Sinomegaceros yabei

Sinomegaceros yabei

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cervoidea

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 Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Grandordo: Ferungulata Mirordo: Euungulata Ordo: Artiodactyla Cladus: Artiofabula Cladus: Cetruminantia Cladus: Ruminantiamorpha Subordo: Ruminantia Infraordo: Pecora Superfamilia: Cervoidea

Familia: Cervidae
Subfamilia: Cervinae
Tribus: †Megacerini
Genus: †Sinomegaceros
Species: †Sinomegaceros yabei

Name

Sinomegaceros yabei (Shikama, 1938)

Holotype: IGPTU 61670

Type locality: Yosizawa quarry, Tuidi, Kuzū, Aso District, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan.

Synonymy

• Cervus (Megaceros) sp. Shikama, 1937: 409
• Cervus (Sinomegaceros) yabei Shikama, 1938: 115 [Protonym]
• Megaceros sp. Yagi, 1942: 32
• Cervus (Sinomegaceroides) yabei Shikama, 1949: 107
• Euryceros sp. Naora, 1954: 95
• Megaceros sp. Naora, 1954: 132
• Megaceros kinryuensis Matsumoto & Mori, 1956: 239 [syn. Shikama & Okafuji, 1958: 78]
• Sinomegaceros (Sinomegaceroides) yabei Shikama & Okafuji, 1958: 78
• Sinomegaceroides yabei
• Sinomegaceros yabei

References

Primary references

• Shikama, T. 1938. Discovery of a giant fallow deer from the Pleistocene in Japan. Japanese Journal of Geology and Geography 16: 115–122. Reference page. 
• Shikama, T. 1949. The Kuzuü ossuaries: geological and palaeontological studies of the limestone fissure deposits, in Kuzuü, Totigi Prefecture. The science reports of the Tohoku University. Second series, Geology 23: 1–201. hdl: 10097/28743 Reference page. 
• Matsumoto, H. & Mori, H. 1956. 陸中国西磐井郡花泉町金森発見の鮮新紀末葉化石床の哺乳類 [On the Mammals of the very Late Pliocene fossiliferous Zone at Kanamori, Hanaizumi, Nishi-iwai District, Province of Rikuchû]. Dōbutsugaku zasshi 65(6): 239–249. NDL Digital Collections Reference page. 
• Shikama, T. & Okafuji, G. 1958. Quaternary Cave and Fissure Deposits and their Fossils in Akiyosi District, Yamaguti Prefecture. Science reports of the Yokohama National University. Section II, Biological and geological sciences 7: 43–103. hdl: 10131/2919 Reference page. 

Additional references

• 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.  pp. 906–7.

Vernacular names

English: Yabe's Giant Deer
日本語: ヤベオオツノジカ