|
OVPP-Elephas 16 |
507 |
23 - TK |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
II |
upper |
lower floor |
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 |
Proboscidea |
Tethytheria |
Behemota |
Elephantoidea |
Elephantidae |
|
|
Elephas |
recki |
|
The author says this is the "evolved form" of E. recki. |
No |
|
OVPP-Elephas 17 |
508 |
30 - DC |
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
II |
upper |
|
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 |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Proboscidea |
Tethytheria |
Behemota |
Elephantoidea |
Elephantidae |
|
|
Elephas |
recki |
|
The author says this is the "evolved form" of E. recki. |
No |
|
OVPP-Elephas 1 |
90 |
8 - MK |
|
SKEL |
1935 |
106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) |
I |
lower |
|
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
This specimen is shown in plate 17. Most of the skeleton is preserved. |
134 - C. Arambourg |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
Embedded in matrix |
Mammalia |
Proboscidea |
Tethytheria |
Behemota |
Elephantoidea |
Elephantidae |
|
|
Elephas |
africanavus |
|
|
Unknown |
|
OVPP-Elephas 2 |
91 |
8 - MK |
|
MAN, C, M, I, P |
|
104 - Unknown |
I |
lower |
|
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
Several other specimens found at this site in Bed I but probably fell from Bed II. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
Specimen was "embedded in matrix." |
Mammalia |
Proboscidea |
Tethytheria |
Behemota |
Elephantoidea |
Elephantidae |
|
|
Elephas |
africanavus |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Elephas 3 |
92 |
|
|
MAN |
|
104 - Unknown |
II |
lower |
|
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
Many mandibles and upper dentition were recovered from bed 2. This specimen is pictured in plate 18. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Proboscidea |
Tethytheria |
Behemota |
Elephantoidea |
Elephantidae |
|
|
Elephas |
exoptatus |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Elephas 4 |
93 |
|
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
II, III, IV |
|
|
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
The author states that this species occurs from Bed 2-4. He does not give specifics of specimens recovered. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Proboscidea |
Tethytheria |
Behemota |
Elephantoidea |
Elephantidae |
|
|
Elephas |
recki |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Deinotherium 1 |
94 |
|
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
I, II |
lower |
|
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
The author does not give specifics of what specimens have been recovered but mentions that several elements preserved. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Proboscidea |
Tethytheria |
Behemota |
|
Deinotheriidae |
|
|
Deinotherium |
bozasi |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Elephas 5 |
251 |
|
|
M-f |
|
105 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (?) |
I |
|
|
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
This specimen is pictured in plate 16. 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. |
|
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Proboscidea |
Tethytheria |
Behemota |
Elephantoidea |
Elephantidae |
|
|
Elephas |
africanavus |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Anancus 1 |
276 |
|
|
UK |
|
104 - Unknown |
II |
|
|
Leakey, LSB, 1951. Olduvai Gorge: a report on the evolution of the handaxe culture in Beds I-IV. Cambridge:Cambridge University Press. |
|
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Proboscidea |
Tethytheria |
Behemota |
Elephantoidea |
Gomphotheriidae |
Anancinae |
|
Anancus |
kenyensis |
|
|
No |
|
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-1608 |
10394 |
38 - WK |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tusk |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suina |
|
|
Suidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Yes |
|
OVPP-L-1520 |
10448 |
22 - SC |
|
|
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
|
|
|
|
2 Molars |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suina |
|
|
Suidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Yes |
|
OVPP-96 |
7774 |
|
|
M-f |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
I |
|
Claystone 1 meter below Tuff 1D. |
|
Fragment of distal M3. |
|
2012/6/29 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suina |
|
|
Suidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD-551 |
12714 |
|
|
L-MAX-f, M |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
II |
|
|
-- |
OLD-551; L-MAX-f with M2 |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suina |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
|
|
Kolpochoerus |
olduvaiensis |
|
|
No |
|
OLD-601 |
12750 |
27 - MNK |
|
C |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
IV |
|
|
-- |
OLD-601; MNK IV ?S |
|
|
|
Unknown |
concretion adhering |
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suina |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD-611 |
12756 |
316 - VEK S |
|
L-MAN-f, TOOTH |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-611; juvenile |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suina |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD-615 |
12757 |
|
|
R-MAN-f, M (3) |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-615; R-MAN-f with 2 M and one erupting |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suina |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD-621 |
