Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Alternative spelling: Megaloceros (Megaceroides)
Parent taxon: Cervidae according to A. Azzaroli and P. Mazza 1992
See also Gentry 2010 and Grubb 2000
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, Metacervulus, Moschina, Nemomeryx, Palaeoplatyceros, Paraceros, Paracervulus, Paradicrocerus, Plesiometacarpalia, Pliocervinae, Praemegaceros, Procervulus, Pseudaxis, Pudu, Sangamona, Sangamona fugitiva, Surameryx, Surameryx acrensis, Telemetacarpalia
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Italy (3 collections), Spain (2)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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