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IMPORTANT NOTE: We have maintained the originally published taxonomic designation for each specimen despite the fact that many of these specimens have been reclassified since.  We chose to follow this protocol because of the difficulty in keeping up to date with all of the taxonomic groups, and our hesitancy to make a judgement call on taxonomic debates.  As such, please search the database with this in mind, perhaps using higher level taxonomic classifications for your query.

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3807 specimens found
Image Spec # CODI Database ID Arch. Locality Geo. Locality Elements Preserved Excavation Date Repository Bed Level Stratigraphic Horizon Bibliographic Information Curatorial Notes ID By ID Date Research Team In Situ Sediment or Matrix Adhering Class Order Suborder Infraorder Superfamily Family Subfamily Tribe Genus Species Subspecies Taxonomic Notes Taxonomic Problems
1931 II 534 8582 HUM-f 1913 116 - Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie (BSPG), Munich, Germany Black E. 1937. Fossil Antelopes of Olduvai. Scientific results of the Olduvai Expedition 1913:62. Proximal. Label/publication taxon ID: Gorgon taurinus semiticus. Reck Field No.: VI 635. This specimen's number was not visible in any photographs. As a result, the photograph was included because it is likely that the specimen is represented in this image. However, this is not confirmed and it is possible that the specimen is not in this photograph. 273 - Reck expedition Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Alcelaphinae Alcelaphini Megalotragus kattwinkeli Inventoried by Faysal Bibi in 2012. No
OLD-1873 11905 HUM-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1873; humerus distal end fragment Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1081 12009 HUM-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1081; humerus distal end fragment Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1083 12011 HUM-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1083; proximal HUM-f Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae No
OLD-36 12233 HUM-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-36; humerus distal end fragment Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Yes
OLD-1025 12261 HUM-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1025; humerus distal end fragment; may all be from Bed IV; see strat info for OLD-1558 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1026 12262 HUM-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1026; humerus distal end fragment; may all be from Bed IV; see strat info for OLD-1558 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1027 12263 HUM-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1027; humerus distal end fragment; may all be from Bed IV; see strat info for OLD-1558 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1028 12264 HUM-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1028; humerus distal end fragment; may all be from Bed IV; see strat info for OLD-1558 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1029 12265 HUM-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1029; humerus distal end fragment; may all be from Bed IV; see strat info for OLD-1558 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-1080 12274 HUM-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1080; humerus proximal end fragment Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Yes
OLD-492 12666 5 - FLK HUM-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK I -- OLD-492; HUM-f distal; "FLK I S" Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae No
OLD-1802a 13196 HUM-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1802a; proximal HUM-f Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae No
OLD-1803a 13198 HUM-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1803a; HUM-f distal end Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae No
OLD-1803b 13199 HUM-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1803b; HUM-f distal end Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae No
OLD-1804a 13200 HUM-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1804a; HUM-f distal end Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae No
OLD-1804b 13201 HUM-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1804b; HUM-f distal end Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae No
OLD-1805a 13202 HUM-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1805a; HUM-f distal end Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae No
OLD-1805b 13203 HUM-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1805b; distal HUM-f Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae No
OLD-1806a 13204 HUM-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1806a; HUM-f shaft Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae No
