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Pleistocene leopard bone
Leopard phalange. The specimen is very heavily gnawed by another large carnivore. there are parallel tooth marke towards the distal end and tooth puncture marks also evident. Part of the proximal end has been removed by gnawing and much of the distal end has also gone.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
81.5H/7.D410
Find Information
Site Name: Pontnewydd Cave, St Asaph
Grid Reference: SJ 0155 7106
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1979
Notes: Buff Intermediate/Orange Intermediate; H9SE
Acquisition
Donation, 19/1/1981
Measurements
length / mm:43.7
width / mm:17.7
thickness / mm:13.0
weight / g:5.6
Material
bone
Location
In store
Categories
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