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Candiacervus rethymnensis

Mammalia - Cervidae

Taxonomy
Candiacervus rethymnensis was named by Kuss (1975). Its type specimen is NHMH number unknown, a limb element (right metacarpal), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mavro Mouri IV, which is in a Pleistocene cave horizon in Greece.

It was recombined as Cervus (Leptocervus) rethymnensis by Capasso Barbato (1992).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Candiacervus rethymnensis Kuss p. 41
1992Cervus (Leptocervus) rethymnensis Capasso Barbato
1996Candiacervus rethymnensis de Vos
2018Candiacervus rethymnensis van der Geer

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Ruminantiamorpha
—Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
—Pecora()
superfamilyCervoidea
familyCervidae
subfamilyCervinaeGoldfuss 1820
genusCandiacervus
speciesrethymnensis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. de Vos 1996A species which, by the length of its legs, is comparable with the mainland Cervus elaphus. It had a withers height of about 90 cm. This species and the following two species are only known from their postcranial skeletal elements.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: grazerf
Diet 2: browserf
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-09-22 12:03:17
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Greece (Crete) Cervus rethymnensis (94325)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Greece (Crete) Candiacervus rethymnensis (182811 type locality: 192442 192443 204040)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Crete) Candiacervus rethymnensis (183124 192965)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Greece (Crete) Candiacervus rethymnensis (192961)