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Taxonomy
Megaloceros was named by Brookes (1828). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Cervidae by Carroll (1988); to Cervini by Grubb (2000); to Cervinae by Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008); and to Megacerini by McKenna and Bell (1997) and Vislobokova (2009).
It was assigned to Cervidae by Carroll (1988); to Cervini by Grubb (2000); to Cervinae by Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008); and to Megacerini by McKenna and Bell (1997) and Vislobokova (2009).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1828 | Megaloceros Brookes |
| 1844 | Megaceros Owen |
| 1895 | Alces (Megaceros) Allen p. 191 |
| 1988 | Megaloceros Carroll |
| 1997 | Megaloceros McKenna and Bell p. 428 |
| 2000 | Megaloceros Grubb p. 302 |
| 2008 | Megaloceros Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 974 figs. Fig. 5 |
| 2009 | Megaloceros Vislobokova p. 398 |
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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. †Megaloceros Brookes 1828 [Irish elk]
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†Megaloceros giganteus Blumenbach 1799
†Megaloceros luochuanensis Xue 1982
Invalid names: Megaceros Owen 1844 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available