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Deer have fascinated humans for thousands of years, and there were once some absolute giants that roamed the prehistoric Earth. Let's take a look at some of them!
Thanks to Emilia and Quinn for writing and presenting the episode!
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Artiodactyla evolution:
books.google.co.uk/books?hl=en&lr=&id=qO8H_alEofAC&oi=fnd&pg=PR7&dq=artiodactlya+evolution&ots=DrPtsH5hWQ&sig=-LSxAFwgJYoR-aA5vR16kHeThGw#v=onepage&q=artiodactlya%20evolution&f=false
Deer evolution:
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1055790304002374?casa_token=7kG_M95FAWoAAAAA:fvVp4jqN6OHyZqYB36Yg8a67Gtc_xYX9k5NnaybT_kwmHoVlTOkT5_YR8MIidsHbAfnsSy2AsQ
Bretzia pseudalces: academic.oup.com/jmammal/article-abstract/75/2/378/836298?redirectedFrom=fulltext&login=false
Sinomegaceros:
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1040618207002479?casa_token=V6JjxJyWy8oAAAAA:eReGCvDH872DsMRHrit93776dBS8DBUI8wORhirmz4wnZO2Y0D1ooNaNxzWAKo1_7E01TyaiOQ
Eucladoceros:
anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ar.23066
geo-paleontologica.org/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/12/7th_RSP-1.pdf#page=35
Praemegaceros:
d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net/4928167/Croitor2006Praemegaceros-libre.PDF?1390839386=&response-content-disposition=inline%3B+filename%3DTaxonomy_and_systematics_of_large_sized.pdf&Expires=1717952141&Signature=AmN1p5r4e4GiuT2DhSg2fLxIUJ31AVklE~cvV-TcumEroBqZKROB3eR6CZWC4IGfmX5kVDMLrxAzMLMgbeOTWiL18vCeYoiH21tleXK9GfFlrnOMQfifAJcNJsR-XSV~NWpKlfsEjj76wJVt~U2uYvjRdFSdOGW2PYYx0H310PyD51X2nXIbSYpVUYing60MvmrsfwjORLPpwj6maURifTqWkadp2wcWLqIjfP~VoepzFIxGMq8pNL5Amu-ZtuZ2AdNTXf5wyn~CaNanm9TCFtv6n5g7oeywAdARrUEIljBWDdSvNia4J~Ig3ARu5R~I7qNGH2ViJGXKhbhlavmAXA__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJLOHF5GGSLRBV4ZA
Broad fronted moose:
tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1671/0272-4634(2008)28[886:PAPOTP]2.0.CO;2?casa_token=4MQ-ImGKe_0AAAAA:4PDIqC1NG8QbWu3YFvpb8srFzfk4GMV-p0cjxzdOs0ozKr-YSUGS49tg4LFl7vV2J0WbJjoQUBeH
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0031018204005255?casa_token=qsMjG6VsxDcAAAAA:LMKnzD40Y5n8hpbxL5hmR6nUgMCQYNIi-91R4q8D75LgGM8uW53tCnO72oKn_ST7mEeodIfL1Q
Rucervus gigans:
https://www.e-helvetica.nb.admin.ch/api/download/urn%3Anbn%3Ach%3Abel-1228883%3Aquaternary-01-00017-v2.pdf/quaternary-01-00017-v2.pdf
Megaloceros savini:
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1040618217315914?casa_token=y4JkKMmo11MAAAAA:eD_0683MkGVYXZircu6trDF5DQwVs0-rpuhANySraAiM-sms_pXL9A4K06c00aO0SR69u6L-ow
Megaloceros matritensis:
sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1040618217315914
Clacton fallow deer:
lyellcollection.org/doi/abs/10.1144/GSL.JGS.1868.024.01-02.64
Cervalces scotti:
cambridge.org/core/journals/quaternary-research/article/abs/latest-pleistocene-paleoecology-of-jeffersons-ground-sloth-megalonyx-jeffersonii-and-elkmoose-cervalces-scotti-in-northern-illinois/94DE7A59E1A9918D1D37987D05F5BC75
Megaloceros giganteus:
researchgate.net/profile/Jan-Van-Der-Made/publication/260638093_Megaloceros_giganteus_from_the_Middle_Pleistocene_of_Neumark_Nord/links/5d5d2241a6fdcc55e81c4ebb/Megaloceros-giganteus-from-the-Middle-Pleistocene-of-Neumark-Nord.pdf
academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article-abstract/112/1-2/65/2691427?login=false
mdpi.com/2571-550X/4/4/36
Megaceroides algericus:
researchgate.net/publication/304812764_Systematical_position_and_paleoecology_of_the_endemic_deer_Megaceroides_algericus_Lydekker_1890_Cervidae_Mammalia_from_the_late_Pleistocene-early_Holocene_of_North_Africa
journals.openedition.org/encyclopedieberbere/2092
Rangifer tarandus constantini:
researchgate.net/publication/358652732_Palaeolithic_Reindeer_Hunting_Camps_from_Cosauti_Middle_Dniester_Moldova
researchgate.net/figure/Measurements-of-reindeer-Rangifer-tarandus-constantini-remains-from-Rascov-8-Tabel_tbl1_216688796
zookeys.pensoft.net/article/80233
Alaskan moose:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_moose
Deer have fascinated humans for thousands of years, and there were once some absolute giants that roamed the prehistoric Earth. Let's take a look at some of them!
Thanks to Emilia and Quinn for writing and presenting the episode!
Become a Member: youtube.com/channel/UCDSzwZqgtJEnUzacq3ddoOQ/join
Join our Discord server: discord.gg/jTsGYtRBHZ
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Artiodactyla evolution:
books.google.co.uk/books?hl=en&lr=&id=qO8H_alEofAC&oi=fnd&pg=PR7&dq=artiodactlya+evolution&ots=DrPtsH5hWQ&sig=-LSxAFwgJYoR-aA5vR16kHeThGw#v=onepage&q=artiodactlya%20evolution&f=false
Deer evolution:
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1055790304002374?casa_token=7kG_M95FAWoAAAAA:fvVp4jqN6OHyZqYB36Yg8a67Gtc_xYX9k5NnaybT_kwmHoVlTOkT5_YR8MIidsHbAfnsSy2AsQ
Bretzia pseudalces: academic.oup.com/jmammal/article-abstract/75/2/378/836298?redirectedFrom=fulltext&login=false
Sinomegaceros:
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1040618207002479?casa_token=V6JjxJyWy8oAAAAA:eReGCvDH872DsMRHrit93776dBS8DBUI8wORhirmz4wnZO2Y0D1ooNaNxzWAKo1_7E01TyaiOQ
Eucladoceros:
anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ar.23066
geo-paleontologica.org/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/12/7th_RSP-1.pdf#page=35
Praemegaceros:
d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net/4928167/Croitor2006Praemegaceros-libre.PDF?1390839386=&response-content-disposition=inline%3B+filename%3DTaxonomy_and_systematics_of_large_sized.pdf&Expires=1717952141&Signature=AmN1p5r4e4GiuT2DhSg2fLxIUJ31AVklE~cvV-TcumEroBqZKROB3eR6CZWC4IGfmX5kVDMLrxAzMLMgbeOTWiL18vCeYoiH21tleXK9GfFlrnOMQfifAJcNJsR-XSV~NWpKlfsEjj76wJVt~U2uYvjRdFSdOGW2PYYx0H310PyD51X2nXIbSYpVUYing60MvmrsfwjORLPpwj6maURifTqWkadp2wcWLqIjfP~VoepzFIxGMq8pNL5Amu-ZtuZ2AdNTXf5wyn~CaNanm9TCFtv6n5g7oeywAdARrUEIljBWDdSvNia4J~Ig3ARu5R~I7qNGH2ViJGXKhbhlavmAXA__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJLOHF5GGSLRBV4ZA
Broad fronted moose:
tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1671/0272-4634(2008)28[886:PAPOTP]2.0.CO;2?casa_token=4MQ-ImGKe_0AAAAA:4PDIqC1NG8QbWu3YFvpb8srFzfk4GMV-p0cjxzdOs0ozKr-YSUGS49tg4LFl7vV2J0WbJjoQUBeH
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0031018204005255?casa_token=qsMjG6VsxDcAAAAA:LMKnzD40Y5n8hpbxL5hmR6nUgMCQYNIi-91R4q8D75LgGM8uW53tCnO72oKn_ST7mEeodIfL1Q
Rucervus gigans:
https://www.e-helvetica.nb.admin.ch/api/download/urn%3Anbn%3Ach%3Abel-1228883%3Aquaternary-01-00017-v2.pdf/quaternary-01-00017-v2.pdf
Megaloceros savini:
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1040618217315914?casa_token=y4JkKMmo11MAAAAA:eD_0683MkGVYXZircu6trDF5DQwVs0-rpuhANySraAiM-sms_pXL9A4K06c00aO0SR69u6L-ow
Megaloceros matritensis:
sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1040618217315914
Clacton fallow deer:
lyellcollection.org/doi/abs/10.1144/GSL.JGS.1868.024.01-02.64
Cervalces scotti:
cambridge.org/core/journals/quaternary-research/article/abs/latest-pleistocene-paleoecology-of-jeffersons-ground-sloth-megalonyx-jeffersonii-and-elkmoose-cervalces-scotti-in-northern-illinois/94DE7A59E1A9918D1D37987D05F5BC75
Megaloceros giganteus:
researchgate.net/profile/Jan-Van-Der-Made/publication/260638093_Megaloceros_giganteus_from_the_Middle_Pleistocene_of_Neumark_Nord/links/5d5d2241a6fdcc55e81c4ebb/Megaloceros-giganteus-from-the-Middle-Pleistocene-of-Neumark-Nord.pdf
academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article-abstract/112/1-2/65/2691427?login=false
mdpi.com/2571-550X/4/4/36
Megaceroides algericus:
researchgate.net/publication/304812764_Systematical_position_and_paleoecology_of_the_endemic_deer_Megaceroides_algericus_Lydekker_1890_Cervidae_Mammalia_from_the_late_Pleistocene-early_Holocene_of_North_Africa
journals.openedition.org/encyclopedieberbere/2092
Rangifer tarandus constantini:
researchgate.net/publication/358652732_Palaeolithic_Reindeer_Hunting_Camps_from_Cosauti_Middle_Dniester_Moldova
researchgate.net/figure/Measurements-of-reindeer-Rangifer-tarandus-constantini-remains-from-Rascov-8-Tabel_tbl1_216688796
zookeys.pensoft.net/article/80233
Alaskan moose:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_moose
