# paleontology scicomm cervid

is calling for Cervalces scotti. Another crazy antlered deer with the name cause of the skull morphology. Nothing more to add here except the sources. 1.) Wikipedia, 2.) by , 3.) by Velizar simeonovski in Bard 2008.

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2021-12-21

post number three is uprising with this time two taxa: Sinomegaceros pachyosteus and Morenelaphus brachyceros. To avoid the clickbait, let’s begin with Sinomegaceros (1/?)

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2021-12-19

Time for entry number two of the advent group: the dwarf deer Candiacervus ropalophorus (de Vos 1984) from Southern Europe islands. Apart from beeing a good example of insular dwarfism, this critter shows really weird antlers.(1/2)

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