Record number JS191         Number of items 1         Related record JS190, JS191a, JS191b, JS194, JS226         Identification           Simple name fossil         Full name right metatarsal of a sub-adult deer         Other name giant deer         Named collection Goss' Gap deer         Classified name Mammalia & Artiodactyla & Cervidae             System Linnaean             Status               Currency               Authority3           Authority           Brief description Fossil, right metatarsal of a sub-adult deer (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 metatarsal (right)         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 : 333 mm         Part:aspect:desc           Conservation           Method           Person conservator :         Date           Note           Reference number           Photography           Person photographer : Warren, Martin         Date 8.11.2019         Photograph number IMG_20191108_105436.jpg         Photograph number IMG_20191108_110255.jpg         Photograph number IMG_20191108_155005.jpg       JS191_1.jpg             Type3 digitised image             Note3 Metatarsal with articulating phalanges       leg.jpg             Type3 digitised image             Note3 Complete hind leg       JS191_1.jpg             Type3 digitised image             Note3 Complete hind leg       JS191_4.jpg             Type3 digitised image             Note3 Distal epiphysis almost completely fused, or weathering open again         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