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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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485 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
OLD-1681 13176 30 - DC PHX 114 - Natural History Museum UK II S -- OLD-1681; "OLDY DC II S 11.5.75" Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Alcelaphinae Alcelaphini No
OLD-1682 13177 19 - SHK PHX 114 - Natural History Museum UK II S -- OLD-1682; "OLDY SHK II S 17.VI.35" Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Alcelaphinae Alcelaphini No
OLD-1683 13178 80 - MCK PHX 114 - Natural History Museum UK IV S -- OLD-1683; "OLDOWAY MCK IV S ?/5/35" Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Alcelaphinae Alcelaphini No
OLD-1684 13179 PHX 114 - Natural History Museum UK II -- OLD-1684 Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Alcelaphinae Alcelaphini No
OLD-1685 13180 26 - FC PHX 114 - Natural History Museum UK II S -- OLD-1685; "OLDY FC. II S. 7.5.35" Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Alcelaphinae Alcelaphini No
OLD-1695 13181 24 - DK PHX 114 - Natural History Museum UK I S -- OLD-1695; "OLDY DK I S 20.VI. 35" Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Alcelaphinae Alcelaphini No
OLD-1702 13182 PHX 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1702; distal PHX Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Alcelaphinae Alcelaphini No
OLD-1703 13183 PHX 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1703; distal PHX Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Alcelaphinae Alcelaphini No
OLD-1704 13184 PHX 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1704; distal PHX Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Alcelaphinae Alcelaphini No
OLD-1705 13185 PHX 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1705; distal PHX Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Alcelaphinae Alcelaphini No
OLD-1706 13186 PHX 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1706; distal PHX Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Alcelaphinae Alcelaphini No
OLD-1707 13187 PHX 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1707; distal PHX Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Alcelaphinae Alcelaphini No
OLD-1708 13188 PHX 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1708; distal PHX Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Alcelaphinae Alcelaphini No
OLD-1709 13189 PHX 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1709; distal PHX Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Alcelaphinae Alcelaphini No
OLD-1710 13190 PHX 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1710; distal PHX Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Alcelaphinae Alcelaphini No
OLD-1740 13191 19 - SHK PHX-f (2) 114 - Natural History Museum UK II S -- OLD-1740; 1 PHX broken into two pieces, A is proximal end and B is distal end; "OLDY SHK IIS 8.V.35" Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Alcelaphinae Alcelaphini No
OLD-1750 13193 PHX 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1750; "Oldoway" Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae Alcelaphinae Alcelaphini No
OLD-1874 13210 PHX 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1874; intermediate PHX Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Ruminantia Bovoidea Bovidae No
OLD-1877 13211 PHX 114 - Natural History Museum UK -- OLD-1877; pedal PHX Unknown Aves No
OLD-1350b 13260 19 - SHK PHX-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK II -- OLD-1350b; proximal phalanx fragment Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae No
OLD-1351b 13261 19 - SHK PHX-f 114 - Natural History Museum UK II -- OLD-1351b; proximal phalanx fragment, immature Unknown Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae No
OLD-205 13270 PHX -- OLD-205; intermediate PHX. Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Equidae No
OVPP-P-4 13279 PHX -- FLKNI OLD 1960 TrII L-3 067-2801. Original. Unknown Aves Yes
OVPP-P-10 13285 PHX -- HWK East Level2 067-1973. Original Unknown Yes
OVPP-P-12 13287 PHX -- IVD 39-185. Original. Looks modern, not fossilized Unknown Yes
OVPP-P-28 13304 Pelvix-f, VER-f, PHX, TOOTH -- OLD-60 FLKNI L-3 067-1303 Unknown Yes
OVPP-P-29 13305 UP2-f, PHX -- OLD-61 FLKNI T2IV L-2 Unknown Carnivora Herpestinae Yes
OVPP-P-37 13313 PHX -- OLD-I-S 1941 F.2961 Unknown Yes
OVPP-P-39 13315 PHX -- OLDOWAY-S-I 1941 F.363 Bed I surface Unknown Yes
OVPP Tyto 1 10177 6 - FLK NN RAD-f , ULNA-f , CARMET , PHX I Brodkorb P., Mourer-Chauviré, C. 1984. Fossil owls from early man sites of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Ostrich; Journal of African Ornithology 55:17-27. Authors do not specify specimen numbers. "Radius, 1 proximal and 1 distal part; ulna, 2 distal parts; carpometacarpus, 1 almost complete and l distal part; l phalanx of the wing; tarsometatarsus, 1 distal part and 2 distal fragments; 4 pedal phalanges" (Brodkorb and Mourer-Chauvire, 1984:23). "Place of conservation of the material: The fossils are currently on deposit at the University of Florida, Department of Zoology, and will later be returned to Tanzania" (Brodkorb and Mourer-Chauvire, 1984:19). Unknown Aves Strigiformes Strigidae Tyto alba cf. affinis No
