 |
3039 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
SHEL |
|
105 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (?) |
I |
|
|
Auffenberg, W. 1981. The fossil turtles of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, Africa. Copeia 1981:509-522. |
Original information indicated that this specimen was located in Nairobi. This specimen is likely within the material that was repatriated to Dar in 2011, but this has yet to be confirmed. |
152 - W. Auffenberg |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Reptilia |
Testudines |
|
|
|
Pelomedusidae |
|
|
Pelusios |
sinuatus |
|
|
No |
|
F297 |
3050 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
PLAS |
|
106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) |
I |
|
|
Auffenberg, W. 1981. The fossil turtles of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, Africa. Copeia 1981:509-522. |
|
152 - W. Auffenberg |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Reptilia |
Testudines |
|
|
|
Pelomedusidae |
|
|
Pelusios |
sinuatus |
|
|
No |
|
F325 |
3051 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
PLAS |
|
106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) |
I |
|
|
Auffenberg, W. 1981. The fossil turtles of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, Africa. Copeia 1981:509-522. |
|
152 - W. Auffenberg |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Reptilia |
Testudines |
|
|
|
Pelomedusidae |
|
|
Pelusios |
sinuatus |
|
|
No |
|
F378 |
3052 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
CARA, PLAS |
|
106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) |
I |
|
|
Auffenberg, W. 1981. The fossil turtles of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, Africa. Copeia 1981:509-522. |
This specimen is from a juvenile. |
152 - W. Auffenberg |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Reptilia |
Testudines |
|
|
|
Pelomedusidae |
|
|
Pelusios |
sinuatus |
|
|
No |
|
R5761 |
3053 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
SHEL |
|
106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) |
I |
|
|
Auffenberg, W. 1981. The fossil turtles of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, Africa. Copeia 1981:509-522. |
|
152 - W. Auffenberg |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Reptilia |
Testudines |
|
|
|
Pelomedusidae |
|
|
Pelusios |
sinuatus |
|
|
No |
|
F214 |
3115 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
CARA |
|
105 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (?) |
I |
|
|
-- |
Original information indicated that this specimen was located in Nairobi. This specimen is likely within the material that was repatriated to Dar in 2011, but this has yet to be confirmed. |
152 - W. Auffenberg |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Reptilia |
Testudines |
|
|
|
Pelomedusidae |
|
|
Pelusios |
sinuatus |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Pipistrellus 1 |
24 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
MAN |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
3 |
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 |
Chiroptera |
Microchiroptera |
|
Vespertilionoidea |
Vespertillionidae |
Vespertillioninae |
Pipstrellini |
Pipistrellus |
rueppelei |
|
This mandible resembles P. rueppelei but is somewhat larger and is roughly the size of P. dormeri from India. |
No |
|
FLK NN I 177/1960 |
107 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
CRA, MAX, P, M, C |
1960 |
105 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (?) |
I |
middle |
3 |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
This specimen is pictured in plate 28. This skull is "very crushed."Original information indicated that this specimen was located in Nairobi. This specimen is likely within the material that was repatriated to Dar in 2011, but this has yet to be confirmed. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suiformes |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
Suinae |
Suini |
Potamochoerus |
intermedius |
|
Holotype |
No |
|
FLK NN I 701 |
103 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
C |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
2 |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
This specimen is pictured in plate 24 next to modern Phacochoerus specimens. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suiformes |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
Suinae |
Suini |
Promesochoerus |
mukiri |
|
Paratype |
No |
|
OVPP-Protocyon 1 |
87 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
MAN, RAM-f, L-P, L-M |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
3 |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
|
133 - L. Werdelin |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
Caniformia |
Cynoidea |
|
Canidae |
|
|
Prototocyon |
recki |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Pseudocivettictis 1 |
475 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
3 |
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 |
|
|
Viverridae |
|
|
Pseudocivettictis |
ingens |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Ptychadena 1 |
331 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
2, 3 |
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 |
|
Amphibia |
Anura |
|
|
|
Ranidae |
|
|
Ptychadena |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Python 3 |
373 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
1, 2, 3 |
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-Rana 1 |
329 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
2, 3 |
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 |
|
Amphibia |
Anura |
|
|
|
Ranidae |
|
|
Rana |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Saccostomus 1 |
32 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
3 |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
This species appears to be well represented, indicating that there are several specimens. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Rodentia |
|
|
|
Nesomyidae |
Cricetomyinae |
Saccostomurini |
Saccostomus |
indet. |
|
Author is not totally convinced of its taxonomy. It may represent an unknown murid. |
No |
|
OVPP-Simopithecus 3 |
521 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
2, 3 |
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 |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Cercopithecoidea |
Cercopithecidae |
Cynocephalinae |
|
SImopithecus |
oswaldi |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Steatomys 3 |
523 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
1, 2, 3 |
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 |
Rodentia |
Myomorpha |
Myodonta |
Muroidea |
Muridae |
Dendromurinae |
|
Steatomys |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Tragelaphus 2 |
122 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
CRA, HOR |
1960 |
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
1, 2, 3 |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
Other specimens are present (Leakey, 1971) but are not described. The cranium and horn cones were found near the base of Bed 2. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Bovinae |
Strepsicerotini |
Strepsiceros |
maryanus |
|
Gentry and Gentry (1978) reclassified this specimen as Tragelaphus strepsiceros maryanus. |
No |
|
OVPP-Struthio 3 |
399 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
3 |
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 |
|
Aves |
Struthioniformes |
Struthioni |
Struthionides |
|
Struthionidae |
|
|
Struthio |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Suncus 2 |
11 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
MAN, (n=242) |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
1, 2, 3 |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
242 lower jaw fragments occur in layers 1, 2, 3 but not in highest layers of Bed 1. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Insectivora |
|
|
Soricoidea |
Soricidae |
Crocidurinae |
|
Suncus |
lixus |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Suncus 6 |
419 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
middle |
1, 2, 3 |
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 |
Insectivora |
|
|
Soricoidea |
Soricidae |
Crocidurinae |
|
Suncus |
lixus |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Sylvisorex 6 |
3820 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
MAN |
|
|
I |
3 |
|
Butler, P., and Greenwood, M. 1979. Soricidae (Mammalia) from the Early Pleistocene of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 67:329-379. |
Specimen is a "right mandibular fragment with moderately worn M1 and M2 and the alveoli of M3" |
150 - Butler and Greenwood |
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Unknown |
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Mammalia |
Insectivora |
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Soricoidea |
Soricidae |
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Sylvisorex |
granti |
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No |
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OVPP-Sylvisorex 9 |
3823 |
6 - FLK NN |
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MAN-f, (n=19) |
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I |
1 |
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Butler, P., and Greenwood, M. 1979. Soricidae (Mammalia) from the Early Pleistocene of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 67:329-379. |
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150 - Butler and Greenwood |
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Unknown |
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Mammalia |
Insectivora |
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Soricoidea |
Soricidae |
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Sylvisorex |
olduvaiensis |
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Described as Suncus cf. lixus by Butler & Greenwood (1965). |
No |