Cromerian Era, 800,000 years B.P. A group of rare and unusual UK cave bear (Ursus deningeri) bones in original cave matrix, perfect for study and preparation practice. 230 grams, 81 mm (3 1/8 in.). From Westbury sub Mendip, Somerset, UK. Private British collection, 1980. Private Shropshire, UK collection. The Westbury Upper Mendip caves, near Bristol, UK, provide a unique snapshot of life in the late Pleistocene – Cromerian Europe, with numerous mammal fossils found within the cave subgroup. Ursus deningeri is the UK’s cave bear, much rarer and older than the continental European U.spelaeus. Literature: See Andrews P and Turner A, Life and Death of the Westbury Bears, 1992, Annales Zoologici Fennici, Finnish Zoological and Botanical Publishing Board. [No Reserve]