Record number JS135
   
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        Simple name fossil
        Full name left pisiform (an accessory carpal bone) cf. lion
        Other name Lion (a large felid cf. lion)
        Classified name Mammalia & Carnivora & Felidae & Panthera leo (?)
            System Linnaean
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        Authority Lister, Adrian, Prof (NMatural History Museum) : 30.5.2018
        Brief description Fossil, left pisiform (an accessory carpal bone) cf. a large cat, lion?; pisiform bone; in situ find from the early Middle Pleistocene deposits, Cromer Forest-bed Formation (Runton Member, West Runton Freshwater Bed, bed d) of West Runto n beach, West Runton, Norfolk, UK
        Note Bigger and longer than the example of lion at the Natural History Museum, London
   
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        Form pisiform bone (an accessory left carpal bone or dewclaw)
   
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        Place & & West Runton & Norfolk & UK
            Site name West Runton beach
                Note4 3 m east of JS128
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            Stratigraphy rock : Cromer Forest-bed Formation & Runton Member & West Runton Freshwater Bed & bed d
            Stratigraphy stage : Cromerian
            Stratigraphy age : Pleistocene & early Middle Pleistocene
            Stratigraphy geocoordinates : 52°56'25.87"N, 1°15'18.37"E
                Note4 3m east of JS128
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        Method in situ find
        Person collector : Stewart, Jonathan
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    Recorder MRW : 18.8.2018
   
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        Part:dimen:reading : length : 45 mm
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        Person photographer : Warren, M.R.
        Date 12.10.2017
        Photograph number IMG_20171012_111526.jpg
        Photograph number IMG_20171012_111544.jpg
        Photograph number IMG_20171012_111513.jpg
        Photograph number IMG_20171012_111604.jpg
   
 
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        Note Compared with a modern lion the Cromerian specimen is larger
   
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    Notes Suggestion: could get this cast (or photographs) and sent off to various experts. Definetely a big cat but which of the three large Cromerian cats: Hometherium latidens, Lion, Panther gomabazogensis. Contact Hannah O'Reagan (Ph.D. on H. gomabazogensis) Liverpool. There is a definite difference cf. lion and this bone is quite variable; this bone is Cromerian so the lions were bigger than modern ones.