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PA EM 40

Classification
Scientific name: Homo neanderthalensis King, 1864
Author: King, 1864
Genus: Homo
Species: neanderthalensis
Location
Locality: Swanscombe, Barnfield pit Swanscombe
State province: England
Country: United Kingdom
Continent: Europe
Higher geography: Europe; United Kingdom; England; Kent
Decimal latitude: 51.433
Decimal longitude: 0.300
Verbatim latitude: 51 26 00 N
Verbatim longitude: 000 18 00 E
Collection event
Recorded by: Adrian Gibson
Sampling protocol: Excavation
Identification
Identified by: Montandon
Determinations:
Names Types FiledAs
Homo neanderthalensis King, 1864
Homo sapiens protosapiens Montandon, 1943
Homo sapiens
Specimen
Catalogue number: PA EM 40
Collection code: PAL ( Palaeontology)
Sub department: Anthropology
Other catalog numbers: NHMUK:ecatalogue:2015289
Donor name: The Nature Conservancy
Catalogue description: Cranial fragment right parietal of Swanscombe 1
Stratigraphy
Earliest eon/lowest eonothem: Phanerozoic
Latest eon/highest eonothem: Phanerozoic
Earliest era/lowest erathem: Cenozoic
Latest era/highest erathem: Cenozoic
Earliest period/lowest system: Quaternary
Latest period/highest system: Quaternary
Earliest epoch/lowest series: Pleistocene
Latest epoch/highest series: Pleistocene
Formation: Gravels
Chronostratigraphy: Quaternary, Middle Pleistocene
Lithostratigraphy: upper Middle Gravels
Record
Occurrence ID: c694856e-e793-4d60-b031-bcfc988f775c
Modified: 2022-08-22 08:50:40 (UTC)
Created: 1997-01-31 00:00:00 (UTC)

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Additional Information

Created 1997-01-31 00:00:00 (UTC)
Last updated 2022-08-22 08:50:40 (UTC)
Format DWC
License CC0-1.0
Dataset collection-specimens
Dataset ID 56e711e6-c847-4f99-915a-6894bb5c5dea
Resource Specimens
Resource ID 05ff2255-c38a-40c9-b657-4ccb55ab2feb