Kirkdale Cave (Pleistocene of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (54.3° N, 1.0° W: paleocoordinates 54.3° N, 1.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. J. Stuart. 1986. Pleistocene occurrence of hippopotamus in Britain. Quartaerpalaeontologie 6:209-218 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 93828: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 04.02.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Boylan (1981) lists the following as erroneous records from Kirkland Cave: Homo sapiens, Ursus spelaeus, Odobenus rosmarus, Mammuthus primigenius, Rangifer tarandus, Ovibos moschatus, Ovis or Capra sp., Mus musculus
unclassified
  -
? Dicrostonys sp.1
doubtful record
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Muridae
Apodemus sp.1 Kaup 1829 Eurasian field mouse
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Arvicola cantiana1, Microtus agrestis1, "Clethrionomys glareolus" = Myodes1
Arvicola cantiana1 vole
cantiana-terrestris transition form group
Microtus agrestis1 Linnaeus 1761 field vole
"Clethrionomys glareolus" = Myodes1 vole
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lepus cf. capensis1 Linnaeus 1758 cape hare
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
"Dicerorhinus hemitoechus" = Stephanorhinus hemitoechus1
"Dicerorhinus hemitoechus" = Stephanorhinus hemitoechus1 Falconer 1868 rhinoceros
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
? Equus caballus1 Linnaeus 1758 horse
doubtful record
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
? Sus sp.1 Linnaeus 1758 pig
doubtful record
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus 1758 hippo
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Megaloceros giganteus1 Blumenbach 1799 Irish elk
? Cervus bucklandi1 deer
doubtful record
Cervus elaphus1 Linnaeus 1758 red deer
"Cervus cf. dama" = Dama dama1 Linnaeus 1758 fallow deer
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bison cf. priscus1 Bojanus 1827 bison
 Carnivora - Felidae
"Panthera" cf. leo1 Linnaeus 1758 lion
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Crocuta crocuta1 Erxleben 1777 spotted hyaena
subspecies spelaea
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mustela cf. erminea1 Linnaeus 1758 stoat
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus cf. arctos1 Linnaeus 1758 brown bear
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canis cf. lupus1 Linnaeus 1758 gray wolf
Vulpes vulpes1 Linnaeus 1758 red fox
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"Elephas antiquus" = Palaeoloxodon antiquus1
"Elephas antiquus" = Palaeoloxodon antiquus1 Falconer and Cautley 1847 elephant
Aves
 Passeriformes - Corvidae
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax2 Linnaeus 1758 red-billed chough