12761 |
27 - MNK |
|
M-f |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-621; "MNK OLDOWAY 5/5/35 S" |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suina |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD-637 |
12771 |
|
|
P |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-637; upper premolar, assorted fragments (8) |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suina |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD-672 |
12792 |
316 - VEK S |
|
R-MAN-f, P, M (3) |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-672; R-MAN-f with P4-M3; VEKS 12.4(?).35 |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suina |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
|
|
Kolpochoerus |
majus |
|
|
No |
|
OLD-678 |
12796 |
33 - SWK |
|
C |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
II |
|
|
-- |
OLD-678; 1 large fragment and 8 small fragments; SWK II S13 |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suina |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD-881 |
12948 |
5 - FLK |
|
M |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
II |
|
|
-- |
OLD-881; right? upper M3; FLK II 2.7.? |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suina |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
|
|
Kolpochoerus |
majus |
|
|
No |
|
OLD-911 |
12958 |
|
|
I (2), TOOTH |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-911; juvenile; 2 incisors and one other tooth, possibly premolar |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suina |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD-920 |
12959 |
|
|
MTP |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
II |
|
|
-- |
OLD-920; "OLD ?? II S 7.5.35" |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suina |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD-924 |
12960 |
313 - GRK |
|
L-MAN-f, I (2) |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
II |
|
|
-- |
OLD-924; L-MAN-f with symphysis and I1-2; GRK II 8.5.35 |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suina |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
|
|
Kolpochoerus |
olduvaiensis |
|
|
No |
|
OLD-926 |
12961 |
27 - MNK |
|
M-f |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
III-IV |
|
|
-- |
OLD-926; "OLDOWAY MNK Surface III-IV ? 6.5.35" |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suina |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD-980 |
12992 |
5 - FLK |
|
C |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
II |
|
|
-- |
OLD-980; FLK II S |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suina |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD-468 |
12642 |
|
|
L-MAN-f, M |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
I |
|
|
-- |
OLD-468; L-MAN-f with roots of M3; "bed I surface"; "Hopwood?" |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suina |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
|
|
Kolpochoerus |
olduvaiensis |
|
|
No |
|
M 103887 |
12567 |
|
|
R-M |
1931 |
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
IV |
|
|
-- |
OLD-362; right upper M1 or M2 |
|
|
310 - Hopwood |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suiformes |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
|
Tragelaphini |
|
|
|
|
No |
|
M 103885 |
12622 |
39 - MRC |
|
R-MAN, d-P (3) |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-447; R-MAN wit d-P2, d-P3, and d-P4; "OLD Y MRC 2 5 10/5/35" |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suiformes |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
|
Tragelaphini |
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD-480 |
12655 |
26 - FC |
|
R-M |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
II |
|
|
-- |
OLD-480; right upper M2, partly unworn; FSC IIS 23.5.35 |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suiformes |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
Suinae |
Phacochoerini |
Metridiochoerus |
|
|
formerly Tapinochoerus meadowsi |
No |
|
OLD-488 |
12661 |
|
|
C |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-488 |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suiformes |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD-503 |
12677 |
39 - MRC |
|
TOOTH |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-503 |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suiformes |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD-538 |
12705 |
12 - CK |
|
C |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
IV |
S |
|
-- |
OLD-538; CK IV S |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suiformes |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD-697 |
12805 |
317 - MRK S |
|
L-M-f |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
II |
|
|
-- |
OLD-697; left mesial fragment of upper M3; MRK IIS 21.5.35 |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suiformes |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
Suinae |
Phacochoerini |
Metridiochoerus |
|
|
previous taxonomic ID Tapinochoerus meadowsi |
No |
|
OLD-717 |
12831 |
|
|
MAN-f, TOOTH |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
|
|
|
-- |
OLD-717; MAN-f with one tooth root; 7 pieces |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suiformes |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OLD-722 |
12836 |
67 - FC S |
|
C |
|
114 - Natural History Museum UK |
II |
|
|
-- |
OLD-722 |
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suiformes |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |