Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Synonyms: Allocaenelaphus Radulesco and Samson 1967, Praerangifer Portis 1920, Psecupsoceros Radulesco and Samson 1967, Tamanalces Vereshchagin 1957
Parent taxon: Cervidae according to D. Zoboli and G. L. Pillola 2017
See also Carroll 1988, Croitor 2006, Croitor 2014, Grubb 2000 and Vislobokova 2009
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, Paradicrocerus, Plesiometacarpalia, Pliocervinae, Pseudaxis, Pudu, Sangamona, Sangamona fugitiva, Surameryx, Surameryx acrensis, Telemetacarpalia
Subtaxa: Praemegaceros (Nesoleipoceros) Praemegaceros (Orthogonoceros) Praemegaceros (Praemegaceros)
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution:
• Quaternary of France (8 collections), Georgia (1), Germany (2), Greece (14), Israel (2), Italy (11), Romania (5), Spain (2), Syria (1), Tajikistan (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (1)
Total: 48 collections including 50 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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