Sinomegaceros ordosianus ordosonianus Young, 1932

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Megaloceros (Sinomegaceros) ordosianus Young

Conservation Status

Extinct

Distribution

Asia

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Young, C. C. (1932). On the Artiodactyla from the Sinanthropus site at Choukoutien. Panaeontologia Sinica, ser. C. 8(2): 1-100.

Other references:

Chen, Xi, Wu SM, Wang P, et al. (2020). A report on the Late Pleistocene vertebrate fossils from the Zhangshan locality, Suqian, Jiangsu Province. Acta Anthropologica Sinica 39(2): 319-331.

Dong, Wei, Xu, Qinqi, Jin, Changzhu and Liu, Jinyi. (1999). Quaternary herbivore fauna in northeastern China: Evolution under climatic change. Chinese Science Bulletin 44(Suppl.): 129-132.

Dong, Wei and Zhang, Yingqi. (2022). Biochronologic sequences of the Pleistocene mammalian faunas in China and correlations with numeric dating. Quaternary Sciences 42(5): 1227-1246. https://doi.org/10.11928/j.issn.1001-7410.2022.05.01

Kalke H.D. 1986 Southern limits of the Late Pleistocene Euro-Siberian faunal complex in East Asia. In Beringia in the cenozoic era (eds. Kontrimavicius V.L., Balkema A.A.), pp. 346-358. Rotterdam: Balkema, Amerind Publishing Company.

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(1): 135-162.

Vislobokova I. 2011 Historical development and geographical distribution of giant deer (Cervidae, Megacerini). Paleontological Journal 45(6), 674-688.

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