Alces carnutorum

Alces carnutorum Temporal range: Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Cervidae
Genus:	Alces Laugel, 1862

Alces carnutorum, also called Carnute Elk, is an extinct genus of large mooses that lived in Europe during the Early Pleistocene.

Fragments were found in the site of Saint-Prest, near Chartres, and described by Laugel in 1862. The taxon features a size comprised between Alces gallicus and Alces giganteus

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• Revision of a famous site: Saint-Prest (Chartres, France), GUERIN Claude ; DEWOLF Yvette ; LAUTRIDOU Jean-Pierre