GIANT EXTINCT ELK - BEAM OF ANTLER - CROMER FOREST BED, NORFOLK.

Libralces sp.

Part of the beam of an antler from an extinct Elk.  Four species are recorded from the Cromer Forest Bed. Libralces gallicus Azzaroli, Libralces latiforns Johnson. Libralces renoldsi Azzaroli and Libralces minor Azzaroli. On size this probably came from L, minor. Fossil mammals from the Cromer Forest Bed rarely come up for sale these days.

Lower Middle Pleistocene, Cromerian, Cromer Forest bed Series.
Overstrand, North Norfolk coast.

Specimen : 11 cm long.