Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Full reference: W. E. Fry and E. P. Gustafson. 1974. Cervids from the Pliocene and Pleistocene of Central Washington. Journal of Paleontology 48(2)
Parent taxon: Cervidae according to G. V. Morejohn et al. 2005
See also Carroll 1988, Fry and Gustafson 1974, Grubb 2000, Kurten and Anderson 1980 and Webb 1998
Sister taxa: Agalmaceros, Alcinae, Anoglochis, Capreolinae, Cervalces, Cervavitulus, Cervina, Cervinae, Cervodama, Cervulinae, Cervus aguangae, Cervus guineensis, Charitoceros, Eocoileus, Euctenoceros, Eumeryx, Furcifer, Lucentia, Metacervulus, Moschina, Navahoceros, Nemomeryx, Palaeoplatyceros, Paracervulus, Plesiometacarpalia, Pliocervinae, Praemegaceros, Procervulus, Pseudaxis, Sangamona, Sangamona fugitiva, Surameryx, Surameryx acrensis, Telemetacarpalia
Subtaxa: Bretzia nebrascensis Bretzia pseudalces
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution:
• Blancan of United States (2: California, Washington collections)
• Pliocene of United States (1: Washington)
• Hemphillian of United States (1: Nebraska)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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