Natural History: The skull and antlers of a Giant Elk (Megloceras giganteus) Pleistocene, Yakutia, Siberia 120cm wide Megaloceras Giganteus is in fact an extinct giant red deer species. It is the largest deer species known. During the Pleistocene its range extended throughout Europe, North Asia and North Africa. This lot and lots 46 to 80 originally formed the core of a collection of Pleistocene (2.6million-12,000 years ago), Ice Age material in the Mammoth Museum (Museu del Mamut) in Barcelona, which closed in 2016. It was located on the Carrer de Montcada in Barcelona’s Gothic Quarter, in a 12th century Gothic building close to major museums such as the Museu Picasso and the Museu Europeu d’Art Modern. (see footnote to lot 46)
Natural History: The skull and antlers of a Giant Elk (Megloceras giganteus) Pleistocene, Yakutia, Siberia 120cm wide Megaloceras Giganteus is in fact an extinct giant red deer species. It is the largest deer species known. During the Pleistocene its range extended throughout Europe, North Asia and North Africa. This lot and lots 46 to 80 originally formed the core of a collection of Pleistocene (2.6million-12,000 years ago), Ice Age material in the Mammoth Museum (Museu del Mamut) in Barcelona, which closed in 2016. It was located on the Carrer de Montcada in Barcelona’s Gothic Quarter, in a 12th century Gothic building close to major museums such as the Museu Picasso and the Museu Europeu d’Art Modern. (see footnote to lot 46)
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