Praesinomegaceros
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Cervidae |
| Subfamily: | Cervinae |
| Genus: | †Praesinomegaceros |
Praesinomegaceros is an extinct genus of deer that lived in Eurasia during the Miocene and Pliocene epochs.
Distribution
[edit]The earliest species, P. venustus, lived in Tuva during the Late Miocene.[1][2] P. bakri inhabited the Indian Subcontinent during the Pliocene.[3][4] P. asiaticus lived in Mongolia during the Early Pliocene.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Vislobokova, Inessa (May–June 2005). "A new species of Megacerini (Cervidae, Artiodactyla) from the Late Miocene of Taralyk-Cher, Tuva (Russia), and remarks on the relationships of the group". Geobios. 42 (3): 397–410. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2008.12.004. Retrieved 7 September 2024 – via Elsevier Science Direct.
- ^ Vislobokova, Inessa A. (December 2009). "The most ancient megacerine deer from the Late Miocene of Siberia and its implications to the evolution of the group". Palaeoworld. 18 (4): 278–281. doi:10.1016/j.palwor.2009.09.002. Retrieved 7 September 2024 – via Elsevier Science Direct.
- ^ a b Croitor, Roman; Abbas, Sayyed Ghyour; Babar, Muhammad Adeeb; Khan, Muhammad Akbar (10 September 2021). "A new deer species (Cervidae, Mammalia) from the upper Siwaliks (Pakistan)". Quaternary International. 595: 1–11. Bibcode:2021QuInt.595....1C. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2021.03.009. Retrieved 7 September 2024 – via Elsevier Science Direct.
- ^ Croitor, Roman; Khan, Muhammad Akbar; Abbas, Sayyed Ghyour; Babar, Muhammad Adeeb; Asim, Muhammad; Akhtar, Muhammad (October 2022). "Description of new Pliocene to Early Pleistocene deer (Cervidae, Mammalia) remains from the Siwalik Hills in Pakistan with a discussion on paleobiogeography of cervids from the Indian subcontinent". Geobios. 74: 21–41. Bibcode:2022Geobi..74...21C. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2022.08.001. Retrieved 7 September 2024 – via Elsevier Science Direct.
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