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Megaloceros (Irish elk)

Mammalia - Cervidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1828Megaloceros Brookes
1844Megaceros Owen
1895Alces (Megaceros) Allen p. 191
1978Megaloceros Hamilton p. 497
1988Megaloceros Carroll
1997Megaloceros McKenna and Bell p. 428
2000Megaloceros Grubb p. 302
2008Megaloceros Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 974 figs. Fig. 5
2009Megaloceros Vislobokova p. 398
2014Megaloceros Croitor p. 139

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Ruminantiamorpha
—Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
—Pecora()
familyCervidae
subfamilyCervinaeGoldfuss 1820
genusMegalocerosBrookes 1828

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.

G. †Megaloceros Brookes 1828 [Irish elk]
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Subg. †Megaloceros (Megaceroides) Joleaud 1914
†Megaloceros algericus Lydekker 1890
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Invalid names: Cervus pachygenys Pommel 1829 [synonym]
†Megaloceros giganteus Blumenbach 1799
Invalid names: Megaceros Owen 1844 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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 Villanyian to the top of the Holocene or 3.20000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (83 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Messinian - Early/Lower Pleistocene7.246 - 0.781Netherlands Megaloceros giganteus (189573)
Ruscinian - Villanyian5.333 - 2.588Hungary (Barany) Megaceros dupuisi (35354)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Hungary (Fejer) Megaloceros sp. (35374)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Hungary (Barany) Megaloceros sp. (35371)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806United Kingdom (England) Megaceros sp. (48093)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) Megaloceros verticornis (50000)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Germany (Thüringen) Megaceros giganteus (43020 45065 45067 45069 45070)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781France (Auvergne) Megaceros solilhacus (47830)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Turkey Megaloceros sp. (39314)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Netherlands Megaloceros giganteus (189574)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781United Kingdom (England) Cervus megaceros (77751)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Spain (Castilla-Leon) Megaceros sp. (34916)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Italy (Perugia) Eucladoceros dicranios (44145)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Italy Megaloceros obscurus (42867)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Spain (Granada) Megaloceros solilhacus (34943) Praemegaceros solilhacus (34898)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Spain (Murcia) Megaceros savini (34911)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129United Kingdom (England) Megaceros sp. (49997)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Germany (Thuringia) Megaloceros verticornis (22728)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Germany (Bayern) Praemegaceros verticornis (48555)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Spain (Castilla-Leon) Megaloceros sp. (34872)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Greece (Kavala) Megaloceros sp. (182679)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117China (Shaanxi) Megaloceros sp. (37204)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy Megaceroides verticornis (49239)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Turkey Megaloceros sp. (43008)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Bayern) Megaloceros sp. (36220)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Niedersachsen) Megaloceros verticornis (50248)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Greece (Crete) Megaloceros sp. (204309)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain (Castilla-Leon) Megaloceros sp. (34925)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain (Valencia) Megaloceros giganteus (221420 221421 221424 221425 221426)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (Suffolk) Megaloceros verticornis, Megaloceros savini (49814 49815) Megaloceros verticornis, Megaloceros savini, Megaloceros dawkinsi (49813)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Czech Republic Megaloceros sp. (36214)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129China (Shaanxi) Megaloceros luochuanensis (36832)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom Megaloceros verticornis, Megaloceros dawkinsi (34981)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain Megaloceros sp. (34926)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Megaloceros verticornis, Megaloceros sp. (36206)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy Megaceroides solilhacus (38314)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Greece (Kozani) Megaloceros sp. (204558)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain (Madrid) Megaceros sp. (51817)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Netherlands Megaloceros sp. (109704)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) Megaceros giganteus (43017) Megaloceros verticornis (50196 50198)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain (Granada) Dolichodoryceros savini (34985)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (Norfolk) Megaloceros verticornis, Megaloceros savini (49816)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Hungary Megaloceros sp. (35045 35047 36706)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Verona) Cervus euryceros (43664) Megaceros euryceros (43645 43653 43654)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France Megaceros dupuisi (49092)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Greece (Lakonia) Megaloceros sp. (32082)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Italy (Trieste) Megaceros euryceros (43702)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Italy (Verona) Megaceros euryceros (43657)
Middle Pleistocene - Holocene0.774 - 0.0United Kingdom Megaloceros verticornis (197163)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117China (Nei Mongol) Megaceros baotouensis (35929)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Megaloceros giganteus (93828 96782)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Drama) Megaloceros giganteus (204391)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan (Aomori) Megaceros sp. (195045)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117China (Heilongjiang) Megaloceros sp. (230983)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Netherlands Megaloceros giganteus (82530 109703)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117France (Poitou-Charentes) Megaceros sp. (43629)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117France (Corse) Megaloceros cazioti (215362)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy (Vicenza) Megaceros euryceros (43689)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Hungary (Barany) Megaloceros giganteus (197461)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117China (Beijing) Megaceros ordosianus (35964)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Thessalia) Megaloceros giganteus (204397)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0North Atlantic Cervus megaceros (102954)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France Megaceros sp. (59150)