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Taxonomy
Megaloceros luochuanensis was named by Xue (1982) [A skull with complete left antler and right brow tine (62LMO15).]. Its type locality is Heimugou, Q2, lower part, Luochuan, which is in a Pleistocene loess lime mudstone/mudstone in China.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1982 | Megaloceros luochuanensis Xue |
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†Megaloceros luochuanensis Xue 1982
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| X. Xue 1982 | The antlers are relatively small; the brow tine is medium in size, relatively low and short and transversally expanded, so that they form something like an awry peach. The main tine is devided and extends to both external sides. It is parallel to the brow tine. The brow tine and the main tine are inclining forward. |
Measurements
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| References: Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Middle Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.12900 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Pleistocene | China (Shaanxi) | Megaloceros luochuanensis (type locality: 36832) |