- Object name(s):
- fossil: mammal; CERVIDAE: Megaloceros giganteus: giant elk; giant elk
- Brief description:
- An unidentified bone belonging to an Irish elk (giant deer) collected from Kents Cavern. Surprisingly, the Irish elk is neither exclusively Irish as bones have been found as far afield as Africa and Siberia, nor closely related to either modern day elk species. This creature, unlike many other ice age megafauna, survived well into the Holocene epoch for reasons not fully understood. This epoch was an interglacial when climate was changing and humans were dominating. This object is on display at RAMM in the Down to Earth gallery.
- Collection:
- Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery
- Current location:
- On display
- Dimension:
- whole length 80 mm
- Dimension:
- whole W 60 mm
- Dimension:
- whole H 60 mm
- Field collection place:
- Torquay
- Place coordinates:
- -3.5030000000000001,50.468200000000003
- Field collection place:
- Devon
- Place coordinates:
- -3.5030000000000001,50.468200000000003
- Field collection place:
- United Kingdom: England
- Place coordinates:
- -3.5030000000000001,50.468200000000003
- Field collection place:
- Northern Europe
- Place coordinates:
- -3.5030000000000001,50.468200000000003
- Field collection place:
- Europe
- Place coordinates:
- -3.5030000000000001,50.468200000000003
- Object name:
- fossil: mammal; CERVIDAE: Megaloceros giganteus (Blumenbach): giant elk; giant elk
- Object number:
- 31/2006/1531
- Reproduction number:
- 31-2006-1531.jpg
- Reproduction number:
- 31-2006-1531-shot1.jpg
- Responsible department/section:
- Natural Sciences
- Responsible department/section:
- Fossils
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/9212301a-b2cf-335f-a984-b4db246ac471
Use licence for this record: CC 0
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/9212301a-b2cf-335f-a984-b4db246ac471, Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery, CC 0
Is there a problem with this record? Give feedback.