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Dama celiae

Dama celiae
Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene
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Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Cervidae
Genus: Dama
Species:
D. celiae
Binomial name
Dama celiae
van der Made et al., 2023

Dama celiae is an extinct species of the genus Dama that inhabited the Iberian Peninsula during the Middle Pleistocene.

Description

Unlike modern fallow deer, Dama celiae has pointed antlers that lack palmation.[1]

Distribution

Middle Pleistocene landscape with Dama celiae and other megafauna, including straight-tusked elephant, narrow-nosed rhinoceros, bison, aurochs and wild horse

Dama celiae is known from two sites in Spain, Pedro Jaro I and Orcasitas, which date back to MIS 9 (~300,000 years ago).[1]

References

  1. ^ a b van der Made, Jan; Rodríguez-Alba, Juan José; Martos, Juan Antonio; Gamarra, Jesús; Rubio-Jara, Susana; Panera, Joaquín; Yravedra, José (14 March 2023). "The fallow deer Dama celiae sp. nov. with two-pointed antlers from the Middle Pleistocene of Madrid, a contemporary of humans with Acheulean technology". Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences. 15 (4). doi:10.1007/s12520-023-01734-3. ISSN 1866-9557. Retrieved 12 September 2024 – via Springer Link.


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