An inventory of British remains of Homotherium (Mammalia,Carnivora, Felidae), with special reference to the material from Kent's Cavern |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Archaeology, University of Durham, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, UK;2. Centre for GeoGenetics, København Universitet, The Natural History Museum, Øster Voldgade 5-7, 1350 Copenhagen, Denmark;1. Institute of Geosciences, Altenhoeferallee 1, Goethe-University Frankfurt, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany;2. Departamento de Paleontología, Facultad de Ciencias Geológicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Calle José Antonio Novais, 2, 28040 Madrid, Spain;1. Department of Cultural Heritage, University of Bologna, Via degli Ariani 1, 48121 Ravenna, Italy;2. Department of Human Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany;3. Center for the Study of Human Origins, Department of Anthropology, New York University, 25 Waverly Place, New York, NY 10003, USA;4. Sezione di Scienze Preistoriche e Antropologiche, Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici, Università di Ferrara, Corso Ercole I d''Este 32, I-44100 Ferrara, Italy;5. Department of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z1 Canada;1. IPHES, Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social, Campus Sescelades URV, edifici W3, 43007 Tarragona, Spain;2. Àrea de Prehistòria, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Avinguda de Catalunya 35, 43002 Tarragona, Spain;3. Sezione di Scienze Preistoriche e Antropologiche, Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici, Università degli Studi di Ferrara, Corso Ercole I d''Este, 32, I-44121 Ferrara, Italy;4. Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra “A. Desio”, Università Statale di Milano, Via Mangiagalli 34, 20133 Milan, Italy;1. Sorbonne universités - CR2P - MNHN, CNRS, UPMC-Paris 6, CP 38, 8, rue Buffon, 75231 Paris cedex 05, France;2. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Department of Human Evolution, Deutscher Platz 6, 04103 Leipzig, Germany;1. Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100044, China;2. Department of Geosciences and Don Sundquist Center of Excellence in Paleontology, East Tennessee State University, Box 70357, Johnson City, TN 37614, USA |
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| Abstract: | The genus Homotherium, while wide ranging in Eurasia, has only been considered a sporadic component of the British Pleistocene fauna. The Early Pleistocene Homotherium crenatidens and the Middle to Late Pleistocene Homotherium latidens have however held a prominent position in the annals of the 19th century British geology and the discussion of the antiquity of man. As many of the UK sites containing Homotherium were first investigated over a hundred years ago, the literature is quite confused on the question of what was found and where it was finally curated. An attempt has been made to track down all specimens of British Homotherium mentioned in the literature and to give their current location. As part of this study, I correctly identify for the first time all the Homotherium canines from Kent's Cavern pictured in the famous Plate F of MacEnery. Additionally, a single Homotherium incisor, found by MacEnery, is deduced from the study of his surviving writings and images. |
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| Keywords: | Sabertooths Kent's cavern Pleistocene Pengelly MacEnery |
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