Victoria Cave: Late/Upper Pleistocene, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Palaeoloxodon antiquus
(Falconer and Cautley 1847)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Ursus arctos
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Hyaenidae
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Crocuta crocuta
(Erxleben 1777)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Panthera leo
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bos sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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| or Bison sp. | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Megaloceros giganteus
(Blumenbach 1799)
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Cervus elaphus
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Hippopotamidae
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Hippopotamus amphibius
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Dicerorhinus hemitoechus
(Falconer 1868)
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| recombined as Stephanorhinus hemitoechus | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England |
| Coordinates: | 54.1° North, 2.2° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 54.1° North, 2.2° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
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
| Stratigraphy comments: Ipswichian |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | travertine |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | cave |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 96782 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-06-30 13:30:25 | Last modified: | 2023-04-14 23:51:58 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-06-30 13:30:25 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 33015. | M. Gascoyne, A. P. Currant, and T. C. Lord. 1981. Ipswichian fauna of Victoria Cave and the marine palaeoclimatic record. Nature 294:652-654 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |