Cervavitus

Cervavitus
Temporal range: Miocene to Early Pleistocene
Cervavitus novorossiae skull.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Cervidae
Genus: †Cervavitus
Chomenko, 1913
Species
  • Cervavitus cauvieri
  • Cervavitus fenqii
  • Cervavitus flerovi
  • Cervavitus huadeensis
  • Cervavitus novorossiae
  • Cervavitus shanxius
  • Cervavitus ultimus
  • Cervavitus variabilis
Synonyms
  • Cervoceros Khomenko 1913
  • Cervocerus Khomenko 1913
  • Damacerus Khomenko 1913
  • Metadicrocerus Schlosser 1924
  • Procervus Alexejev 1913

Cervavitus is a genus of prehistoric deer that lived from the late Miocene (Vallesian age) to the Early Pleistocene (Villafranchian age) in parts of Western and Eastern Europe, Central Asia and China.

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