Giant deer (Megaloceros giganteus) diet from Mid-Weichselian deposits under the present North Sea inferred from molar-embedded botanical remains

• Published in: Journal of Quaternary Science
• Main Authors: van Geel, B., Sevink, J., Mol, D., Langeveld, B.W., van der Ham, R.W.J.M., van der Kraan, C.J.M., van der Plicht, J., Haile, J.S., Rey-Iglesia, A., Lorenzen, E.D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Giganteus; Greenland
• Online Access: https://dare.uva.nl/personal/pure/en/publications/giant-deer-megaloceros-giganteus-diet-from-midweichselian-deposits-under-the-present-north-sea-inferred-from-molarembedded-botanical-remains(de9c2388-323f-4355-a69c-57c135e271c0).html; https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.3069; https://hdl.handle.net/11245.1/de9c2388-323f-4355-a69c-57c135e271c0

The molar of a giant deer, Megaloceros giganteus (Blumenbach, 1799), was discovered in sandy deposits of the North Sea, about 10 km west of the present shoreline of the Netherlands. Compacted masticated plant remains were preserved in the molar's deep folds. A palaeoecological analysis of these...