Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Alternative spellings: Antilope (Dama), Cervus (Dama)
Parent taxon: Cervini according to P. Mackiewicz et al. 2022
See also Agnarsson and May-Collado 2008, Boule and De Villeneuve 1927, Capasso Barbato and Gliozzi 1995, Carroll 1988, Gray 1825, Grubb 2000, Hamilton 1978, Hay 1902, Lydekker 1914 and Owen 1844
Sister taxa: Axis, Bohlinella, Cervus, Elaphurus, Panolia, Rucervus, Rusa
Subtaxa: Cervus (Dama) somonensis Dama dama Dama eurygonos Dama laevicornis Dama mesopotamica Dama rhenana Dama roberti
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Bulgaria (1 collection), France (2), Germany (4), Greece (15), Israel (7), Italy (22), Malta (1), Monaco (1), the Netherlands (2), Portugal (1), Spain (21), Türkiye (2), the United Kingdom (3), United States (1: Pennsylvania)
• Villafranchian of Spain (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Spain (1)
Total: 85 collections including 92 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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