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Trafalgar Square
London

 

 

Terrace deposits
Epoch: Late Pleistocene; Biozone: Joint Mitnor Cave MAZ; MIS: 5e
Site: 280; Horizon: 298

Thames floodplain terrace deposits


Archaeology

Industry Database source
No evidence of human presence Lewis et al., 2011

Fauna

Taxon Family Database source
Arvicola sp. Lacépède, 1799 Muridae Franks, 1960
Panthera leo (Linnaeus, 1758) Felidae Franks, 1960
Crocuta crocuta (Erxleben, 1777) Hyaenidae Lewis et al., 2011
Stephanorhinus sp. Kretzoi, 1942 Rhinocerotidae Franks, 1960
Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus, 1758 Hippopomatidae Lewis et al., 2011
Cervus elaphus Linnaeus, 1758 Cervidae Lewis et al., 2011
Dama dama (Linnaeus, 1758) Cervidae Lewis et al., 2011
Megaloceros giganteus (Blumenbach, 1799) Cervidae Franks, 1960
Bos primigenius Bojanus, 1827 Bovidae Franks, 1960
Bison priscus Bojanus, 1827 Bovidae Stuart, 1982
Palaeoloxodon antiquus (Falconer & Cautley, 1847) Elephantidae Lewis et al., 2011