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Candiacervus cretensis
Taxonomy
Anoglochis cretensis was named by Simonelli (1907). Its type specimen is MGGC number unknown, a limb element (metacarpal), and it is a 3D body fossil.
It was recombined as Cervus cretensis by Kuss (1970); it was recombined as Megaceros cretensis by Kotsakis et al. (1976); it was recombined as Candiacervus cretensis by Kuss (1975), de Vos (1996), van der Geer (2018).
It was recombined as Cervus cretensis by Kuss (1970); it was recombined as Megaceros cretensis by Kotsakis et al. (1976); it was recombined as Candiacervus cretensis by Kuss (1975), de Vos (1996), van der Geer (2018).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1907 | Anoglochis cretensis Simonelli |
| 1970 | Cervus cretensis Kuss |
| 1975 | Candiacervus cretensis Kuss p. 28 |
| 1976 | Megaceros cretensis Kotsakis et al. |
| 1996 | Candiacervus cretensis de Vos |
| 2018 | Candiacervus cretensis van der Geer |
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†Candiacervus cretensis Simonelli 1907
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| J. de Vos 1996 | This species had a withers height of about 65 cm.The legs were also shortened, but to a lesser degree than the previous species. |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Pleistocene | Greece (Crete) | Candiacervus cretensis (192442 192443) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Greece (Crete) | Candiacervus cretensis (92902) |