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Candiacervus major

Mammalia - Cervidae

Taxonomy
Cervus major was named by Capasso Barbato and Petronio (1986). Its type specimen is MPUR nr 30, a limb element (metatarsal), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bate Cave, which is in a Pleistocene cave sandstone in Greece.

It was recombined as Cervus (Leptocervus) major by Capasso Barbato (1992); it was recombined as Candiacervus major by van der Geer (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Cervus major Capasso Barbato and Petronio
1992Cervus (Leptocervus) major Capasso Barbato
2018Candiacervus major van der Geer

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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
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Ruminantiamorpha
—Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
—Pecora()
familyCervidae
subfamilyCervinaeGoldfuss 1820
genusCandiacervus
speciesmajor()

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.

†Candiacervus major Capasso Barbato and Petronio 1986
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available