Procervulus Temporal range: Miocene | |
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Skull, Museum Mensch und Natur, Munchen | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Cervidae |
Subfamily: | † Procervulinae |
Genus: | † Procervulus |
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