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Megacerini

Mammalia - Cervidae

Taxonomy
Megacerini was named by Viret (1961). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Cervinae by McKenna and Bell (1997) and Vislobokova (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Megacerini Viret p. 1018
1997Megacerini McKenna and Bell
2009Megacerini Vislobokova p. 398

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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
tribeMegaceriniViret 1961
tribeMegaceriniViret 1961

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. †Arvernoceros Heintz 1968
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†Arvernoceros ardei Croizet and Jobert 1828
G. †Megaloceros Brookes 1828 [Irish elk]
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†Megaloceros algericus Lydekker 1890
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Invalid names: Cervus pachygenys Pommel 1829 [synonym]
†Megaloceros giganteus Blumenbach 1799
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
ReferenceDiagnosis
I. A. Vislobokova 2009Generally 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.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: grazerf
Diet 2: browserf
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-09-22 12:03:17
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the Villanyian to the top of the Holocene or 3.20000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (97 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene15.97 - 0.781Netherlands Megaloceros giganteus (189573)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Spain (La Rioja) Cervus cusanus (38892)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Romania Arvernoceros ardei (39843 40125)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Tajikistan Sinomegaceros tadzhikistanica (34444)
Ruscinian - Villanyian5.333 - 2.588Hungary (Barany) Megaceros dupuisi (35354)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Tajikistan (Zulfi) Sinomegaceros sp. (34434)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Spain (Granada) Cervidae indet. (40986)
MN 15 - MN 164.2 - 2.588Poland (Siedlce) Arvernoceros ardei (34840)
MN 163.2 - 2.588France Arvernoceros ardei (47099 47100)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Hungary (Fejer) Megaloceros sp. (35374)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Hungary (Barany) Megaloceros sp. (35371)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806United Kingdom (England) Megaceros sp. (48093)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Mongolia Megacerini indet. (71060)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Italy Megaloceros obscurus (42867)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) Megaloceros verticornis (50000)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Spain (Murcia) Megaceros savini (34911)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Spain (Castilla-Leon) Megaceros sp. (34916)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Spain (Granada) Praedama savini (34461)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Netherlands Megaloceros giganteus (189574)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Germany (Thüringen) Megaceros giganteus (43020 45065 45067 45069 45070)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Turkey Megaloceros sp. (39314)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Russian Federation (Western Transbaikalia) Megacerini indet. (40266)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781United Kingdom (England) Cervus megaceros (77751)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781France (Auvergne) Megaceros solilhacus (47830)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129United Kingdom (England) Megaceros sp. (49997)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Tajikistan Sinomegaceros sp. (34104)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Greece (Kavala) Megaloceros sp. (182679)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Germany (Bayern) Praemegaceros verticornis (48555)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117China (Shaanxi) Megaloceros sp. (37204)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Germany (Thuringia) Megaloceros verticornis, Megaloceros savini (22728)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Spain (Castilla-Leon) Megaloceros sp. (34872)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Japan (Akita) Sinomegaceros sp. (102049)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (Suffolk) Megaloceros verticornis, Megaloceros savini (49814 49815) Megaloceros verticornis, Megaloceros savini, Megaloceros dawkinsi (49813)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Czech Republic Megaloceros sp. (36214)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain Megaloceros sp. (34926)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain (Castilla-Leon) Megaloceros sp. (34925)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain (Valencia) Megaloceros giganteus (221420 221421 221424 221425 221426)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Megaloceros verticornis, Megaloceros sp., Praedama sp. (36206)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain (La Rioja) Arvernoceros ardei (189976)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (Norfolk) Megaloceros verticornis, Megaloceros savini (49816)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) Megaceros giganteus (43017) Megaloceros verticornis (50196 50198)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Netherlands Megaloceros sp. (109704)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Bayern) Megaloceros sp. (36220)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Verona) Cervus euryceros (43664) Megaceros euryceros (43645 43653 43654)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129China (Shaanxi) Megaloceros luochuanensis (36832)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Niedersachsen) Megaloceros verticornis (50248)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Turkey Megaloceros sp. (43008)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain (Granada) Dolichodoryceros savini (34985) Megacerini indet. (34464)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Greece (Crete) Megaloceros sp. (204309)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France Megaceros dupuisi (49092)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Hungary Megaloceros sp. (35045 35047 36706)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Greece (Kozani) Megaloceros sp. (204558)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom Megaloceros verticornis, Megaloceros dawkinsi (34981)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan (Aomori) Sinomegaceros yabei (101897)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain (Madrid) Megaceros sp. (51817)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Italy (Verona) Megaceros euryceros (43657)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Greece (Lakonia) Megaloceros sp. (32082)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Italy (Trieste) Megaceros euryceros (43702)
Middle Pleistocene - Holocene0.774 - 0.0United Kingdom Megaloceros verticornis (197163)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Megaloceros giganteus (93828 96782)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117France (Corse) Megaloceros cazioti (215362)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117France (Poitou-Charentes) Megaceros sp. (43629)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Thessalia) Megaloceros giganteus (204397)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117China (Nei Mongol) Megaceros baotouensis (35929)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Netherlands Megaloceros giganteus (82530 109703)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117China (Heilongjiang) Megaloceros sp. (230983)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Drama) Megaloceros giganteus (204391)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Hungary (Barany) Megaloceros giganteus (197461)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy (Vicenza) Megaceros euryceros (43689)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117China (Beijing) Megaceros ordosianus (35964)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan (Aomori) Megaceros sp. (195045) Sinomegaceros yabei (101898 101899)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0North Atlantic Cervus megaceros (102954)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France Megaceros sp. (59150)