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Taxonomy
Cervus giganteus was named by Blumenbach (1799).
It was synonymized subjectively with Alces (Megaceros) fossilis by Allen (1895); it was recombined as Megaloceros giganteus by Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008) and Gentry (2010).
It was synonymized subjectively with Alces (Megaceros) fossilis by Allen (1895); it was recombined as Megaloceros giganteus by Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008) and Gentry (2010).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1799 | Cervus giganteus Blumenbach |
2008 | Megaloceros giganteus Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 974 figs. Fig. 5 |
2010 | Megaloceros giganteus Gentry p. 821 |
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†Megaloceros giganteus Blumenbach 1799
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available