Record number
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JS135
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Number of items
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1
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Identification
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Simple name
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fossil
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Full name
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left pisiform (an accessory carpal bone) cf. lion
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Other name
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Lion (a large felid cf. lion)
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Classified name
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Mammalia & Carnivora & Felidae & Panthera leo (?)
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System
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Linnaean
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Status
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Currency
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Authority3
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Authority
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Lister, Adrian, Prof (NMatural History Museum) : 30.5.2018
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Brief description
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Fossil, left pisiform (an accessory carpal bone) cf. a large cat, lion?; pisiform bone; in situ find from the early Middle Pleistocene deposits, Cromer Forest-bed Formation (Runton Member, West Runton Freshwater Bed, bed d) of West Runto
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beach, West Runton, Norfolk, UK
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Note
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Bigger and longer than the example of lion at the Natural History Museum, London
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Description
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Form
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pisiform bone (an accessory left carpal bone or dewclaw)
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Field collection
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Place
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& & West Runton & Norfolk & UK
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Site name
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West Runton beach
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Note4
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3 m east of JS128
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Locality number
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Coordinates
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Relative position
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Stratigraphy
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rock : Cromer Forest-bed Formation & Runton Member & West Runton Freshwater Bed & bed d
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Stratigraphy
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stage : Cromerian
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Stratigraphy
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age : Pleistocene & early Middle Pleistocene
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Stratigraphy
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geocoordinates : 52°56'25.87"N, 1°15'18.37"E
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Note4
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3m east of JS128
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Note3
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Method
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in situ find
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Person
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collector : Stewart, Jonathan
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Date
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Collection number
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Permanent location
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Recorder
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MRW : 18.8.2018
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Description
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Completeness
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Condition
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Part:dimen:reading
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: length : 45 mm
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Part:aspect:desc
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Conservation
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Method
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Person
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conservator :
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Date
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Note
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Reference number
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Photography
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Method
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Person
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photographer : Warren, M.R.
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Date
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12.10.2017
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Photograph number
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IMG_20171012_111526.jpg
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Photograph number
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IMG_20171012_111544.jpg
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Photograph number
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IMG_20171012_111513.jpg
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Photograph number
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IMG_20171012_111604.jpg
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JS135_1.jpg
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Type3
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digitised image
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JS135_2.jpg
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Type3
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digitised image
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JS135_3.jpg
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Type3
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digitised image
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JS135_4.jpg
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Type3
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digitised image
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Note
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Compared with a modern lion the Cromerian specimen is larger
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Process
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Type
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Method
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Person
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Date
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Note
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Reference number
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Documentation group
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Link
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jswestrunton.html
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Documentation group
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Link
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Class
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Reference
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Reference number
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Notes
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Suggestion: could get this cast (or photographs) and sent off to various experts. Definetely a big cat but which of the three large Cromerian cats: Hometherium latidens, Lion, Panther gomabazogensis. Contact Hannah O'Reagan (Ph.D. on H.
gomabazogensis) Liverpool. There is a definite difference cf. lion and this bone is quite variable; this bone is Cromerian so the lions were bigger than modern ones.
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