Biology:Pseudodama

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Short description: Extinct genus of deer

Pseudodama
Temporal range: Late Pliocene–Early Pleistocene
Pseudodama nestii 2.JPG
Skull of P. nestii
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Cervidae
Subfamily: Cervinae
Tribe: Cervini
Genus: Pseudodama
Azzaroli,1992
Antlers of P. farnetensis

Pseudodama is an extinct genus of deer found in Europe during the Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene.[1] It has been suggested by some authors to be ancestral to Dama[2], with some authors choosing to subsume its species into that genus.[3]

References

  1. Mazza, P. P. A. (2006). "Poggio Rosso (Upper Valdarno, Central Italy), A Window on Latest Pliocene Wildlife". PALAIOS 21 (5): 493–498. doi:10.2110/palo.2005.P05-033R. http://doc.rero.ch/record/16038/files/PAL_E3825.pdf. 
  2. Cherin, Marco; Breda, Marzia; Esattore, Bruno; Hart, Vlastimil; Turek, Jiří; Porciello, Francesco; Angeli, Giovanni; Holpin, Sofia et al. (2022-08-16). "A Pleistocene Fight Club revealed by the palaeobiological study of the Dama-like deer record from Pantalla (Italy)" (in en). Scientific Reports 12 (1). doi:10.1038/s41598-022-18091-1. ISSN 2045-2322. PMID 35974071. PMC 9381596. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-18091-1. 
  3. van der Made, Jan; Rodríguez-Alba, Juan José; Martos, Juan Antonio; Gamarra, Jesús; Rubio-Jara, Susana; Panera, Joaquín; Yravedra, José (April 2023). "The fallow deer Dama celiae sp. nov. with two-pointed antlers from the Middle Pleistocene of Madrid, a contemporary of humans with Acheulean technology" (in en). Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences 15 (4). doi:10.1007/s12520-023-01734-3. ISSN 1866-9557. https://link.springer.com/10.1007/s12520-023-01734-3. 

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