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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), Vislobokova (2009).
It was assigned to Cervinae by McKenna and Bell (1997), Vislobokova (2009).
Subtaxa
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. †Neomegaloceros Korotkevitsch 1971
G. †Orchonoceros Vislobokova 1979
G. †Sinomegaceros Chow et al. 1965
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| 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. |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Nowak 1991 | |||||
Age range: base of the Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections (11 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pliocene | Tajikistan | Sinomegaceros tadzhikistanica (34444) | |
| Pliocene - Pleistocene | Spain (Granada) | Cervidae indet. (40986) | |
| Pliocene - Pleistocene | Tajikistan (Zulfi) | Sinomegaceros sp. (34434) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Mongolia | Megacerini indet. (71060) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Russian Federation (Western Transbaikalia) | Megacerini indet. (40266) | |
| Pleistocene | Japan (Akita) | Sinomegaceros sp. (102049) | |
| Pleistocene | Tajikistan | Sinomegaceros sp. (34104) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Spain (Granada) | Megacerini indet. (34464) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Japan (Aomori) | Sinomegaceros yabei (101897) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Japan (Aomori) | Sinomegaceros yabei (101898 101899) |