Clade Plesiometacarpalia (deer)
Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Parent taxon: Cervidae according to A. Hassanin and E. J. P. Douzery 2003
Sister taxa: Agalmaceros, Alcinae, Anoglochis, Bretzia, Capreolinae, Cervalces, Cervavitulus, Cervina, Cervinae, Cervodama, Cervulinae, Cervus guineensis, Charitoceros, Eocoileus, Euctenoceros, Eumeryx, Furcifer, Lucentia, Metacervulus, Moschina, Nemomeryx, Palaeoplatyceros, Paracervulus, Pliocervinae, Praemegaceros, Pseudaxis, Sangamona, Sangamona fugitiva, Surameryx, Surameryx acrensis, Telemetacarpalia
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Plesiometacarpalia in the database