Reproduction
Object Category
fossil
Common Name
Giant deer
Description
Skull with antlers mounted on wood base board. No mandible apparently it existed in the 1970's possibly lost in the move to the Darwin building. Supported by a fitted wooden brick and two metal armatures.
Binomial Name
Megaloceros giganteus
Distribution
Extinct
Publications
- Mahoney, Roy, Use of Araldite 123B, A Cold-setting Adhesive, In The Repair Of Sub-fossil And Recent Skulls
- Nicholls, Emma-Louise, Specimen of the Week Blog Series
Accession Number
LDUCZ-Z800
Administration Name
Grant Museum of Zoology
Hierarchy
Animalia (kingdom)
Eumetazoa (subkingdom)
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata (phylum/division)
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata (superclass)
Tetrapoda (superclass)
Reptiliomorpha (superorder)
Amniota
Synapsida (class)
Therapsida (order)
Mammalia (class)
Placentalia (subclass)
Cetartiodactyla (superorder)
Artiodactyla (order)
Selenodontia (suborder)
Cervoidea (superfamily)
Cervidae (family)
Megaloceros (genus)
giganteus (species)
