Sinomegaceros

Sinomegaceros
Temporal range: Early Pleistocene–Late Pleistocene
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Sinomegaceros yabei at the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo
Sinomegaceros pachyosteus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Cervidae
Tribe: Cervini
Genus: †Sinomegaceros
Dietrich, 1933
Species
  • S. yabei Shikama, 1938
  • S. pachyosteus Young, 1932
  • S. flabellatus Teilhard de Chardin, 1936
  • S. konwanlinensis Chow, Hu and Lee, 1965
  • S. tadzhikistanis Vislobokova, 1988
  • S. ordosianus Young, 1932
Synonyms
  • Cervus (Sinomegaceroides) Shikama, 1949
  • Megaceros (Sinomegaceros) Kahlke & Hu, 1957[1]
  • Mongolomegaceros Shikama & Okafuji, 1958
  • Megaceraxis Matsumoto, 1963

Sinomegaceros is an extinct genus of deer known from the Late Pliocene/Early Pleistocene to Late Pleistocene of Central and East Asia. It is considered to be part of the group of "giant deer" (often referred to collectively as members of the tribe Megacerini), with a close relationship to Megaloceros. Many members of the genus are noted for their distinctive palmate antler brow tines.

  1. ^ Vislobokova, I. A. (2013). "Morphology, Taxonomy, and Phylogeny of Megacerines (Megacerini, Cervidae, Artiodactyla)". Paleontological Journal. 47 (8): 833–950. doi:10.1134/S0031030113080017. ISSN 0031-0301. S2CID 86697746.