Metacervulus Teilhard de Jardin and Trassaert 1937 (deer)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Cervidae

Parent taxon: Cervidae according to R. L. Carroll 1988

Sister taxa: Agalmaceros, Alcinae, Anoglochis, Antifer, Bretzia, Capreolinae, Cariacus, Cervalces, Cervavitulus, Cervina, Cervinae, Cervodama, Cervulinae, Cervulus, Cervus guineensis, Charitoceros, Eocoileus, Epieuryceros, Euctenoceros, Eumeryx, Furcifer, Lucentia, Megaceroides, Moschina, Nemomeryx, Palaeoplatyceros, Paraceros, Paracervulus, Paradicrocerus, Plesiometacarpalia, Pliocervinae, Praemegaceros, Procervulus, Pseudaxis, Pudu, Sangamona, Sangamona fugitiva, Surameryx, Surameryx acrensis, Telemetacarpalia

Subtaxa: Metacervulus lepidus

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Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution:

• Quaternary of China (2 collections)

• Pliocene of Japan (1)

• Miocene of China (7)

Total: 10 collections including 13 occurrences

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