Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Full reference: W. E. Fry and E. P. Gustafson. 1974. Cervids from the Pliocene and Pleistocene of Central Washington. Journal of Paleontology 48(2)
Parent taxon: Cervidae according to G. V. Morejohn et al. 2005
See also Carroll 1988, Fry and Gustafson 1974, Grubb 2000, Kurten and Anderson 1980 and Webb 1998
Sister taxa: Agalmaceros, Alcinae, Anoglochis, Antifer, Capreolinae, Cariacus, Cervalces, Cervavitulus, Cervina, Cervinae, Cervodama, Cervulinae, Cervulus, Cervus guineensis, Charitoceros, Eocoileus, Epieuryceros, Euctenoceros, Eumeryx, Furcifer, Lucentia, Megaceroides, Metacervulus, Moschina, Nemomeryx, Palaeoplatyceros, Paraceros, Paracervulus, Paradicrocerus, Plesiometacarpalia, Pliocervinae, Praemegaceros, Procervulus, Pseudaxis, Pudu, Sangamona, Sangamona fugitiva, Surameryx, Surameryx acrensis, Telemetacarpalia
Subtaxa: Bretzia nebrascensis Bretzia pseudalces
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution:
• Blancan of United States (2: California, Washington collections)
• Pliocene of United States (1: Washington)
• Hemphillian of United States (1: Nebraska)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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