Teeth
15977 Left upper C. Lit: B 1931, p. 104, no. 9, plate f. 5«, b;
S 1936, p. 207.
15978«-c Fragments of C. a, b: right upper, Lit: B 1931, p. 104,
no. 10; c: right lower, Lit: B 1931, p. 104, no. 11.
Bones
15891 Fragment of proximal part of right scapula. H det.
15814 Right radius. Lit: H 1947, p. 41, pi. I f . 1,2.
Family Cervidae Gray, 1821
10. Eucladoceros tegulensis (Dubois, 1904) Plate 2, 3
From his notes, published by S c h r e u d e r (1933/1934), it
appears that the late Dr B e r n s e n considered there were two
or possibly three species of large deer in the Tegelen Clay. K u n s t
(1937, p. 54/55), however, showed that, with the great number of
antlers now available for comparison, the variation observed in
these specimens seems to be continuous. The pair of antlers (no.
15784 and 15785 of this catalogue) ascribed to Cervus dicranius
Nesti by Du b o i s , and for long considered as very different
from Eucladoceros tegulensis, appear to be connected by transitional
stages with those of the latter species. I showed this pair of antlers
to Dr. Aug. A z z a r o l i of Florence, who is well acquainted
with Cervus dicranius from the Val d’Arno. In his opinion they differ
clearly from the typical Cervus dicranius. As no typical antlers of
the latter species have ever been found in the Tegelen Clay, it seems
reasonable to assume that these specimens are a pair of aberrant
antlers of Eucladoceros tegulensis.
As no definite proof of the occurrence of a second species of large
deer has ever been given, I have classed all the remains of large deer
from the Tegelen Clay as Eucladoceros tegulensis, although most of
the bones show no characters which exclude the possibility of
another identification.
Antlers
15776 Holotype, shed left antler, reconstructed from a number
of fragments, from the pit of C a n o y, H e r f k e n s & Smul -
d e r s, L. S t ij n s leg. Lit: D 1904«, f. 1; 19046, f. 1; 1905, textf.