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Cervus nestii

Mammalia - Cervidae

Taxonomy
Dama nestii was named by Azzaroli (1947).

It was recombined as Cervus nestii by Azzaroli (1947).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1947Cervus nestii Azzaroli

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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()
familyCervidae
—Plesiometacarpalia
tribeCerviniGoldfuss 1820
genusCervus
speciesnestii(Azzaroli 1947)

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.

†Cervus nestii Azzaroli 1947
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: grazerg
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2009-01-04 11:01:15
Modified: 2009-01-04 13:01:25
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, MacFadden et al. 1999

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Georgia Dama nestii (39882)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Romania Dama nestii (39846)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781France (Alpes Maritimes) Cervus elaphus (50342)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Germany (Baden-Wuerttemberg) Cervus nestii (50274)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Georgia Dama nestii (56733)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Italy (Foggia) Dama nestii (40989 40990 40992 40994 40997 41003 41006 41007)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Croatia (Istria) Dama nestii (40500)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Romania Cervus nestii (39866)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Spain (Castilla-Leon) Dama nestii (34870)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (England) Cervus etueriarum (49989)