Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Parent taxon: Cervidae according to A. Azzaroli 1994
See also Boeskorov 2005, Carroll 1988, Grubb 2000, Hay 1902, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Lister 1993 and Shoshani et al. 1989
Sister taxa: Agalmaceros, Alcinae, Anoglochis, Antifer, Bretzia, Capreolinae, Cariacus, Cervavitulus, Cervina, Cervinae, Cervodama, Cervulinae, Cervulus, Cervus guineensis, Charitoceros, Eocoileus, Epieuryceros, Euctenoceros, Eumeryx, Furcifer, Lucentia, Megaceroides, Metacervulus, Moschina, Nemomeryx, Palaeoplatyceros, Paraceros, Paracervulus, Paradicrocerus, Plesiometacarpalia, Pliocervinae, Praemegaceros, Procervulus, Pseudaxis, Pudu, Sangamona, Sangamona fugitiva, Surameryx, Surameryx acrensis, Telemetacarpalia
Subtaxa: Cervalces latifrons Cervalces postremus Cervalces scotti
Type: Cervus americanus
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (2: Alberta, Saskatchewan collections), the Czech Republic (1), Germany (9), Greece (1), the Netherlands (1), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (16: Alaska, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Nebraska, New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia, Wisconsin)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of France (1)
Total: 34 collections including 36 occurrences
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