Spotted hyena
Hyenas were hunter-killers and liked to eat young woolly rhinoceros. Hyenas were probably Britainês top carnivores and had teeth that were ideal for catching and holding prey. This skull is about 55,000 years old and was found in Sandford Hill Bone Cave on the Mendip Hills.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- TTNCM : 44/1995/696
- Collection Class
- Fossils
- Collector Excavator
- William Beard
- Material
- animal remains
- Common Name
- spotted hyena
- Simple Name
- animal remains
- Period Classification
- Palaeolithic (700,000-10,000 BC)
- Production Date
- 55,000 BP (about)