Kingdom Animalia Family Cervidae Species †A. crassus Phylum Chordata Order Even-toed ungulate | Class Mammalia Subfamily Capreolinae Scientific name Antifer crassus Rank Genus | |
Similar Morenelaphus, Theriodictis, Amerhippus, Even‑toed ungulate, Hippidion | ||
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Antifer is an extinct genus of large herbivorous deer of the family Cervidae endemic to South America during the Late Pliocene to Late Pleistocene, living from 3.6 Ma-11,000 years ago and existing for approximately 3.589 million years. Cervids first entered the formerly isolated continent of South America during the Pliocene as part of the Great American Interchange.
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- Taxonomy
- Fossil distribution
- References
It would have been preyed upon by the dire wolf, the fox-like Theriodictis and finally by humans.
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Taxonomy
Antifer was named by Ameghino (1889) based on Captain Antifer in a Jules Vernes novel describing his voyage of discovery in the southern hemisphere. It was assigned to Cervidae by Carroll (1988).
Fossil distribution
The fossil remains are confined to southern Brazil, central Chile, and Argentina. It is known mostly from large, non-palmated shed antlers.