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Taxonomy
Elaphurus was named by Milne-Edwards (1866). It is extant.
It was reranked as Cervus (Elaphurus) by Teilhard de Chardin and Piveteau (1930), Pitra et al. (2004); it was synonymized subjectively with Cervus by Hassanin et al. (2012).
It was assigned to Cervidae by Carroll (1988); to Cervus by Teilhard de Chardin and Piveteau (1930), Pitra et al. (2004); to Cervinae by Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008); and to Cervini by Grubb (2000), Mackiewicz et al. (2022).
It was reranked as Cervus (Elaphurus) by Teilhard de Chardin and Piveteau (1930), Pitra et al. (2004); it was synonymized subjectively with Cervus by Hassanin et al. (2012).
It was assigned to Cervidae by Carroll (1988); to Cervus by Teilhard de Chardin and Piveteau (1930), Pitra et al. (2004); to Cervinae by Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008); and to Cervini by Grubb (2000), Mackiewicz et al. (2022).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1866 | Elaphurus Milne-Edwards |
| 1930 | Cervus (Elaphurus) Teilhard de Chardin and Piveteau |
| 1988 | Elaphurus Carroll |
| 2000 | Elaphurus Grubb p. 302 |
| 2004 | Cervus (Elaphurus) Pitra et al. p. 893 |
| 2008 | Elaphurus Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 974 figs. Fig. 5 |
| 2022 | Elaphurus Mackiewicz et al. |
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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. Elaphurus Milne-Edwards 1866 [Pere David's deer]
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†Elaphurus bifurcatus Teilhard de Chardin and Piveteau 1930
Elaphurus davidianus Milne Edwards 1866
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 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.588 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.588 Ma
Collections (7 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pliocene | Tajikistan | Elaphurus eleonorae (34444) | |
| Pliocene - Pleistocene | Tajikistan (Zulfi) | Elaphurus sp. (34434) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene | China (Hebei) | Cervus bifurcatus (231023) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Japan (Tokyo) | Elaphurus shikamai, Elaphurus tamaensis, Elaphurus sp. (76022) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | China (Hebei) | Elaphurus bifurcatus (197069) | |
| Pleistocene | Taiwan (N/A) | Elaphurus formosanus (208978) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Taiwan | Elaphurus menzierianus, Elaphurus davidianus (73686) |