Megaloceros giganteus, Deer jaw

Description:

Part of a lower jaw, including an incisor(s), associated with Irish elk remains which was collected from the area of Lake Dwellings, Switzerland, circa 1909. From the original label: "Fossils from the [sic] (Switzerland) formation of the basin of Lake Leman. Presented by Dr. H. de Sau[sic] of Geneva, S[sic]."

• Site: Europe; Switzerland
• Site Number: NH8P
• Era: Cenozoic
• Period: Quaternary
• Epoch: Pleistocene
• Kingdom: Animalia
• Phylum: Chordata
• Class: Mammalia
• Order: Artiodactyla
• Family: Cervidae
• Genus: Megaloceros
• Species: Megaloceros giganteus

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• Collection: Vertebrate Paleontology Collection
• Object Name: Artiodactyls
• Object Id: PV9251

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  • Deer
  • Elk
  • Mammals
  • Mandibles