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Megaloceros giganteus calcaeus
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By LordTrilobite (edited)
Taxonomy
Giant Deer
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Cervidae
Genus: Megaloceros
Species: Megaloceros giganteus
Author Citation (Blumenbach, 1799)
Geological Time Scale
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Cenozoic
Period: Quaternary
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Pleistocene
Stratigraphy
Unknown Formation
Provenance
Acquired by: Purchase/Trade
Location
Southern Bight
North Sea
Netherlands
Comments
The left heel bone (calcaenus) of a giant deer. The giant deer is also known as the irish elk. Though it is not related to the elk family, nor is it exclusive to Ireland.
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