Dama roberti

Dama roberti is an extinct species of fallow deer that lived in Europe during the early Middle Pleistocene.

Dama roberti Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Cervidae
Genus:	Dama
Species:	D. roberti
Binomial name
Dama roberti Breda and Lister, 2013

Distribution

Fossils of D. roberti are known from England, France, and Italy.^[1][2]

References

1. Breda, Marzia; Lister, Adrian M. (1 June 2013). "Dama roberti, a new species of deer from the early Middle Pleistocene of Europe, and the origins of modern fallow deer". Quaternary Science Reviews. 69: 155–167. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.01.029. Retrieved 29 September 2024 – via Elsevier Science Direct.
2. Breda, Marzia (2015). "The early Middle Pleistocene fallow deer Dama roberti : new insight on species morphology from a complete postcranial skeleton from Valdemino (northwestern Italy)". Geological Journal. 50 (3): 257–270. doi:10.1002/gj.2624. ISSN 0072-1050.