Epieuryceros Ameghino 1889 (deer)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Cervidae

Alternative spelling: Epieurycerus

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 M. B. Bagnalasta 1980

See also Ameghino 1889 and Hershkovitz 1982

Sister taxa: Agalmaceros, Alcinae, Anoglochis, Antifer, Bretzia, Capreolinae, Cariacus, Cervalces, Cervavitulus, Cervina, Cervinae, Cervodama, Cervulinae, Cervulus, Cervus guineensis, Charitoceros, Eocoileus, Euctenoceros, Eumeryx, Furcifer, Lucentia, Megaceroides, Metacervulus, Moschina, Nemomeryx, Palaeoplatyceros, Paraceros, Paracervulus, Paradicrocerus, Plesiometacarpalia, Pliocervinae, Praemegaceros, Procervulus, Pseudaxis, Pudu, Sangamona, Sangamona fugitiva, Surameryx, Surameryx acrensis, Telemetacarpalia

Subtaxa: Epieuryceros truncus

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Type: Epieuryceros truncus

Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Argentina (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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