A new radiometric date and assessment of the Last Glacial megafauna of Dream Cave, Derbyshire
The extinct fauna of Dream Cave, Derbyshire, has played a significant role in the history of British cave paleontology, a near-complete woolly rhinoceros from the cave having being famously illustrated in 1823. The fauna was not subsequently re-studied until 2000, with the publication of an indirect...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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British Cave Research Association
2017
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| Summary: | The extinct fauna of Dream Cave, Derbyshire, has played a significant role in the history of British cave paleontology, a near-complete woolly rhinoceros from the cave having being famously illustrated in 1823. The fauna was not subsequently re-studied until 2000, with the publication of an indirect radiometric date by uranium-series disequilibrium dating of a presumed-overlying flowstone. Here we present a direct radiocarbon date of 43,330 ± 1800 yBP on the fauna, with additional comments on the fauna and the taphonomy of the site. |
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