Woolly rhinoceros from the Scottish Pleistocene
- 1 December 1966
- journal article
- Published by Geological Society of London in Scottish Journal of Geology
- Vol. 2 (3) , 253-285
- https://doi.org/10.1144/sjg02030253
Abstract
Synopsis: Evidence for the existence in Scotland of the woolly rhinoceros, Coelodonta antiquitatis (Blumenbach), has previously been confined to one metacarpal bone. An additional tibia, humerus and molar tooth are now known and are briefly described. All finds are from different localities in the Kelvin valley of the Bishopbriggs district, Lanarkshire. Collagen from the humerus has yielded a radiocarbon date of 27 550 years B.P. This date implies either that the bone is derived from an earlier deposit or that the Kelvin valley sands and gravels are much older than recently suggested and of Middle/Late Weichselian interstadial age.Keywords
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