Late Pleistocene remains of giant deer ( Megaloceros giganteus Blumenbach) in Scandinavia: chronology and environment

• Published in: Boreas
• Main Authors: AARIS‐SØRENSEN, KIM, LILJEGREN, RONNIE
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2004
• Subjects: Arctic; Giganteus; Sandnes; Iceberg*
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1502-3885.2004.tb00996.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1502-3885.2004.tb00996.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1502-3885.2004.tb00996.x

This article presents new data on the Late Pleistocene giant deer, Megaloceros giganteus (Blumenbach), describing its distribution in time and space, geographical and sexual variation and general biology. Twenty‐three south Scandinavian fossils found in situ in lacustrine sediments or redeposited in...