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Object name(s):
fossil: mammal; EQUIDAE: Equus caballus: horse; horse
Brief description:
A probable third phalange or coffin bone of a horse collected at Kents Cavern and donated to RAMM by the British Association for Advancement of Science committee. This bone comes from a creature that lived a wild life, as it dates to over 6000 years before the earliest evidence of domestication of horses. Wild horses were among the favourite prey of the cave hyenas; this complete fossil is a good find as hyenas are capable of crushing bone. This object is not on display.
Collection:
Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery
Current location:
Not on display
Field collection place:
Torquay
Place coordinates:
-3.5030000000000001,50.468200000000003
Field collection place:
Devon
Place coordinates:
-3.5030000000000001,50.468200000000003
Field collection place:
United Kingdom: England
Place coordinates:
-3.5030000000000001,50.468200000000003
Field collection place:
Northern Europe
Place coordinates:
-3.5030000000000001,50.468200000000003
Field collection place:
Europe
Place coordinates:
-3.5030000000000001,50.468200000000003
Object name:
fossil: mammal; EQUIDAE: Equus caballus (Linnaeus,1758): horse; horse
Object number:
31/2006/940
Reproduction number:
31-2006-940.jpg
Reproduction number:
31-2006-940-shot1.jpg
Reproduction number:
31-2006-940-shot3.jpg
Responsible department/section:
Natural Sciences
Responsible department/section:
Fossils

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/734821b7-7469-34d0-8104-6ff62c35cb00

Use licence for this record: CC 0

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/734821b7-7469-34d0-8104-6ff62c35cb00, Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery, CC 0

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