Record number JS154
   
    Number of items 1
   
    Related record JS153, JS155
   
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        Institution CRRMU
        Number E3965
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    Identification  
        Simple name fossil
        Full name molar of steppe mammoth
        Other name steppe mammoth
        Classified name Mammalia & Proboscidea & Elephantidae & Mammuthus trogontherii
            System Linnaean
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        Note Part of a group of two molars and a large fragment of mandible found together
        Brief description Fossil, molar of a steppe mammoth (Mammuthus trogontherii); molar lower left; in situ find from the early Middle Pleistocene deposits, Cromer Forest-bed Formation (Runton Member, West Runton Freshwater Bed, bed c or e) of West Runton bea ch, Collected from WRFB from a large dislodged block 15m east of Goss' Gap at base of detritus mud where it rests on a strong sandy bed, West Runton, Norfolk, UK,
   
    Description  
        Form tooth (lower left molar)
   
    Field collection  
        Place & & West Runton & Norfolk & UK
            Site name West Runton beach
                Note4 Collected from WRFB from a large dislodged block 15m east of Goss' Gap at base of detritus mud where it rests on a strong sandy bed
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            Coordinates geocoordinates : 52°56'26.18"N, 1°15'19.07"E (approx)
            Relative position  
            Stratigraphy rock : Cromer Forest-bed Formation & Runton Member & West Runton Freshwater Bed & bed c or e
            Stratigraphy stage : Cromerian
            Stratigraphy age : Pleistocene & early Middle Pleistocene
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        Method in situ find
        Person collector : Stewart, Jonathan & Stewart, Janet
        Date 28.1.1994
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    Recorder MRW : 10.1.2018
   
    Description  
        Completeness  
        Condition  
        Part:dimen:reading : length : 245 mm
        Part:dimen:reading : width : 80 mm
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    Conservation  
        Method repair
        Person conservator :
        Date 1994
        Note two halves stuck together
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    Photography  
        Summary descript Site of the removal of a sample of enamel for dating research
        Person photographer : Warren, M.
        Date 10.1.2018
   
 
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    Research  
        Purpose dating
        Method amino acid racemization
        Person chemist : Dickinson, Marc
        Corporate body : University of York
        Date 2.2018
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        Link jswestrunton.html
   
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