Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Lectotype, fixed by de Vos 1984, figured by Simonelli (1907: figs. 24 & 25). The precise collection of this specimen is not known as Simonelli collected these deer specimens in numerous caves along the north coast of Crete, which have yielded more specimens of this species in subsequent years. Thus, I will not make a new collection in the PBDB as most likely this would be one of the caves that are already in the database.
Alternative combinations: Anoglochis cretensis, Cervus cretensis, Megaceros cretensis
Full reference: V. Simonelli. 1907. Mammiferi quaternari dell’isola di Candia. Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna, Classe di Scienze Fisiche 4:455-471
Belongs to Candiacervus according to A. A. E. van der Geer 2018
See also de Vos 1996, Kotsakis et al. 1976, Kuss 1970, Kuss 1975 and Simonelli 1907
Sister taxa: Candiacervus devosi, Candiacervus dorothensis, Candiacervus listeri, Candiacervus major, Candiacervus rethymnensis, Candiacervus reumeri, Candiacervus ropalophorus
Type specimen: MGGC number unknown, a limb element (metacarpal)
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greece (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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