|
OH 2 |
3718 |
27 - MNK |
279 - 88 |
CRA-f |
1935 |
106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) |
III/IV |
Lowest horizon of Bed IVa. |
Surface. Found at head of MNK Gully where Beds II and IV are exposed. |
Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
Two cranial vault fragments. Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya. Not found at House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. |
142 - M. D. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Hominoidea |
Hominidae |
Homininae |
Hominini |
Homo |
erectus |
|
Similar to OH 9 and OH 12. |
No |
|
OH 22 |
3737 |
73 - VEK/MNK |
|
R-MAN-f
, R-P
, R-M
, R-I-f
, R-C-f |
1968 |
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
III/IV |
|
Surface, indeterminate gravel |
Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
Right half of mandible with roots of I1-C and complete P3-M2. Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya. |
|
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Hominoidea |
Hominidae |
Homininae |
Hominini |
Homo |
cf. erectus |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-168 |
7846 |
|
|
FEM |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
III/IV |
|
Five meters below Masek/Ndutu. |
-- |
Needs preparation- in three pieces. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2012/07/06 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-169 |
7847 |
|
|
L-M |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
III/IV |
|
Five meters below Masek/Ndutu. |
-- |
Left mandibular M3. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2012/07/06 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-170 |
7848 |
|
|
HOR |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
III/IV |
|
Five meters below Masek/Ndutu. |
-- |
|
157 - L. Hlusko |
2012/07/06 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-171 |
7849 |
|
|
R-MAN-f, R-M |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
III/IV |
|
Five meters below Masek/Ndutu. |
-- |
Right mandibular fragment with M3. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2012/07/06 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
Y |
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-172 |
7850 |
|
|
MTP |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
III/IV |
|
Five meters below Masek/Ndutu. |
-- |
Proximal metapodial. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2012/07/06 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Carnivora |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-173 |
7851 |
|
|
HOR |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
III/IV |
|
Five meters below Masek/Ndutu. |
-- |
|
157 - L. Hlusko |
2012/07/06 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-174 |
7852 |
|
|
M |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
III/IV |
|
Five meters below Masek/Ndutu. |
-- |
Mandibular molar. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2012/07/06 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-175 |
7853 |
|
|
M |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
III/IV |
|
Five meters below Masek/Ndutu. |
-- |
Maxillary molar. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2012/07/06 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-176 |
7854 |
|
|
P |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
III/IV |
|
Five meters below Masek/Ndutu. |
-- |
Maxillary premolar. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2012/07/06 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-181 |
7859 |
|
|
M |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
III/IV |
|
|
-- |
|
157 - L. Hlusko |
2012/07/06 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Perissodactyla |
Hippomorpha |
|
|
Equidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-526 |
9897 |
|
|
L-MAN-f, M |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
III/IV |
|
Stream channel 20m below top of section. |
-- |
Left mandibular fragment with M1-2 and partial M3. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2013/06/30 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Alcelaphinae |
Hippotragini |
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-527 |
9898 |
|
|
R-MAN-f, M |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
III/IV |
|
Stream channel 20m below top of section. |
-- |
Right mandibular fragment with M3. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2013/06/30 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Antilopinae |
Antilopini |
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-528 |
9899 |
|
|
L-MAN-f, d/L-P |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
III/IV |
|
Red popcorn clays 20m below top of section. |
-- |
Juvenile left mandible with dP3 and dP4. Needs prep. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2013/06/30 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Antilopinae |
Reduncini |
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-530 |
9901 |
|
|
PHX |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
III/IV |
|
About 10m below silt/ash horizon in popcorn clays. |
-- |
Intermediate phalanx. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2013/06/30 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Perissodactyla |
Hippomorpha |
|
|
Equidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-531 |
9902 |
|
|
R-M |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
III/IV |
|
3m below silt/ash in popcorn clays. |
-- |
Right mandibular M3. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2013/06/30 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
Y |
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Alcelaphinae |
Alcelaphini |
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-532 |
9903 |
|
|
PHX |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
III/IV |
|
3m below silt/ash in popcorn clays. |
-- |
Distal phalanx. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2013/06/30 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-533 |
9904 |
|
|
HOR |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
III/IV |
|
10m below silt/ash resistant horizon. |
-- |
|
157 - L. Hlusko |
2013/06/30 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-536 |
9907 |
|
|
L-MAN-f, L-M |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
III/IV |
|
Sandstone. |
-- |
Left mandibular fragment with M2-3. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2013/06/30 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Alcelaphinae |
Alcelaphini |
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-537 |
9908 |
|
|
R-MAN-f, R-M, CER |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
III/IV |
|
20m below top of section. |
-- |
2 pieces- A and B. Right mandible with M1-3 with associated cervical vertebra. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2013/06/30 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
Y |
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Alcelaphinae |
Alcelaphini |
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-538 |
9909 |
|
|
R-MAN-f, R-M |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
III/IV |
|
Sandstone. |
-- |
