Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

Deers from Węże and their relationship with the Pliocene and Recent Eurasiatic Cervidae

Teresa Czyżewska

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 13 (4), 1968: 537-593

Three species of deers, Procapreolus wenzensis (Czyzewska, 1960). Cervus warthae n. sp. and Muntiacus polonicus n. sp. are described from the Pliocene locality Węże near Działoszyn. A new systematics of the subfamily Cervinae is here suggested and its evolution presented. The results of a quantitative analysis of deer remains from the bone breccia of that locality and the palaeontological conclusions drawn from them are also discussed.


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