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Taxonomy
Epieuryceros was named by Ameghino (1889). Its type is Epieuryceros truncus.
It was corrected as Epieurycerus by Ameghino (1889); it was misspelled as Epieurycerus by Bagnalasta (1980); it was synonymized subjectively with Blastocerus by Hershkovitz (1982).
It was assigned to Cervidae by Ameghino (1889) and Bagnalasta (1980).
It was corrected as Epieurycerus by Ameghino (1889); it was misspelled as Epieurycerus by Bagnalasta (1980); it was synonymized subjectively with Blastocerus by Hershkovitz (1982).
It was assigned to Cervidae by Ameghino (1889) and Bagnalasta (1980).
Species
E. truncus (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1889 | Epieuryceros Ameghino |
| 1889 | Epieurycerus Ameghino p. 613 |
| 1980 | Epieurycerus Bagnalasta |
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| M. B. Bagnalasta 1980 | Cornamenta palmada de gran tamaño formada por una lámina ósea en abanico, de la cual salen 4 a 6 puntas, terminando el candil posterior en dos prolongaciones en forma de horquilla. |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988 | |||||