Agalmaceros

Agalmaceros
Temporal range: Pleistocene (Uquian-Lujanian)
~2.588–0.012 Ma
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Artiodactyla
Clade:Ruminantiamorpha
Suborder:Ruminantia
Infraorder:Pecora
Family:Cervidae
Genus:†Agalmaceros
Hoffstetter 1952
Type species
A. blicki
Frick 1937
Species

A. blicki Frick 1937

Agalmaceros is an extinct genus of deer of the Cervidae family, that lived in South America during the Pleistocene. The type species is A. blicki.[1] Remains have only been found in Ecuador. It showed a clear affinity to Andean or temperate habitats.[2] Agalmaceros blicki is estimated to have been 60 kilograms (130 lb) in weight.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Agalmaceros blicki". Fossilworks.org. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  2. ↑ Ochsenius, Claudio (1985). "Pleniglacial Desertization, Large-AnimalMassExtinction and Pleistocene-Holocene Boundary in South America" (PDF). Revista de Geografía Norte Grande. 12: 35–47.
  3. ↑ Lyons, Kathleen (2004). "Of mice, mastodons and men: human-mediated extinctions on four continents" (PDF). Evolutionary Ecology Research. 6: 339–358.


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