Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1889. Contribución al conocimiento de los mamíferos fósiles de la República Argentina [Contribution to the knowledge of the fossil mammals of the Argentine Republic]. Actas de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de la República Argentina en Córdoba 6:xxxii-1027
Parent taxon: Cervidae according to F. Ameghino 1889
See also Hershkovitz 1982
Sister taxa: Agalmaceros, Alcinae, Anoglochis, Antifer, Bretzia, Capreolinae, Cariacus, Cervalces, Cervavitulus, Cervina, Cervinae, Cervodama, Cervulinae, Cervulus, Cervus guineensis, Charitoceros, Eocoileus, Epieuryceros, Euctenoceros, Eumeryx, Furcifer, Lucentia, Megaceroides, Metacervulus, Moschina, Nemomeryx, Palaeoplatyceros, Paracervulus, Paradicrocerus, Plesiometacarpalia, Pliocervinae, Praemegaceros, Procervulus, Pseudaxis, Pudu, Sangamona, Sangamona fugitiva, Surameryx, Surameryx acrensis, Telemetacarpalia
Subtaxa: Paraceros avius Paraceros ensenadensis Paraceros fragilis Paraceros vulneratus
Type: Cervus ensenadensis
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Paraguay (1 collection), Uruguay (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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