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Dama roberti

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Dama roberti
Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Cervidae
Subfamily: Cervinae
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

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Fossils of D. roberti are known from England, France, and Italy.[1][2]

References

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  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.