Morenelaphus

Morenelaphus; Temporal range: Late Pleistocene (Lujanian); ~0.8–0.011 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Cervidae
Subfamily:	Capreolinae or Odocoileinae
Genus:	†Morenelaphus; Carette 1922
Binomial name
	Morenelaphus brachyceros; Gervais & Ameghino 1880

Morenelaphus is an extinct genus of deer that lived in South America during the Late Pleistocene.^[1] Fossils of the genus have been recovered from the , and of Argentina, the of Bolivia, Santa Vitória do Palmar in southern Brazil, Paraguay and the of Uruguay.^[2]

Tooth enamel microwear analysis suggests Morenelaphus had a mixed-feeder diet, including grass and perhaps with the occasional ingestion of gritstone. It is believed that this genus went extinct during the Pleistocene-Holocene transition due to climate change and a nutritional crisis.^[3]

Reexamination of Brazilian remains has revealed a higher degree of species diversity than previously ascertained. This study also notes that Morenelaphus were rather large sized cervids.^[4]

References[]

^ Elisabeth Vrba; George Schaller (31 May 2000). Antelopes, Deer, and Relatives: Fossil Record, Behavioral Ecology, Systematics, and Conservation. Yale University Press. p. 55. ISBN 978-0-300-12776-8. Wikidata Q104936906.
^ Morenelaphus at Fossilworks.org
^ Alline Rotti; Dimila Mothé; Leonardo dos Santos Avilla; Gina M. Semprebon (15 May 2018). "Diet reconstruction for an extinct deer (Cervidae: Cetartiodactyla) from the Quaternary of South America". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 497: 244–252. Bibcode:2018PPP...497..244R. doi:10.1016/J.PALAEO.2018.02.026. ISSN 0031-0182. Wikidata Q56522729.
^ Alline Rotti; Raúl Ignacio Vezzosi; Dimila Mothé; Leonardo dos Santos Avilla (16 January 2021). "Rising from the ashes: The biggest South American deers (Cetartiodactyla: Cervidae) once roamed Northeast Brazil". Journal of South American Earth Sciences. Bibcode:2021JSAES.10803154R. doi:10.1016/J.JSAMES.2021.103154. ISSN 0895-9811. Wikidata Q104936917.

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[1] Elisabeth Vrba; George Schaller (31 May 2000). Antelopes, Deer, and Relatives: Fossil Record, Behavioral Ecology, Systematics, and Conservation. Yale University Press. p. 55. ISBN 978-0-300-12776-8. Wikidata Q104936906.

[FWMorenelaphus-2] Morenelaphus at Fossilworks.org

[3] Alline Rotti; Dimila Mothé; Leonardo dos Santos Avilla; Gina M. Semprebon (15 May 2018). "Diet reconstruction for an extinct deer (Cervidae: Cetartiodactyla) from the Quaternary of South America". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 497: 244–252. Bibcode:2018PPP...497..244R. doi:10.1016/J.PALAEO.2018.02.026. ISSN 0031-0182. Wikidata Q56522729.

[4] Alline Rotti; Raúl Ignacio Vezzosi; Dimila Mothé; Leonardo dos Santos Avilla (16 January 2021). "Rising from the ashes: The biggest South American deers (Cetartiodactyla: Cervidae) once roamed Northeast Brazil". Journal of South American Earth Sciences. Bibcode:2021JSAES.10803154R. doi:10.1016/J.JSAMES.2021.103154. ISSN 0895-9811. Wikidata Q104936917.

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