Right mandible fragment with M2-3. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2013/06/30 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
Y |
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Alcelaphinae |
Alcelaphini |
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-539 |
9910 |
|
|
L-MAN-f, L-M |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
III/IV |
|
Sandstone. |
-- |
Left mandible fragment with M1-2. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2013/06/30 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
|
Antilopini |
|
|
|
Very small- dik-dik? |
No |
|
OVPP-548 |
9919 |
|
|
HOR-f |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
III/IV |
|
8m below top of section. |
-- |
|
157 - L. Hlusko |
2013/06/30 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OH 34 |
3749 |
76 - JK W |
|
FEM
, TIB-f |
1962 |
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
III/ IV |
for Bed IV level = a |
|
Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
Femur described as "slender" (Leakey MD, 1971) and shaft of tibia. Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya. |
|
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Hominoidea |
Hominidae |
Homininae |
Hominini |
Homo |
sp. |
|
Slender bone |
No |
|
OVPP-155 |
7832 |
|
|
M |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
III, IV |
|
In clays below archaeology site. |
-- |
Mandibular molar. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2012/07/06 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
|
Alcelaphini |
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-156 |
7835 |
|
|
M |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
III, IV |
|
Sands. |
-- |
Mandibular P2. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2012/07/06 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
|
Bovini |
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-157 |
7836 |
|
|
M |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
III, IV |
|
|
-- |
Maxillary molar. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2012/07/06 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
Y |
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
|
Bovini |
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-158 |
7837 |
|
|
PHX |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
III, IV |
|
|
-- |
Distal phalanx. Turtle? |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2012/07/06 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-159 |
7838 |
|
|
MAN-f, M |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
III, IV |
|
|
-- |
Mandibular fragment with M3. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
|
253 - OVPP |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Suiformes |
|
Suoidea |
Suidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-160 |
7839 |
|
|
R-MAN-f, R-M |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
III, IV |
|
|
-- |
Right mandibular fragment with M3. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2012/07/06 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-166 |
7844 |
|
|
d-M |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
III, IV |
|
Ten meters below Masek/Ndutu. |
-- |
Mandibular dm1. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2012/07/06 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-167 |
7845 |
|
|
P |
|
126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania |
III, IV |
|
Ten meters below Masek/Ndutu. |
-- |
Maxillary premolar. |
157 - L. Hlusko |
2012/07/06 |
253 - OVPP |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
1405 |
2843 |
67 - FC S |
|
L-ETHM-f |
1957 |
104 - Unknown |
III, IV |
|
|
Greenwood, P., and Todd, E. 1970. Fish remains from Olduvai. In: Fossil Vertebrates of Africa,vol. 2 New York: Academic Press. pp. 225-241. |
Specimens are either from Bed III or IV. The authors report this specimen as a fragment of a skull roofing bone, probably a left ethmoid. |
151 - Greenwood and Todd |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Actinopterygii |
Siluriformes |
|
|
|
Clariidae |
|
|
Clarias |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
1406 |
2844 |
67 - FC S |
|
VER |
1957 |
104 - Unknown |
III, IV |
|
|
Greenwood, P., and Todd, E. 1970. Fish remains from Olduvai. In: Fossil Vertebrates of Africa,vol. 2 New York: Academic Press. pp. 225-241. |
Specimens are either from Bed III or IV. |
151 - Greenwood and Todd |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Actinopterygii |
Siluriformes |
|
|
|
Clariidae |
|
|
Clarias |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
OVPP-Clarias 37 |
2845 |
25 - GC |
|
MSEH |
|
104 - Unknown |
III, IV |
|
|
Greenwood, P., and Todd, E. 1970. Fish remains from Olduvai. In: Fossil Vertebrates of Africa,vol. 2 New York: Academic Press. pp. 225-241. |
This specimen was recovered from the junction of Beds III and IV. |
151 - Greenwood and Todd |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Actinopterygii |
Siluriformes |
|
|
|
Clariidae |
|
|
Clarias |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
1405 |
6611 |
67 - FC S |
|
L-ETHM-f |
1957 |
104 - Unknown |
III, IV |
|
|
Greenwood, P., and Todd, E. 1970. Fish remains from Olduvai. In: Fossil Vertebrates of Africa,vol. 2 New York: Academic Press. pp. 225-241. |
Specimens are either from Bed III or IV. The authors report this specimen as a fragment of a skull roofing bone, probably a left ethmoid. |
151 - Greenwood and Todd |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Actinopterygii |
Siluriformes |
|
|
|
Clariidae |
|
|
Clarias |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
1406 |
6612 |
67 - FC S |
|
VER |
1957 |
104 - Unknown |
III, IV |
|
|
Greenwood, P., and Todd, E. 1970. Fish remains from Olduvai. In: Fossil Vertebrates of Africa,vol. 2 New York: Academic Press. pp. 225-241. |
Specimens are either from Bed III or IV. |
151 - Greenwood and Todd |
|
|
Unknown |
|
Actinopterygii |
Siluriformes |
|
|
|
Clariidae |
|
|
Clarias |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
M. 21451 |
128 |
18 - VEK |
|
CRA-f, R-HOR-f |
1935 |
106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) |
III, IV |
|
|
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
This holotype was found at the junction of Beds 3 and 4. It is pictured in plates 49 and 50. [This species is documented at SHK II, FLK N I, and BK II (Leakey, 1971).] |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Yes |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Bovinae |
Bovini |
Gorgon |
olduvaiensis |
|
Holotype - Gentry and Gentry (1978) reclassified this specimen as Connochaetes taurinus olduvaiensis. |
No |
|
M. 21447 |
181 |
23 - TK |
|
CRA, L/R-MAX-f, L-HOR, L/R-P, L/R-M, L/R-I |
1931 |
106 - Natural History Museum UK (?) |
III, IV |
|
4 feet below Masek Beds |
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
This neotype specimen is pictured in plates 81 and 82. The original holotype of M. kattwinkelli (VI-1099) was lost in WWII in Munich. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
Unknown |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Alcelaphinae |
Alcelaphini |
Xenocephalus |
kattwinkelli |
|
Neotype - This specimen was reclassified by Gentry and Gentry (1978) as Megalotragus kattwinkeli. |
No |