Antifer crassus Rusconi 1934 (marsh deer)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Cervidae

Full reference: C. Rusconi. 1934. Tercera noticia sobre los vertebrados fosiles de las Arenas Puelchenses de Villa Ballester. Anales de la Socieded Cientifica Argentina 117:19-37

Belongs to Antifer according to C. Rusconi 1934

Sister taxa: Blastoceros azpeitianus, Blastoceros campestris, Blastoceros paludosus, Blastocerus dichotomus, Blastocerus extraneus, Paraceros avius, Paraceros ensenadensis, Paraceros fragilis, Paraceros vulneratus, Epieuryceros truncus, Antifer niemeyeri, Antifer ultra

Type specimen: Its type locality is Villa Ballester, which is in a Pliocene marine sandstone in Argentina

Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution: found only at Villa Ballester

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