Sinomegaceros yabei
Taxonavigation
editFamilia: Cervidae
Subfamilia: Cervinae
Tribus: †Megacerini
Genus: †Sinomegaceros
Species: †Sinomegaceros yabei
Name
editSinomegaceros yabei (Shikama, 1938)
Holotype: IGPTU 61670
Type locality: Yosizawa quarry, Tuidi, Kuzū, Aso District, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan.
Synonymy
edit- Cervus (Megaceros) sp. Shikama, 1937: 409
- Cervus (Sinomegaceros) yabei Shikama, 1938: 115 [Protonym]
- Megaceros sp. Yagi, 1942: 32
- Cervus (Sinomegaceroides) yabei Shikama, 1949: 107
- Euryceros sp. Naora, 1954: 95
- Megaceros sp. Naora, 1954: 132
- Megaceros kinryuensis Matsumoto & Mori, 1956: 239 [syn. Shikama & Okafuji, 1958: 78]
- Sinomegaceros (Sinomegaceroides) yabei Shikama & Okafuji, 1958: 78
- Sinomegaceroides yabei
- Sinomegaceros yabei
References
editPrimary references
edit- Shikama, T. 1938. Discovery of a giant fallow deer from the Pleistocene in Japan. Japanese Journal of Geology and Geography 16: 115–122. Reference page.
- Shikama, T. 1949. The Kuzuü ossuaries: geological and palaeontological studies of the limestone fissure deposits, in Kuzuü, Totigi Prefecture. The science reports of the Tohoku University. Second series, Geology 23: 1–201. hdl: 10097/28743 Reference page.
- Matsumoto, H. & Mori, H. 1956. 陸中国西磐井郡花泉町金森発見の鮮新紀末葉化石床の哺乳類 [On the Mammals of the very Late Pliocene fossiliferous Zone at Kanamori, Hanaizumi, Nishi-iwai District, Province of Rikuchû]. Dōbutsugaku zasshi 65(6): 239–249. NDL Digital Collections Reference page.
- Shikama, T. & Okafuji, G. 1958. Quaternary Cave and Fissure Deposits and their Fossils in Akiyosi District, Yamaguti Prefecture. Science reports of the Yokohama National University. Section II, Biological and geological sciences 7: 43–103. hdl: 10131/2919 Reference page.
Additional references
edit- Vislobokova, I.A. 2013. Morphology, Taxonomy, and Phylogeny of Megacerines (Megacerini, Cervidae, Artiodactyla). Paleontological Journal 43(8): 833–950. DOI: 10.1134/S0031030113080017 ResearchGate Reference page. pp. 906–7.
Vernacular names
editEnglish: Yabe's Giant Deer
日本語: ヤベオオツノジカ
日本語: ヤベオオツノジカ