Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of maps and text-figures
- List of plates
- Introductory Note
- Foreword
- Introduction
- I The general geological evidence
- II Review of earlier reports on the fauna
- III Mammalian fauna: other than Bovidae
- IV Mammalian fauna: Bovidae
- V Non-mammalian fauna
- VI Review of the faunal evidence
- VII The problems of the climatic sequence
- VIII Dating by the potassium–argon technique
- IX Note on fossil human discoveries and cultural evidence
- Appendix 1 Preliminary notes on the stratigraphy of Beds I–IV, Olduvai Gorge, Tanganyika
- Appendix 2 Descriptive list of the named localities in Olduvai Gorge
- References
- Map
- Index
- Plate section
- Plate section
- Plate section
- Plate section
III - Mammalian fauna: other than Bovidae
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 October 2011
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of maps and text-figures
- List of plates
- Introductory Note
- Foreword
- Introduction
- I The general geological evidence
- II Review of earlier reports on the fauna
- III Mammalian fauna: other than Bovidae
- IV Mammalian fauna: Bovidae
- V Non-mammalian fauna
- VI Review of the faunal evidence
- VII The problems of the climatic sequence
- VIII Dating by the potassium–argon technique
- IX Note on fossil human discoveries and cultural evidence
- Appendix 1 Preliminary notes on the stratigraphy of Beds I–IV, Olduvai Gorge, Tanganyika
- Appendix 2 Descriptive list of the named localities in Olduvai Gorge
- References
- Map
- Index
- Plate section
- Plate section
- Plate section
- Plate section
Summary
The fauna of Olduvai is now represented by very extensive collections found in situ in Beds I and II. These are supplemented by material collected on the surface or excavated from exposures when the fossils had become visible as a result of erosion. These collections will require many years of work before the final reports can be published. This is partly because many specimens have to be sent to specialists all over the world and partly because the quantity of material in certain groups is very great indeed. In the present volume it is possible to give only a summary, but this will present a clearer picture of the fauna of Olduvai than has been possible in the past.
In this and the next two chapters, only the families, subfamilies and genera are given in some cases, since the detailed work has not yet been carried out. In other groups, such as the Bovidae and the Suidae, a more complete picture is given, with diagnoses and descriptions of new genera and species, where possible. Material which had previously been inadequately described is dealt with a little more fully and is illustrated. In a few cases the quantity of material is so great, as for example in the genera Pelorovis and Bularchus, that no attempt has been made to discuss it in detail for the time being.
In this chapter, various scientists have collaborated to present a preliminary statement, and I am most grateful to them.
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- Olduvai Gorge , pp. 12 - 36Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1965