Procervulus
Temporal range: Miocene
Skull, Museum Mensch und Natur, Munchen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Cervidae
Subfamily: †Procervulinae
Genus: †Procervulus
Antler of Procervulus aurelianensis

Procervulus is an extinct species of deer found in Europe.[1] It possessed horns that were not shed.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Pilgrim, G. E. (1941). "X.—The relationship of certain variant fossil types of "horn" to those of the living Pecora". Journal of Natural History. Series 11. 7 (38): 172. doi:10.1080/00222934108527149.
  2. ↑ Ginsburg, L. (1988). "La faune des mammifères des sables Miocènes du synclinal d'Esvres (Val de Loire)" [The mammalian fauna of the Miocene sands of the syncline Esvres (Loire Valley)]. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences. II (in French): 319–22.


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