Banwell Bear
- Description
- This is the skull of the Banwell Bearê. In life the animal stood about 2.5 metres tall and was a hunter-killer. Bison and reindeer provided the perfect diet to satisfy its huge appetite. This skull is about 80,000 years old.
- Accession Loan No.
- TTNCM : 40/1995/654
- Collection Class
- Fossils
- Common Name
- Banwell Bear
- Simple Name
- animal remains
- Period Classification
- Palaeolithic (700,000-10,000 BC)
- Production Date
- 80,000 BP (about)
- Material
- animal remains
- Collector / Excavator
- William Beard
- Collection Site Name
- Banwell Bone Cave
- Collection Parish
- Banwell
- Collection Town
- Banwell
- Collection County
- Somerset
- Collection Country
- England
- Collection Continent
- Europe
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Family
- Ursidae
- Genus
- Ursus
- Species
- spelaeus