The Fossil Record

[Greg]

I would like to have a table indicating the number of fossils per species (or  set of species,  i.e. gracile  australopiths, robust australopiths, early homo, h. erectus, etc) and skeletal element.  The number, that is, known.  So, for instance,  we could say that we have 88 australopith femurs, or whatever.

Obviously, the taxonomic distinction would would be approximate or inferred ... and now that I think about it not important.  I simply want a list of bones with the number of pre-H. sap fossils per.  

Does anyone know of such a list, that is fairly current?  If not, does anyone know of any plans to produce one?  

Thanks,

GTL

[ergaster]

I've never heard of a comprehensive list, but there are some approximations, such as in Day's Guide to Fossil Man, which lists discoveries per site (at least some sites, like Koobi Fora and Olduvai) up to a certain date.

Henry McHenry assembled lists of hominin postcrania (A. afarensis, A. africanus, A. robustus, A. boisei. H. habilis s.l., H. ergaster (= "early H. erectus") and Hominidae gen. et sp. indet.) in his article "Early hominid postcrania: phylogeny and function" from Corruccini & Ciochon (eds), Integrative Paths to the Past: Paleoanthropological Advances in Honor of F. Clark Howell. 1994, pp. 251-268.

Deb