Cervus sivalensis
| Cervus sivalensis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Cervidae |
| Genus: | Cervus |
| Species: | †C. sivalensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Cervus sivalensis Lydekker, 1876 | |
Cervus sivalensis is an extinct species of large sized deer that lived during Pliocene to Pleistocene of Sivalik Hills and Kashmir of Indian subcontinent.[1][2][3]
Discovery and naming
The holotype of Cervus sivalensis, GSI B215, was discovered by Richard Lydekker from Maili of Punjab, India. It was originally described as a specimen of Cervus triplidens, however due to its large size it was reclassified as its own species by 1886. The species name sivalensis is after the Sivalik Hills of Northern Indian subcontinent.
References
- ↑ Muhammad Akbar Khan; et al. (January 2006). "The Oldest Cervid from the Siwalik Hills of Pakistan". Journal of Applied Sciences. 6 (1). ISSN 1812-5654.
- ↑ Muhammad Akbar Khan; et al. (January 2010). "Early Pliocene Cervids (Artiodactyla-Mammalia) from the Siwaliks of Pakistan". Yerbilimleri/Hacettepe Üniversitesi Yerbilimleri Uygulama ve Araştırma Merkezi Dergisi. 31 (3): 217–231.
- ↑ Bahadur Kotlia (January 1990). "Large Mammals from the Plio-Pleistocene of Kashmir Inter-mountane Basin, India, with Reference to their Status in Magnetic Polarity Time Scale". E&G Quaternary Science Journal. 40 (1): 38–52. doi:10.3285/eg.40.1.03.