Cervavitus Chomenko 1913 (deer)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Cervidae

Synonyms: Cervoceros Khomenko 1913, Cervocerus Khomenko 1913, Damacerus Khomenko 1913, Metadicrocerus Schlosser 1924, Procervus Alexejev 1913

Parent taxon: Capreolinae according to R. Croitor 2014

See also Carroll 1988 and Grubb 2000

Sister taxa: Alceini, Capreolini, Capreolus, Odocoileini, Pliocervus, Procapreolus, Pudu, Rangiferini

Subtaxa: Cervavitus cauvieri Cervavitus fenqii Cervavitus huadeensis Cervavitus novorossiae Cervavitus shanxius Cervavitus ultimus

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Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution:

• Quaternary of China (8 collections)

• Pliocene of China (4), France (1), the Russian Federation (1), Ukraine (2)

• MN 13 of China (1)

• Miocene of China (8), Hungary (1), Kazakhstan (1), Moldova (2), Ukraine (5)

• Neogene of Ukraine (1)

Total: 35 collections including 37 occurrences

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