Blastocerus Wagner 1844 (marsh deer)
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Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Alternative spellings: Blastoceras, Blastoceros
Parent taxon: Odocoileinae according to S. D. Webb 1992
See also Agnarsson and May-Collado 2008, Carroll 1988, Grubb 2000, Hershkovitz 1982 and Kurten and Anderson 1980
Sister taxa: Hippocamelus, Mazama, Morenelaphus, Odocoileini, Odocoileus, Ozotoceros, Pavlodaria, Pudini, Rohnia
Subtaxa: Blastoceros azpeitianus Blastoceros campestris Blastoceros paludosus Blastocerus dichotomus Blastocerus extraneus
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (2 collections), Brazil (1), Paraguay (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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