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Object name(s):
Crocuta crocuta spelaea; hyaena; fossil
Brief description:
Upper right pallate with three worn teeth (p2,p3 and p4); of spotted hyaena (Crocuta crocuta); found by workers in Anstey's Cove Cave near Torquay in 1928 and given to the Flood family when they were on holiday there. Also, a horse tooth, mammoth molar, bear premolar tooth and piece of stalactite/stalagmite.
Collection:
Norfolk Museums
Acquisition date:
6.5.1992
Acquisition method:
gift
Associated concept:
geology
Associated concept:
fossils
Associated concept:
vertebrates
Associated concept:
mammals
Current location:
Not on display - In store
Object name:
Crocuta crocuta spelaea; hyaena; fossil
Object number:
NWHCM : 2008.217.1
Responsible department/section:
Natural History-Geology

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/c999f973-4c27-3b87-9c02-bc4cfd1b854d

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/c999f973-4c27-3b87-9c02-bc4cfd1b854d, Norfolk Museums, CC BY-NC

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