Epieuryceros truncus Ameghino 1889 (marsh deer)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Cervidae

Alternative combination: Epieurycerus truncus

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

Belongs to Epieurycerus according to M. B. Bagnalasta 1980

See also Ameghino 1889

Sister taxa: Blastoceros azpeitianus, Blastoceros campestris, Blastoceros paludosus, Blastocerus dichotomus, Blastocerus extraneus, Antifer crassus, Antifer ultra, Antifer niemeyeri, Paraceros fragilis, Paraceros vulneratus, Paraceros avius, Paraceros ensenadensis

Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution: found only at Ensenada Harbor, La Plata (Quaternary of Argentina)

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