Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Alternative spellings: Blastoceras, Blastoceros
Synonyms: Antifer Ameghino 1889, Epieuryceros Ameghino 1889, Epieurycerus Ameghino 1889, Paraceros Ameghino 1889
Parent taxon: Odocoileinae according to I. Agnarsson and L. J. May-Collado 2008
See also Ameghino 1889, Bagnalasta 1980, Carroll 1988, Grubb 2000, Hershkovitz 1982, Kurten and Anderson 1980 and Webb 1992
Sister taxa: Hippocamelus, Mazama, Morenelaphus, Odocoileus, Ozotoceros, Pavlodaria, Pudini, Rohnia
Subtaxa: Antifer crassus Antifer niemeyeri Antifer ultra Blastoceros azpeitianus Blastoceros campestris Blastoceros paludosus Blastocerus dichotomus Blastocerus extraneus Epieuryceros truncus Paraceros avius Paraceros ensenadensis Paraceros fragilis Paraceros vulneratus
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (7 collections), Brazil (4), Chile (4), Paraguay (2), Uruguay (2)
• Pliocene of Argentina (1)
Total: 20 collections including 21 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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