|
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 14 |
3729 |
27 - MNK |
287 - 88 "Skull Site" |
CRA-f
, FRO-f
, R-PAR-f |
1963 |
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
II |
Lower Middle B |
Surface. Inferred as same horizon as OH 13 (Leakey MD, 1971). |
Leakey, L.S.B., Tobias, P.V. & Napier, J.R. 1964. A new species of the genus Homo from Olduvai Gorge. Nature 202(4927): 7-9. |
Juvenile (sutures unfused). Thin skull. Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya. 11 pieces found at House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. |
130 - L.S.B. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Hominoidea |
Hominidae |
|
|
|
|
|
Juvenile, parietal is thin. |
No |
|
OH 16 |
3731 |
72 - FLK Maiko Gully |
283 - 45 |
CRA-f
, TOOTH
, MAN
, |
1963 |
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
II |
base |
+ Tuff IF (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. |
Upper and lower dentition, calotte, and > 1500 unidentified fragments due to cattle trampling. Majority of fragments found on surface of Tuff IF, some teeth found in situ, 2 feet above Tuff IF. 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 |
habilis |
|
Leakey LSB, 1964 refers to this specimen as Homo erectus. Leakey, Tobias, and Napier provisionally assign it to Homo habilis (referred material, not paratype) (1964), and Leakey MD, 1971 refers to it as cf. Australopithecus. |
Yes |
|
OH 20 |
3735 |
11 - HWK |
289 - 44 |
L-FEM-f |
1959 |
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
II or I |
Lowermost if Bed II, upper if Bed I |
Surface |
Day, MH. 1969. Femoral Fragment of a Robust Australopithecine from Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Nature. 22: 230-233. |
Proximal end of large left femur missing head, greater and lesser trochanters damaged. Either Lower Bed II or Upper Bed I (Leakey MD, 1971:233). Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya. |
142 - M. D. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Hominoidea |
Hominidae |
|
|
Australopithecus |
cf. boisei |
|
|
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 |
|
OH 25 |
3740 |
|
268 - 54 |
L-PAR-f |
1968 |
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
IV |
a |
Surface |
Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
Left parietal fragment ca. asterion. Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya. |
142 - M. D. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Hominoidea |
Hominidae |
|
|
|
|
|
Juvenile. |
No |
|
OH 30 |
3745 |
72 - FLK Maiko Gully |
283 - 45 |
TOOTH
, d-TOOTH
, CRA-f
, |
1969 |
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
II |
Lower |
Surface |
|
"Parts deciduous and germ dentitions" (Leakey MD, 1971:234). Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya. |
|
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Hominoidea |
Hominidae |
|
|
Australopithecus |
boisei |
|
|
No |
|
OH 31 |
3746 |
14 - HWK E |
|
M-f |
1969 |
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
I |
Upper |
Surface 1.5 m below Tuff IF |
Tobias, PV. 1991. The Skulls, endocasts and teeth of Homo habilis. Cambridge: University Press. |
Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya. |
|
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Hominoidea |
Hominidae |
Homininae |
Hominini |
Homo |
|
|
|
No |
|
OH 32 |
3747 |
27 - MNK |
|
M-f |
1969 |
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
II |
Middle |
Surface. |
|
Broken. Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya. |
|
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Hominoidea |
Hominidae |
Homininae |
Hominini |
Homo |
|
|
|
No |
|
OH 33 |
3748 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
CRA-f |
1969 |
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
I |
|
Surface |
Tobias, PV. 1991. The Skulls, endocasts and teeth of Homo habilis. Cambridge: University Press. |
Thin vault fragments. Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya. |
|
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Hominoidea |
Hominidae |
Homininae |
Hominini |
Homo |
|
|
Very thin skull |
No |
|
OH 42 |
3757 |
37 - HWK EE |
|
P-f |
1972 |
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
I |
Upper |
Surface. |
Leakey, M.D. 1978. Olduvai fossil hominids:their stratigraphic positions and associations. In: Jolly, CJ, editor. Early hominids of Africa. London:Duckworth. P. 3-16. |
Broken crown of upper premolar. Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya. |
142 - M. D. Leakey |
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Hominoidea |
Hominidae |
Homininae |
Hominini |
Homo |
habilis |
|
|
No |
|
OH 51 |
3766 |
35 - GTC |
|
L-MAND-f, L-P, L-M |
1974 |
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
III |
|
Surface. |
-- |
Mandible fragment with P4 and M1. Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya. |
