Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Lagomerycidae
Full reference: X. WANG, G. XIE, and W. 2009. A new species of crown-antlered deer Stephanocemas (Artiodactyla, Cervidae) from the middle Miocene of Qaidam Basin, northern Tibetan Plateau, China, and a preliminary evaluation of its phylogeny. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 156(3):680-695
Belongs to Stephanocemas according to X. WANG et al. 2009
Sister taxa: Stephanocemas actauensis, Stephanocemas aralensis, Stephanocemas chinghaiensis, Stephanocemas rucha, Stephanocemas thomsoni, Stephanocemas triacuminatus
Type specimen: IVPP V15722, an other (nearly complete, shed left antler without pedicel). Its type locality is IVPP locality CD0626, which is in a Miocene terrestrial gravel in China.
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution: found only at IVPP locality CD0626
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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