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'''''Agalmaceros''''' is a potentially invalid [[extinction|extinct]] [[genus]] of deer of the [[Deer|Cervidae]] family, that lived in [[South America]] during the [[Pleistocene]]. The only species currently known is ''A. blicki''.<ref>{{cite web|title=''Agalmaceros blicki''|url=http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=247647|website=Fossilworks.org|access-date=17 December 2021}}</ref> Remains have only been found in [[Ecuador]]. It showed a clear affinity to [[Andes|Andean]] or temperate [[habitat]]s.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Ochsenius|first=Claudio|date=1985|title=Pleniglacial Desertization, Large-AnimalMassExtinction and Pleistocene-Holocene Boundary in South America|url=http://revistanortegrande.cl/archivos/12/04_12_1985.pdf|journal=Revista de Geografía Norte Grande|volume=12|pages=35–47}}{{Dead link|date=May 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> ''Agalmaceros blicki'' is estimated to have been {{convert|60|kg|lb}} in weight.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Lyons|first=Kathleen|date=2004|title=Of mice, mastodons and men: human-mediated extinctions on four continents|url=http://biology.unm.edu/fasmith/Web_Page_PDFs/Lyons_et_al_2004_EER.pdf|journal=Evolutionary Ecology Research|volume=6|pages=339–358}}</ref> |
'''''Agalmaceros''''' is a potentially invalid [[extinction|extinct]] [[genus]] of deer of the [[Deer|Cervidae]] family, that lived in [[South America]] during the [[Pleistocene]]. The only species currently known is ''A. blicki''.<ref>{{cite web|title=''Agalmaceros blicki''|url=http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=247647|website=Fossilworks.org|access-date=17 December 2021}}</ref> Remains have only been found in [[Ecuador]]. It showed a clear affinity to [[Andes|Andean]] or temperate [[habitat]]s.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Ochsenius|first=Claudio|date=1985|title=Pleniglacial Desertization, Large-AnimalMassExtinction and Pleistocene-Holocene Boundary in South America|url=http://revistanortegrande.cl/archivos/12/04_12_1985.pdf|journal=Revista de Geografía Norte Grande|volume=12|pages=35–47}}{{Dead link|date=May 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> ''Agalmaceros blicki'' is estimated to have been {{convert|60|kg|lb}} in weight.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Lyons|first=Kathleen|date=2004|title=Of mice, mastodons and men: human-mediated extinctions on four continents|url=http://biology.unm.edu/fasmith/Web_Page_PDFs/Lyons_et_al_2004_EER.pdf|journal=Evolutionary Ecology Research|volume=6|pages=339–358}}</ref> |
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A 2023 paper considered another extinct South American deer genus, ''[[Charitoceros]]'', a [[Synonym (taxonomy)|junior synonym]] of ''Agalmaceros''; both taxa are diagnosed by the presence of thorns on their antlers. Furthermore, these thorns are symptoms of a pathology that also affects some extant deer; besides thorns, the antlers of ''Agalmaceros'' are identical to those of the modern [[white-tailed deer]] (''Odocoileus virginianus''). Thus, the authors consider ''Agalmaceros'' to be itself a junior synonym of ''O. virginianus'', which would render both ''Agalmaceros'' and ''Charitoceros'' invalid taxa.<ref>{{Cite journal | |
A 2023 paper considered another extinct South American deer genus, ''[[Charitoceros]]'', a [[Synonym (taxonomy)|junior synonym]] of ''Agalmaceros''; both taxa are diagnosed by the presence of thorns on their antlers. Furthermore, these thorns are symptoms of a pathology that also affects some extant deer; besides thorns, the antlers of ''Agalmaceros'' are identical to those of the modern [[white-tailed deer]] (''Odocoileus virginianus''). Thus, the authors consider ''Agalmaceros'' to be itself a junior synonym of ''O. virginianus'', which would render both ''Agalmaceros'' and ''Charitoceros'' invalid taxa.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Avilla |first1=Leonardo Santos |last2=Román-Carrión |first2=José Luis |last3=Rotti |first3=Alline |date=2023-11-06 |title=A thorny taxonomic issue of Quaternary deer (Cervidae: Mammalia) from the South American Highlands resolved based on the recognition of a paleopathology |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jqs.3577 |journal=Journal of Quaternary Science |language=en |doi=10.1002/jqs.3577 |issn=0267-8179}}</ref> |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Cervidae |
| Subfamily: | Capreolinae |
| Genus: | †Agalmaceros Hoffstetter 1952 |
| Species: | †A. blicki
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| †Agalmaceros blicki Frick 1937
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Agalmaceros is a potentially invalid extinct genus of deer of the Cervidae family, that lived in South America during the Pleistocene. The only species currently known is A. blicki.[1] Remains have only been found in Ecuador. It showed a clear affinity to Andean or temperate habitats.[2] Agalmaceros blicki is estimated to have been 60 kilograms (130 lb) in weight.[3]
A 2023 paper considered another extinct South American deer genus, Charitoceros, a junior synonym of Agalmaceros; both taxa are diagnosed by the presence of thorns on their antlers. Furthermore, these thorns are symptoms of a pathology that also affects some extant deer; besides thorns, the antlers of Agalmaceros are identical to those of the modern white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus). Thus, the authors consider Agalmaceros to be itself a junior synonym of O. virginianus, which would render both Agalmaceros and Charitoceros invalid taxa.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ "Agalmaceros blicki". Fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ Ochsenius, Claudio (1985). "Pleniglacial Desertization, Large-AnimalMassExtinction and Pleistocene-Holocene Boundary in South America" (PDF). Revista de Geografía Norte Grande. 12: 35–47.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Lyons, Kathleen (2004). "Of mice, mastodons and men: human-mediated extinctions on four continents" (PDF). Evolutionary Ecology Research. 6: 339–358.
- ^ Avilla, Leonardo Santos; Román-Carrión, José Luis; Rotti, Alline (2023-11-06). "A thorny taxonomic issue of Quaternary deer (Cervidae: Mammalia) from the South American Highlands resolved based on the recognition of a paleopathology". Journal of Quaternary Science. doi:10.1002/jqs.3577. ISSN 0267-8179.
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