OVPP Tyto 3 10179 5 - FLK PHX I Brodkorb P., Mourer-Chauviré, C. 1984. Fossil owls from early man sites of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Ostrich; Journal of African Ornithology 55:17-27. Authors do not specify specimen numbers. Three pedal phalanges. "Place of conservation of the material: The fossils are currently on deposit at the University of Florida, Department of Zoology, and will later be returned to Tanzania" (Brodkorb and Mourer-Chauvire, 1984:19). Unknown Aves Strigiformes Strigidae Tyto alba cf. affinis No
OLD 11613 10173 5 - FLK PHX I Brodkorb P., Mourer-Chauviré, C. 1984. Fossil owls from early man sites of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Ostrich; Journal of African Ornithology 55:17-27. Posterior phalanx 2 D II. "Place of conservation of the material: The fossils are currently on deposit at the University of Florida, Department of Zoology, and will later be returned to Tanzania" (Brodkorb and Mourer-Chauvire, 1984:19). Either from FLK N or FLK NN. Authors do not specify which of the four phalanges are from each locality, only that there are two from each. Unknown Aves Strigiformes Strigidae Bubo cf. lacteus No
OLD 16049 10174 5 - FLK PHX I Brodkorb P., Mourer-Chauviré, C. 1984. Fossil owls from early man sites of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Ostrich; Journal of African Ornithology 55:17-27. Posterior phalanx 3 D III. "Place of conservation of the material: The fossils are currently on deposit at the University of Florida, Department of Zoology, and will later be returned to Tanzania" (Brodkorb and Mourer-Chauvire, 1984:19). Either from FLK N or FLK NN. Authors do not specify which of the four phalanges are from each locality, only that there are two from each. Unknown Aves Strigiformes Strigidae Bubo cf. lacteus No
FLK NNI 15886 10192 6 - FLK NN PHX 1960-2 I Haarhoff, P.J. 1993. Latest Pliocene mousebirds (Aves, Coliidae) from Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Ann S Afr Mus. 103:191–211. Right phalanx I of digit II. "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:). Unknown Aves Coliiformes Coliidae Colius cf. striatus No
OH 7 3722 6 - FLK NN 283 - 45 MAN , L-PAR , R-PAR-f , M , OCC-f , L/R-TEM-f , PHX , CAR 1960 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania I 3 On surface of clay immediately overlying Tuff IB. 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. Holotype. "Jonny's Child". Juvenile. Mandible with partial dentition and unerupted R/L-M3, almost complete left parietal and fragments of right parietal, left and right petrous portions (temporal) , "sundry small skull fragments ... [and] twenty-one bones of the hand, including the trapezium, scaphoid and a number of phalanges" (Leakey, MD, 1971:228). "One upper molar, a terminal phalanx, and a broken capitate bone, found on the surface, probably also belong to this individual" (:226). Specimen previously housed at National Museum of Kenya. 264 - Leakey family expedition Yes Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Hominoidea Hominidae Homininae Hominini Homo habilis Holotype No
OH 8 3723 6 - FLK NN 283 - 45 PHX , CAR , TAR , CLA , AST , CAL , CUNE , CUB , NAV , M-f 1960 122 - National Museum and House of Culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania I 3 Leakey MD. (1971) Olduvai Gorge, Vol. 3: excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. The molar-f was found on the surface and "probably also belongs to OH 8" (Leakey MD, 1971:228). Twelve associated foot bones including astragalus (has carnivore tooth marks (Leakey MD, 1971), calcaneus, cuboid and navicular, cuneiforms 1- 3, proximal ends with shafts, five metatarsals. Proximal ends of one metacarpal and three finger phalanges. One radius shaft. Clavicle with damaged articular ends. Foot articulates "almost perfectly with the OH 35 leg" (Susman, 1983:372). 130 - L.S.B. Leakey 264 - Leakey family expedition Yes Mammalia Primates Anthropoidea Haplorhini Hominoidea Hominidae Homininae Hominini Homo habilis Paratype No
M18780 3879 9 - THC PHX I All specimens for this paper are thought to be from one individual (MNI = 1). Each specimen has its own specimen number. This is the proximal phalanx. Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Ceratomorpha Selenida Chalicotherioidea Chalicotheriidae Schizotheriinae Schizotheriini Ancylotherium hennigi No
M18781 3880 9 - THC PHX, (n=2) I All specimens for this paper are thought to be from one individual (MNI = 1). Each specimen has its own specimen number. These are two middle phalanges. Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Ceratomorpha Selenida Chalicotherioidea Chalicotheriidae Schizotheriinae Schizotheriini Ancylotherium hennigi No
M18780 7640 9 - THC PHX I All specimens for this paper are thought to be from one individual (MNI = 1). Each specimen has its own specimen number. This is the proximal phalanx. Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Ceratomorpha Selenida Chalicotherioidea Chalicotheriidae Schizotheriinae Schizotheriini Ancylotherium hennigi No
M18781 7641 9 - THC PHX, (n=2) I All specimens for this paper are thought to be from one individual (MNI = 1). Each specimen has its own specimen number. These are two middle phalanges. Unknown Mammalia Perissodactyla Ceratomorpha Selenida Chalicotherioidea Chalicotheriidae Schizotheriinae Schizotheriini Ancylotherium hennigi No