Pseudodama

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Pseudodama
Temporal range: Late Pliocene–Early Pleistocene
Skull of P. nestii
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Cervidae
Tribe: Cervini
Genus: Pseudodama
Azzaroli,1992
Antlers of P. farnetensis

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]

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