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Taxonomy
Cervus punjabiensis was named by Brown (1926). Its type specimen is AMNH 19911, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pinjor formation, Upper Siwaliks, near Chandigarh, which is in a Pliocene fluvial horizon in the Tatrot Formation of India.
It was recombined as Metacervocerus punjabiensis by Croiter and Robinson (2020).
It was recombined as Metacervocerus punjabiensis by Croiter and Robinson (2020).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1926 | Cervus punjabiensis Brown |
| 2020 | Metacervocerus punjabiensis Croiter and Robinson |
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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.
†Metacervocerus punjabiensis Brown 1926
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Pliocene or 3.60000 to 2.58800 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Pliocene | India (Panjab) | Cervus punjabiensis (type locality: 51106) |