Kirkdale Cave: Late/Upper Pleistocene, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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? Dicrostonys sp.
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Boylan 1981 | |||||||||
| doubtful record | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Corvidae
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Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Seward et al. 2006 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Elephas antiquus
Falconer and Cautley 1847
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Boylan 1981 | |||||||||
| recombined as Palaeoloxodon antiquus | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Dicerorhinus hemitoechus
(Falconer 1868)
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Boylan 1981 | |||||||||
| recombined as Stephanorhinus hemitoechus | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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? Equus caballus
Linnaeus 1758
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Boylan 1981 | |||||||||
| doubtful record | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Hippopotamidae
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Hippopotamus amphibius
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Megaloceros giganteus
(Blumenbach 1799)
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Boylan 1981 | |||||||||
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? Cervus bucklandi
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Boylan 1981 | |||||||||
| doubtful record | ||||||||||
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Cervus elaphus
Linnaeus 1758
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Boylan 1981 | |||||||||
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Cervus cf. dama
Linnaeus 1758
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Boylan 1981 | |||||||||
| recombined as Dama dama | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bison cf. priscus
(Bojanus 1827)
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Boylan 1981 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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? Sus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Boylan 1981 | |||||||||
| doubtful record | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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"Panthera" cf. leo
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Boylan 1981 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Hyaenidae
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Crocuta crocuta
(Erxleben 1777)
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Boylan 1981 | |||||||||
| subspecies spelaea | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Vulpes vulpes
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Boylan 1981 | |||||||||
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Canis cf. lupus
Linnaeus 1758
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Boylan 1981 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Ursus cf. arctos
Linnaeus 1758
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Boylan 1981 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Mustela cf. erminea
Linnaeus 1758
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Boylan 1981 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Arvicola cantiana
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Boylan 1981 | |||||||||
| cantiana-terrestris transition form group | ||||||||||
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Microtus agrestis
(Linnaeus 1761)
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Boylan 1981 | |||||||||
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Clethrionomys glareolus
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Boylan 1981 | |||||||||
| synonym of Myodes | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Muridae
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Apodemus sp.
Kaup 1829
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Boylan 1981 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Lepus cf. capensis
Linnaeus 1758
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Boylan 1981 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | North Yorkshire |
| Coordinates: | 54.3° North, 1.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 54.3° North, 1.0° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | cave |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:Boylan (1981) lists the following as erroneous records from Kirkland Cave: Homo sapiens, Ursus spelaeus, Odobenus rosmarus, Mammuthus primigenius, Rangifer tarandus, Ovibos moschatus, Ovis or Capra sp., Mus musculus | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 93828 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-02-04 07:31:37 | Last modified: | 2015-07-30 16:27:16 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-02-04 07:31:37 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 31900. | A. J. Stuart. 1986. Pleistocene occurrence of hippopotamus in Britain. Quartaerpalaeontologie 6:209-218 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 37407 | P. J. Boylan. 1981. A new revision of the Pleistocene mammalian fauna of Kirkdale Cave, Yorkshire. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society 43(3):253-280 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 40735 | L. Seward, S. D. Chapman, and A. P. Currant. 2006. A catalogue of British Pleistocene birds identified by Colin JO Harrison and stored in the Natural History Museum, London, (Department of Palaeontology). Historical Biology 18(2):235-254 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |