fossil

Giant deer

skull with antlers mounted on wood base board
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.

Megaloceros giganteus

- Mahoney, Roy, Use of Araldite 123B, A Cold-setting Adhesive, In The Repair Of Sub-fossil And Recent Skulls, 114, 115 and 116. The specimen is illustrated with two photographs, a line drawing and an image of the antlers being fixed
- Nicholls, Emma-Louise, Specimen of the Week Blog Series

Acquired from 'Brownstown House, Kilcullen' according to the 1909 card index.

LDUCZ-Z800

15408

Grant Museum of Zoology