Trafalgar Square hippo beds
Thames terrace deposits under central London holding hippopotamus, straight-tusked elephant, rhino and cave lion from the Last Interglacial, when hippos lived here.
Dated events and their evidence
- about 123,000 years ago mainstream
Hippopotamus and straight-tusked elephant remains deposited; uncovered during 1950s construction source
Where
51.5081° N, 0.1281° W
Sources
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