The Irish Elk' or Giant Deer was the largest deer that ever lived. It lived in Eurasia, from Ireland to east of Lake Baikal, during the Late Pleistocene and early Holocene.
Its old common name is misleading: although large numbers of skeleton have been found in Irish bogs, the animal was not exclusively Irish, and neither was it closely related to either of the living species currently called elk; for this reason, the name "Giant Deer" is preferred in more recent publications
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Name: Megaloceros giganteus
Geologic Age: Lower Pleistocene
Stratigraphic detail: River Rhine
Location: Worms, Germany
Comments: Very RARE section of Lower Jaw from this GIANT DEER of the Pleistocene.. RARE preservation!!Megaloceros Jaw 1 Price $400.00