Cervalces

Cervalces; Temporal range: Pliocene-Pleistocene
	The stag-moose, Cervalces scotti
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Cervidae
Subfamily:	Capreolinae
Tribe:	Alceini
Genus:	†Cervalces; Scott, 1885
Species
	C. gallicus?; C. carnutorum; C. scotti; C. latifrons;
Synonyms
	Alces

Cervalces is an extinct deer genus that lived during the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs. It lived in Europe and North America. The genus has been suggested to be paraphyletic and ancestral with respect to Alces, the genus which contains the modern moose, and as such, some authors synonymise Cervalces with Alces.^[1]

Taxonomy

Cervalces scotti, the stag-moose, lived in Pleistocene North America.^[2] Cervalces latifrons, the broad-fronted moose,^[3] and Cervalces carnutorum were found in Pleistocene Europe and Asia. A fourth species, Cervalces gallicus, is either classified as a species of the related Libralces, or an ancestral species to other members of Cervalces.^[4]

Characteristics

Cervalces is very similar to the modern moose, but can be distinguished by differences in its facial skeleton and antler shape.^[5] The antlers are significantly wider in Cervalces than in Alces.

References

↑ Athanassiou, Athanassios (2022), "The Fossil Record of Continental Fossil Deer (Mammalia: Artiodactyla: Cervidae) in Greece", in Vlachos, Evangelos (ed.), Fossil Vertebrates of Greece Vol. 2, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 205–247, doi:10.1007/978-3-030-68442-6_6, ISBN 978-3-030-68441-9, retrieved 2023-06-14
↑ "Stag Moose (Cervalces scotti)". The Academy of Natural Sciences. Archived from the original on 2007-02-16. Retrieved 2007-03-03.
↑ Breda, Marzia (2010). "Cervalces latifrons". Natural History Museum. Retrieved 2013-01-12.
↑ Breda, Marzia (2001-11-30). "The Holotype of Cervalces Gallicus (Azzaroli, 1952) from Seneze (Haute Loire, France) with Nomenclatural Implications and Taxonomical Phylogenetic Problems". Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia. 107 (3). doi:10.13130/2039-4942/5445. ISSN 2039-4942.
↑ Breda, Marzia (2008). "Palaeoecology and palaeoethology of the Plio-Pleistocene genus Cervalces (Cervidae, Mammalia) in Eurasia". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 28 (3): 886–899. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2008)28[886:PAPOTP]2.0.CO;2.

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[1] Athanassiou, Athanassios (2022), "The Fossil Record of Continental Fossil Deer (Mammalia: Artiodactyla: Cervidae) in Greece", in Vlachos, Evangelos (ed.), Fossil Vertebrates of Greece Vol. 2, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 205–247, doi:10.1007/978-3-030-68442-6_6, ISBN 978-3-030-68441-9, retrieved 2023-06-14

[jefferson-2] "Stag Moose (Cervalces scotti)". The Academy of Natural Sciences. Archived from the original on 2007-02-16. Retrieved 2007-03-03.

[NHM-3] Breda, Marzia (2010). "Cervalces latifrons". Natural History Museum. Retrieved 2013-01-12.

[4] Breda, Marzia (2001-11-30). "The Holotype of Cervalces Gallicus (Azzaroli, 1952) from Seneze (Haute Loire, France) with Nomenclatural Implications and Taxonomical Phylogenetic Problems". Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia. 107 (3). doi:10.13130/2039-4942/5445. ISSN 2039-4942.

[5] Breda, Marzia (2008). "Palaeoecology and palaeoethology of the Plio-Pleistocene genus Cervalces (Cervidae, Mammalia) in Eurasia". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 28 (3): 886–899. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2008)28[886:PAPOTP]2.0.CO;2.

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