- Object name(s):
- fossil: mammal; HYAENIDAE: Crocuta crocuta spelaea: cave hyena; cave hyena
- Brief description:
- This jaw bone is the first fossil recorded in RAMM’s fossil register (it has the accession number Fos1). Hyena made a den in Kent’s Cavern. They were scavengers but also hunted in packs and could drag baby mammoth back to the caves. This object is not on display.
- Collection:
- Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery
- Current location:
- Not on display
- Dimension:
- whole length 120 mm
- Dimension:
- whole W 50 mm
- Dimension:
- whole H 40 mm
- Field collection date:
- 1822
- Field collection place:
- Torquay
- Field collection place:
- Devon
- Field collection place:
- United Kingdom: England
- Field collection place:
- Northern Europe
- Field collection place:
- Europe
- Field collector:
- Reverend J Belfield (collector)
- Object name:
- fossil: mammal; HYAENIDAE: Crocuta crocuta spelaea (Goldfuss): cave hyena; cave hyena
- Object number:
- Fos1
- Reproduction number:
- fos1.jpg
- Responsible department/section:
- Natural Sciences
- Responsible department/section:
- Fossils
- Right type:
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
- Use title:
- Hollow Earth. Exhibition 2023
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/756155d3-99a6-3687-b8ae-05c162def962
Use licence for this record: CC 0
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/756155d3-99a6-3687-b8ae-05c162def962, Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery, CC 0
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