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Taxonomy
Cervus dama was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.
It was recombined as Dama dama by Hamilton (1978), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008), Gruwier et al. (2015).
It was recombined as Dama dama by Hamilton (1978), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008), Gruwier et al. (2015).
Subspecies
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1758 | Cervus dama Linnaeus p. 67 |
| 1911 | Cervus dama Thomas p. 151 |
| 1978 | Dama dama Hamilton p. 497 |
| 2008 | Dama dama Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 974 figs. Fig. 5 |
| 2015 | Dama dama Gruwier et al. p. 37 figs. Table 1 |
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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.
Dama dama Linnaeus 1758 [fallow deer]
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†Dama dama clactoniana Falconer 1868
Dama dama dama Linneaus 1758
†Dama dama geiselana Pfeiffer 1998
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 2.58800 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.781 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.781 Ma
Collections (37 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Germany (Thüringen) | Dama dama (43020 45085) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Spain (Castilla-Leon) | Dama dama (34916) | |
| Pleistocene | Greece (Chalkidiki) | Dama dama (183123) | |
| Pleistocene | Malta | Cervus dama (190860) | |
| Pleistocene | Italy (Puglia) | Dama dama (44091) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Spain (Soria) | Dama dama (73757 73758 73759 73760 73761) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Netherlands | Dama dama (109704) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Spain | Dama dama (34926) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Italy (Vicenza) | Dama dama (43697) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Italy (Trieste) | Dama dama (43701 43704) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Italy (Lazio Region) | Dama dama (36134) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | United Kingdom (Suffolk) | Dama dama (49814) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | United Kingdom (Norfolk) | Dama dama (49816) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Italy (Verona) | Cervus dama (43654) Dama dama (43655 43664) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Greece (Lakonia) | Dama dama (32059 32062 32082 32086) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Italy (Verona) | Dama dama (43657) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Greece (Peloponnesus) | Dama dama (184245 208563) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Greece | Dama dama (203847) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Greece (Ioannina) | Dama dama (208564 208565) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | United Kingdom (England) | Cervus dama (93828) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Netherlands | Dama dama (109703) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Greece (Dodecanese) | Dama dama (182809) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Greece (Peloponnesus) | Dama dama (184243) | |
| Holocene | Bulgaria | Cervus dama (232847) |