|
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Hominoidea |
Hominidae |
Homininae |
Hominini |
Homo |
erectus |
|
|
No |
|
OH 52 |
3767 |
24 - DK |
|
L-CRA-f |
1969 |
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
I |
Lower |
Surface. |
-- |
Incomplete left temporal. Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya. |
|
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Hominoidea |
Hominidae |
Homininae |
Hominini |
Homo |
habilis |
|
|
No |
|
OH 54 |
3769 |
72 - FLK Maiko Gully |
|
M-f |
1969 |
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
I |
|
Surface. |
-- |
Half of lower M1 or M2. Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya. |
|
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Hominoidea |
Hominidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
OH 55 |
3770 |
78 - FLK S |
|
M-f |
1976 |
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
I |
|
Surface. |
-- |
Weathered crown of molar. Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya. |
|
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Hominoidea |
Hominidae |
Homininae |
Hominini |
Homo |
habilis |
|
|
No |
|
OH 57 |
3772 |
14 - HWK E |
|
P-f |
1977 |
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
Lower |
II |
Surface. |
-- |
Lower P3 or P4 crown. Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya. |
|
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Hominoidea |
Hominidae |
Homininae |
Hominini |
Homo |
sp. |
|
|
No |
|
OH 62 |
3777 |
78 - FLK S |
|
SKULL-f, UK |
1987 |
122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
I |
Middle
Surface. |
Johanson, D. C., Masao, F. T., Eck, G. G., White, T. D., Walter, R. C., Kimbel, W. H., Asfaw,B., Manega, P. C., Ndessokia, P. & Suwa, G. (1987). New partial skeleton of HomoJohanson, D.C., Masao |
Postcranial and skull fragments, 302 pieces. |
|
|
264 - Leakey family expedition |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Hominoidea |
Hominidae |
Homininae |
Hominini |
Homo |
habilis |
|
|
No |
|
|
OH 67 |
3782 |
14 - HWK E |
|
M-f |
2001 |
127 - National Natural History Museum, Arusha, Tanzania |
II |
Lowermost |
Surface. |
|
Upper adult fragment. Specimen is pictured on top right in image 1. |
|
|
|
No |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Hominoidea |
Hominidae |
|
|
|
|
|
Homo or Australopithecus |
No |
|
OH 77 |
3792 |
14 - HWK E |
|
L-M-f |
2010 |
127 - National Natural History Museum, Arusha, Tanzania |
II |
Lowermost |
Surface. |
OLAPP/Earthwatch”Discovered by an Earthwatch project led by F.T. Masao in 2003 and 2004, respectively, and will be described elsewhere.” -R. Clarke (2011) |
Left upper M2 crown. |
|
|
|
No |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Hominoidea |
Hominidae |
|
|
Australopithecus |
africanus |
|
|
No |
|
OH 78 |
3793 |
10 - BK |
|
H-f |
2007 |
127 - National Natural History Museum, Arusha, Tanzania |
II |
Lower-Middle? |
Surface. |
OLAPP/Earthwatch”Discovered by an Earthwatch project led by F.T. Masao in 2003 and 2004, respectively, and will be described elsewhere.” -R. Clarke (2011) |
Humerus shaft, subaerial weathering. |
|
|
|
No |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Hominoidea |
Hominidae |
|
|
Australopithecus |
africanus |
|
OH 75-like |
No |
|
OH 79 |
3794 |
49 - BK E |
|
CRA-f |
2007 |
127 - National Natural History Museum, Arusha, Tanzania |
II |
Lower-Middle |
Surface. |
OLAPP “Discovered by an Earthwatch project led by F.T. Masao in 2003 and 2004, respectively, and will be described elsewhere.” -R. Clarke (2011)/Earthwatch |
Weathered. |
|
|
|
No |
|
Mammalia |
Primates |
Anthropoidea |
Haplorhini |
Hominoidea |
Hominidae |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
|
F. 3013 P.P.F. 6 |
4306 |
|
|
L/R-HOR-f, CRA-f, FRLT |
1941 |
105 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (?) |
|
|
|
Leakey LSB. 1965. Olduvai Gorge 1951-1961, Volume 1: Fauna and Background. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
This specimen is pictured in plate 78. 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 |
No |
|
Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Ruminantia |
|
Bovoidea |
Bovidae |
Antilopinae |
Antilopini |
Antidorcas |
kattwinkeli |
|
This specimen was reclassified by Gentry and Gentry (1978) as Megalotragus kattwinkeli. |
No |
|
OVPP-Clarias 11 |
2460 |
6 - FLK NN |
|
SKULL-f, PCG-f, VER, OPER, IOPL, EPHL, SPINE, RAY |
1960 |
104 - Unknown |
I |
Scree |
|
Greenwood, P., and Todd, E. 1970. Fish remains from Olduvai. In: Fossil Vertebrates of Africa,vol. 2 New York: Academic Press. pp. 225-241. |
MNI=18. Multiple of each element is represented; authors do not specify numbers for each element.It is unclear which specimens belong together. |
151 - Greenwood and Todd |
|
|
No |
|
Actinopterygii |
Siluriformes |
|
|
|
Clariidae |
|
|
Clarias |
sp. |
|
|
No |