Donor Name:

Mr. William H. Holmes  Search this

Object Type:

Archaeofauna

Place:

Afton Near, Ottawa County, Oklahoma, United States, North America

Accession Date:

11 Mar 1901

Notes:

Incisor of Alces americanus (Jardine) from a spring deposit. Collected by W. H. Holmes in 1901. From Hay, Oliver P. 1921. Descriptions of Some Pleistocene Vertebrates Found in the United States. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 58: 125. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press.: "ALCES AMERICANUS (Jardine). Of the existing moose there is found in the collection a single incisor (Cat. No. 9118). It presents no differences when compared with the same tooth of a recent specimen. It is shown here in comparison with the incisor of Cervalcex rooseveltl (pl. 6, figs. 3, 4)."

Record Last Modified:

2 Jul 2020

Specimen Count:

1

Topic:

Archaeology  Search this

Taxonomy:

Animalia Chordata Mammalia Artiodactyla Cervidae

Published Name:

Alces americanus

Accession Number:

028587

USNM Number:

A591676-0

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Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/39a6816ba-116d-42a0-a365-24abe9685eb9

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_11464019