Probable Cervical Vertebra of an extinct Ice Age Elkmoose Dredged from the Inner Continental Shelf of Central New Jersey

• Published in: Atlantic Geology
• Main Authors: Becker, Martin A., Chamberlain, John A., Chamberlain, Rebecca B.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Atlantic Geoscience Society 2010
• Subjects: paleontology; ice age cervid; New Jersey; Découverte; Le Plateau; Alces alces; Ice Sheet; taiga; Tundra
• Online Access: https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/ag/article/view/atlgeol.2010.002

Commercial shell-fishing activities off the central New Jersey coast recovered a single cervical vertebra probably belonging to the extinct elkmoose, Alces scotti. The specimen was discovered 40 km southeast of Manasquan Inlet in 40–45 m of water at approximate latitude 39° 45' N and longitude...