Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Alternative spelling: Megalocerus
Synonyms: Alces (Megaceros) Owen 1844, Megaceros Owen 1844
Parent taxon: Cervinae according to R. Croitor 2014
See also Agnarsson and May-Collado 2008, Carroll 1988, Grubb 2000, Hamilton 1978, McKenna and Bell 1997, Vislobokova 2009 and Vislobokova 2013
Sister taxa: Arvernoceros, Cervini, Croizetoceros, Eucladoceros, Megacerini, Megaceroides, Metacervocerus, Muntiacini, Praedama, Praeelaphus, Praesinomegaceros, Torontoceros
Subtaxa: Megaloceros algericus Megaloceros giganteus Megaloceros luochuanensis
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution:
• Quaternary of China (5 collections), Czechia (1), France (5), Germany (9), Greece (6), Hungary (4), Italy (8), Japan (1), the Netherlands (4), North Atlantic (1), Spain (12), Türkiye (2), the United Kingdom (11)
• Villafranchian of Hungary (2)
• Pliocene of Hungary (1)
• Miocene to Pleistocene of the Netherlands (1)
Total: 73 collections including 79 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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