Kent's Cavern (Pleistocene of the United Kingdom)

Also known as Kent's Hole

Where: United Kingdom (50.5° N, 3.5° W: paleocoordinates 50.5° N, 3.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• Devensian Glaciation

Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. J. O. Harrison. 1987. Pleistocene and prehistoric birds of south-west Britain. Proceedings of the University of Bristol Spelaeological Society 18(1):81-104 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 124957: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 01.03.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Aves
 Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae
Phalacrocorax aristotelis Linnaeus 1761 European shag
 Strigiformes - Strigidae
"Nyctea scandiaca" = Bubo scandiacus
"Nyctea scandiaca" = Bubo scandiacus Linnaeus 1758 snowy owl
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
Anser albifrons Scopoli 1769 greater white-fronted goose
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Mammuthus primigenius Blumenbach 1799 wooly mammoth
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Coelodonta antiquitatis Blumenbach 1799 wooly rhino