Record number JS190         Number of items 1         Related record JS190, JS191, JS191a, JS191b, JS194, JS226         Identification           Simple name fossil         Full name femur of sub-adult giant deer         Other name giant deer         Named collection Goss' Gap deer         Classified name Mammalia & Artiodactyla & Cervidae             System Linnaean             Status               Currency               Authority3 Warren, Martin         Authority           Brief description Fossil, femur of sub-adult giant deer; part of an articulating group of bones from the right hind leg; in situ find from the early Middle Pleistocene deposits, Cromer Forest-bed Formation (Runton Member, West Runton Freshwater Bed, bed d ) of Goss' Gap, under pipe at Goss' Gap, West Runton, Norfolk, UK         Description           Form femur (right)             Note3 broken in 2 pieces along distal epiphysis when found; both epiphysis are un-fused, so juvenile or young adult (estimated 27-30 months at death)         Field collection           Place & & West Runton & Norfolk & UK             Site name Goss' Gap                 Note4 under pipe at Goss' Gap             Locality number               Coordinates geocoordinates : 52°56'25.65"N, 1°15'20.64"E             Relative position               Stratigraphy rock : Cromer Forest-bed Formation & Runton Member & West Runton Freshwater Bed & bed d             Stratigraphy stage : Cromerian             Stratigraphy age : Pleistocene & early Middle Pleistocene             Stratigraphy                   Note4               Note3           Method in situ find         Person collector : Stewart, Jonathan         Date 4.2018         Collection number           Permanent location           Recorder MRW : 19.7.2019         Description           Completeness           Condition heavily repaired         Part:dimen:reading : length : 370 mm         Part:aspect:desc           Conservation           Method           Person conservator : Stewart, Jonathan         Date           Note           Reference number           Photography           Person photographer : Warren, Martin         Date 8.11.2019         Photograph number IMG_20191108_105051.jpg         Photograph number IMG_20191108_105107.jpg         Photograph number IMG_20191108_133445.jpg         Photograph number IMG_20191108_133549.jpg         Photograph number IMG_20191108_133841.jpg       JS190_1.jpg             Type3 digitised image             Note3 Anterior view       JS190_2.jpg             Type3 digitised image             Note3 Posterior view       JS190_3.jpg             Type3 digitised image             Note3 Posterior view       JS190_4.jpg             Type3 digitised image             Note3 Head of femur       JS190_5.jpg             Type3 digitised image             Note3 Posterior view       leg.jpg             Type3 digitised image             Note3 Complete hind leg         Process           Type           Method           Person :         Date           Note           Reference number           Documentation group           Link jswestrunton.html         Documentation group           Link           Class           Reference Beijeersbergen, L.M. Takken & Hufthammer, A.K. : 2012 : Age determination of reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) based on postcranial elements, in D.C.M. Raemaekers, E. Esser et al (eds): A bouget of archaeozoological studies. Essays in honour of Wietske Prummel. : GAS : 21 : p.11-20         Reference number           Notes The phalanges are completelty fused; the proximal end of the metatarsal is fused while the distal end shows very faint signs of being not quite fused (maybe it is more than 95 percent fused); the tibia distal end is more or less fused (proximal end is unfused) while the femur is unfused at both ends. If this species compares well with reindeer then this puts the age at death between 27 and 30 months.         Admin category importance : 1         Note part of articulated group; right hind leg of a large deer