Megacerini

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ruminantia

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Euungulata Ordo: Artiodactyla Cladus: Artiofabula Cladus: Cetruminantia Subordo: Ruminantia

Familia: Cervidae
Subfamilia: Cervinae
Tribus: †Megacerini

Genera: †Arvernoceros – †Candiacervus – †Megaceroides – †Megaloceros – †Neomegaloceros – †Orchonoceros – †Praedama – †Praemegaceros – †Praesinomegaceros – †Sinomegaceros

Name

Megacerini Viret, 1961

Type genus: Megaceros [Owen, 1844]

Synonyms

• Megalocerini Kalandadze & Rautian, 1992

References

Primary references

• Viret, J. 1961. Artiodactyla. In Traite de Paleontologie Tome 6, Vol. 1. Masson et Cie: Paris. Pp. 887–1084. Reference page.  p. 1018.

Additional references

• McKenna, M.C. & Bell, S.K. (eds.). 1997. Classification of mammals: above the species level. Columbia University Press: New York. xii + 631 pp. ISBN 978-0-231-11012-9. Google Books Reference page.  pp. 427–8.
• Vislobokova, I.A. 2013. Morphology, Taxonomy, and Phylogeny of Megacerines (Megacerini, Cervidae, Artiodactyla). Paleontological Journal 43(8): 833–950. DOI: 10.1134/S0031030113080017 ResearchGate Reference page. 

Links

• Megacerini – Taxon details on Fossilworks.

Vernacular names

English: Megacerines