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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number COLNH:G1661 Institution name Colchester Collections Object name fossil bone, straight tusked elephant, femur Description A fragment of bone from a femur, the back leg bone, of a straight-tusked elephant. It dates from the Ipswichian, the last interglacial period in Britain that lasted from 130,000-115,000 years ago.This fossil is included in the Mythical Creatures exhibition as in 300-200 BC, people digging trenches in North Africa found large skeletons which were believed to be the remains of giant people. This area has proved to be rich in mastodon and mammoth fossils. It is now thought that these huge fossil bones may have inspired myths of Giants. Production period Ipswichian, Pleistocene Subject Geology, Fossils Inscription Content COLNH:G1661 [dup] Dimensions length: 432.00 mm width: 302.00 mm depth: 120.00 mm Scientific name (Common Name) Palaeoloxodon antiquus (Straight-tusked elephant) Stratigraphy Stratigraphy Period: Pleistocene Age: Pleistocene Location Find me in 'Mythical Creatures' at Colchester Castle Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

Object number

COLNH:G1661
Institution name

Colchester Collections
Object name

fossil bone, straight tusked elephant, femur
Description

A fragment of bone from a femur, the back leg bone, of a straight-tusked elephant. It dates from the Ipswichian, the last interglacial period in Britain that lasted from 130,000-115,000 years ago.This fossil is included in the Mythical Creatures exhibition as in 300-200 BC, people digging trenches in North Africa found large skeletons which were believed to be the remains of giant people. This area has proved to be rich in mastodon and mammoth fossils. It is now thought that these huge fossil bones may have inspired myths of Giants.
Production period

Ipswichian, Pleistocene
Subject

Geology, Fossils
Inscription Content

COLNH:G1661 [dup]
Dimensions
Scientific name (Common Name)

Palaeoloxodon antiquus (Straight-tusked elephant)
Stratigraphy

Stratigraphy Period: Pleistocene
Age: Pleistocene
Location

Find me in 'Mythical Creatures' at Colchester Castle

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