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Megaceroides

Mammalia - Cervidae

Taxonomy
Megaloceros (Megaceroides) was named by Joleaud (1914).

It was reranked as Megaceroides by Azzaroli and Mazza (1992) and Grubb (2000); it was synonymized subjectively with Megaloceros by Gentry (2010).

It was assigned to Megaloceros by Joleaud (1914); to Cervidae by Azzaroli and Mazza (1992); and to Cervini by Grubb (2000).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Megaloceros (Megaceroides) Joleaud
1992Megaceroides Azzaroli and Mazza
2000Megaceroides Grubb p. 302

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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
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
Ruminantiamorpha
Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
Pecora()
familyCervidae
genusMegaceroides(Joleaud 1914)

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. †Megaceroides Joleaud 1914
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available