Casgliadau Arlein
Amgueddfa Cymru
Chwilio Uwch
Pleistocene hippopotamus tooth
All part of Col. E.R. Wood's collection of 1859 (see accession file for details). A 4th deciduous premolar tooth of a hippopotamus. It is heavily worn. One root is intact, the others approximately half survive. The crown is substantially complete, although a small area of enamel is missing on one side. The bone is a white colour and the enamel the same.
Pwnc
Archeoleg a Nwmismateg
Rhif yr Eitem
92.44H/7
Gwybodaeth am y darganfyddiad
Enw'r Safle: Gower, Swansea
Nodiadau: Andy Currant, Natural History Museum, London believes that this may be from Ravenscliff Cave as the only record of Hippo in a Gower Cave is from Ravenscliff Cave. This is likely to be from the Col. E.R. Wood Collection.
Derbyniad
Transfer, 11/5/1992
Mesuriadau
length / mm:49.5
width / mm:52.9
thickness / mm:27.6
weight / g:26.3
Deunydd
tooth
Lleoliad
In store
Categorïau
record verified by E.A. WalkerNid yw sylwadau ar gael ar hyn o bryd. Ymddiheuriadau am yr anghyfleustra.