Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Parent taxon: Cervidae according to P. 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, Megaceroides, Metacervulus, Moschina, Nemomeryx, Palaeoplatyceros, Paraceros, Paracervulus, Paradicrocerus, Plesiometacarpalia, Praemegaceros, Procervulus, Pseudaxis, Pudu, Sangamona, Sangamona fugitiva, Surameryx, Surameryx acrensis, Telemetacarpalia
Subtaxa: Cervavitus Pliocervus
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution:
• Quaternary of China (6 collections)
• Pliocene of China (4), France (1), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (2), Ukraine (3)
• MN 13 of China (1), Moldova (1)
• Neogene of Ukraine (1)
• Miocene of Bulgaria (4), China (7), France (1), Greece (4), Hungary (1), Iran (1), Italy (6), Kazakhstan (1), Moldova (2), Turkey (1), Ukraine (5)
Total: 53 collections including 56 occurrences