Dove Holes, Derbyshire: Middle Pleistocene, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Archidiskodon meridionalis
(Nesti 1825)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Mammuthus meridionalis | ||||||||||
| Dawkins 1903.a fragmentary stump of an early tooth in the dental series. | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Anancus arvernensis
(Croizet and Jobert 1828)
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| Dawkins 1903. 18 teeth and many broken waterworn bones. | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Hyaenidae
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Hyaena sp.
Brisson 1762
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Dawkins 1903. 1 left ulna, 1 humerus shaft (fragmentary). | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Machairodus crenatidens
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9 specimens | |||||||||
| I.D. Dawkins 1903. 3 upper canines, 2 upper carnassials, 1 distal right tibia, 1 right radius, 1 femur and 1 distal fragment of humerus. | ||||||||||
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= Homotherium sainzelli
Aymard 1853
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Spencer and Melville 1974 | |||||||||
| 12 specimens. The femur is re-identified as a horse metatarsal. | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus stenonis
Cocchi 1867
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Dawkins 1903. | ||||||||||
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= Equus cf. bressanus
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Spencer and Melville 1974 | |||||||||
| i.d by J. Brunet, quoted in Spencer & Melville. | ||||||||||
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Equus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| 1 metatarsal previously identified as a Machairodus femur . Also 1 incomplete radius, markedily different in preservation and not thought to be co-eval with the rest of the fauna. | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Cervus etueriarum
Croizet and Jobert 1828
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| Dawkins 1903. all bones, no antlers. | ||||||||||
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= Dama nestii
Azzaroli 1947
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Spencer and Melville 1974 | |||||||||
| recombined as Cervus nestii | ||||||||||
| Dama nestii nestii | ||||||||||
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Eucladoceros sp.
Falconer 1868
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12 specimens | |||||||||
| 1 scapula, 1 ilium, radii, 2 distal tibiae, 5 distal humerii fragments, 1 metacarpal shaft. Too large for Dama, too small for E. sedgwicki, possibly E. falconeri or E. tetraceros. | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | Derbyshire |
| Coordinates: | 53.3° North, 1.9° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 53.3° North, 1.9° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Altitude: | 350 meters |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Chibanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Middle Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.77400 - 0.12900 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: Upper Villafranchian, Lower Middle Pleistocene. 'Cromerian'. |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Lithology description: 'Horizontally stratified yellowish red clay containing angular and rolled pebbles of local Carboniferous and other rocks.' | |
| Environment: | cave |
| Geology comments: 'The cave was described as about 90ft (27.4m) long, 15ft (4.5m) high and 4 ft (1.2m) across at its northern end, descending slightly to the south and contracting to a dead end.' Mammalian bones scattered irregularly through the deposit. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | salvage,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Collection method comments: 'It is clear that only a few bones were recovered and that a much larger number had been buried under Quarry rubbish before their importance was realized.' First published by Dawkins 1903.
Specimens held at Buxton Museum and Manchester Museum. | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Doveholes | ||
| Database number: | 49989 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Turner | Enterer: | H. O'Regan |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | PACED |
| Created: | 2005-05-04 02:57:50 | Last modified: | 2017-05-19 14:08:20 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-05-04 02:57:50 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 13425. | PACED | H. E. P. Spencer and R. V. Melville. 1974. The Pleistocene mammalian fauna of Dove Holes, Derbyshire. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Great Britain 48:43-53 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan] |