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Dama roberti

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Extinct species of fallow deer

Dama roberti
Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Cervidae
Genus: Dama
Species: D. roberti
Binomial name
Dama roberti
Breda and Lister, 2013

Dama roberti is an extinct species of fallow deer that lived in Europe during the early Middle Pleistocene.

Distribution

Fossils of D. roberti are known from England, France, and Italy.

References

  1. Breda, Marzia; Lister, Adrian M. (1 June 2013). "Dama roberti, a new species of deer from the early Middle Pleistocene of Europe, and the origins of modern fallow deer". Quaternary Science Reviews. 69: 155–167. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.01.029. Retrieved 29 September 2024 – via Elsevier Science Direct.
  2. Breda, Marzia (2015). "The early Middle Pleistocene fallow deer Dama roberti : new insight on species morphology from a complete postcranial skeleton from Valdemino (northwestern Italy)". Geological Journal. 50 (3): 257–270. doi:10.1002/gj.2624. ISSN 0072-1050.
Taxon identifiers
Dama roberti


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