Pseudodama
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| Pseudodama Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
| Skull of P. nestii | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Cervidae |
| Tribe: | Cervini |
| Genus: | †Pseudodama Azzaroli,1992 |
Pseudodama is an extinct genus of deer found in Europe during the Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene.[1] It has been suggested by some authors to be ancestral to Dama[2], with some authors choosing to subsume its species into that genus.[3]