Torontoceros Churcher and Peterson 1982 (deer)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Cervidae

Full reference: C. S. Churcher and R. L. Peterson. 1982. Chronologic and Environmental Implications of a New Genus of Fossil Deer from Late Wisconsin Deposits at Toronto, Canada. Quaternary Research 18(2):184-195

Parent taxon: Cervinae according to C. S. Churcher and R. L. Peterson 1982

Sister taxa: Candiacervus, Megacerini, Metacervocerus, Praeelaphus, Praesinomegaceros

Subtaxa: Torontoceros hypogaeus

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Type: Torontoceros hypogaeus

Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution: found only at Toronto, Glacial Lake Iroquoi (Quaternary of Ontario)

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