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Taxonomy
Megacerini was named by Viret (1961). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Cervinae by McKenna and Bell (1997) and Vislobokova (2009).
It was assigned to Cervinae by McKenna and Bell (1997) and Vislobokova (2009).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1961 | Megacerini Viret p. 1018 |
| 1997 | Megacerini McKenna and Bell |
| 2009 | Megacerini 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.
Tr. †Megacerini Viret 1961
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G. †Megaloceros Brookes 1828 [Irish elk]
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†Megaloceros giganteus Blumenbach 1799
†Megaloceros luochuanensis Xue 1982
Invalid names: Megaceros Owen 1844 [synonym]
G. †Neomegaloceros Korotkevitsch 1971
G. †Orchonoceros Vislobokova 1979
G. †Praedama Portis 1920
G. †Sinomegaceros Chow et al. 1965
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| I. A. Vislobokova 2009 | Generally medium- and large-sized. Praeorbital pits small; ethmoidal fissure small or absent; pedicles short, divergent; antlers with flattened, often palmate distal part; brow tine absent or present, being sometimes flattened and palmate; upper canines absent. The mandible is thickened (pachyg- nathous). Palaeomeryx fold in lower molars absent. Robust metacarpals. Plesiometacarpal. |