OLD-1806b 13205 HUM-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1806b; HUM-f distal shaft Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae No
OLD-1807a 13206 HUM-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1807a; distal HUM-f Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae No
OLD-1807b 13207 HUM-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1807b; distal HUM-f Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae No
OVPP-L-259 8401 I, MAN 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania -- Specimen label: OLD-87-31-8-E. Box#: OLD 87-3-E. 158 - W. Reiner 2012/07/01 Unknown Y Mammalia Perissodactyla Hippomorpha Equidae No
OVPP-L-66 4034 I, MAN-f, TOOTH 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania -- Specimen label: OLD-88-242-2-S. Box #: OLD881-E. 157 - L. Hlusko 2012/6/29 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae No
OLD-822 12916 27 - MNK I (2), MAX-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-822; "OLDOWAY MNK 6.5.35." Unknown two incisors with maxillary fragment adhering Mammalia Artiodactyla Suiformes Suoidea Suidae No
OVPP-Pelorovis 86 752 27 - MNK I?, M?, P? 104 - Unknown II 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. The author states that teeth have been found at MNK but does not indicate which type(s) of teeth have been found. 137 - A. Gentry Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Bovinae Bovini Pelorovis oldowayensis No
OVPP-Syncerus 4 771 24 - DK I?, P?, M? 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. Authors mention "teeth" found here. 137 - A. Gentry Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Bovinae Bovini Syncerus sp. No
OVPP-Syncerus 5 772 7 - FLK North I?, P?, M? 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. Authors mention "teeth" found here. 137 - A. Gentry Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Bovinae Bovini Syncerus sp. No
OVPP-Syncerus 6 773 14 - HWK E I?, P?, M? 104 - Unknown I, II 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. Authors mention "teeth" found here. 137 - A. Gentry Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Bovinae Bovini Syncerus sp. No
OVPP-Syncerus 7 774 23 - TK I?, P?, M? 104 - Unknown II 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. Authors mention "teeth" found here. 137 - A. Gentry Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Bovinae Bovini Syncerus sp. No
OVPP-L-1653 10516 86 - HK Indeterminate bone fragment 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania Unknown Yes
OVPP-L-1656 10519 86 - HK Indeterminate bone fragment 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania Unknown Yes
OVPP-L-1644 10507 298 - CMK Indeterminate bone shaft fragment 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania Unknown Yes
OVPP-P-43 13326 L- MAN (C, P1-M2) -- FLKNI L-3 III-3 761 . Cast Unknown Carnivora Canidae Otocyoninae Prototocyon cf. recki Yes
OVPP-380 9751 L-AST, MTP 126 - Mary Leakey Camp, Antiquities Station Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania I Upper Below Tuff 1E. -- Left astragalus and associated metapodial. 157 - L. Hlusko 2013/06/24 253 - OVPP No Mammalia Perissodactyla Hippomorpha Equidae No
MB.Ma.13715 9225 L-CAR, L-MTC, L-PHX, L-SES 1913 128 - Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Germany -- Left manus. Mfn room number: 0026. 273 - Reck expedition Unknown Mammalia Proboscidea Tethytheria Behemota Elephantoidea Elephantidae Elephas recki Inventoried by Faysal Bibi in 2012. No
FLK NNI 15514 10226 6 - FLK NN L-CARMET-f 1960-2 I Haarhoff, P.J. 1993. Latest Pliocene mousebirds (Aves, Coliidae) from Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Ann S Afr Mus. 103:191–211. Left distal carpometacarpus; incomplete. "The specimen numbers are catalogue numbers of the Olduvai fossil birds, and the data are kept at the Department of Zoology, University of Florida, Gainesville. The fossils belong to the Tanzanian Ministry of Antiquities, Dar es Salaam. They were collected by Mary Leakey in 1960-1962" (Haarhoff, 1993:193). Unknown Aves Coliiformes Coliidae Colius cf. striatus No
OVPP-Clarias 22 2576 6 - FLK NN L-ETHM, SOCC, SKULL-f, R-PORB, L-PAL, R/L-EPHL, R/L-CRHL, R/L-ARTC, CLEI-f, VER, L/R-QUAD, L-DNTY 1960 104 - Unknown I 2, 3 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=66. Multiple of each element is represented; authors do not specify the numbers for every element. These specimens are from trench II. 151 - Greenwood and Todd Yes Actinopterygii Siluriformes Clariidae Clarias sp. No
726 2799 33 - SWK L-ETHM 104 - Unknown II Greenwood, P., and Todd, E. 1970. Fish remains from Olduvai. In: Fossil Vertebrates of Africa,vol. 2 New York: Academic Press. pp. 225-241. At least 3 (probably 4) individuals are represented by the Clarias specimens 626, 726, 727, 729, and 878. 151 - Greenwood and Todd Unknown Actinopterygii Siluriformes Clariidae Clarias sp. No