Sinomegaceros baotouensis (Huang, Li & Nie, 1989:53)

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Megaloceros baotouensis (Huang, Li & Nie, 1989)

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: Late Pleistocene

Distribution

East Asia

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Huang, Wan-po, Li, Yi and Nie, Zong-sheng. (1989). Two new species of fossil Megaceros from North China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 27(1): 53-64.

Other references:

Lemoine, Rhys Taylor, Buitenwerf, Robert, Faurby, Sören and Svenning, Jens-Christian. (2025). Phylogenetic Evidence Supports the Effect of Traits on Late-Quaternary Megafauna Extinction in the Context of Human Activity. Global Ecology and Biogeography 34(7): e70078. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70078 [Supporting Information: Data S1]

van der Made, Jan and Tong, Haowen. (2008). Phylogeny of the giant deer with palmate brow tines Megaloceros from west and Sinomegaceros from east Eurasia. Quaternary International 179: 135-162.

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