Xenocervulus

Xenocervulus
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Placentalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Cervidae
Genus: †Xenocervulus
Croitor, 2025
Species:
†X. ruscinensis
Binomial name
†Xenocervulus ruscinensis
(Depéret, 1890)

Xenocervulus is an extinct genus of cervine deer that lived in Europe during the Zanclean stage of the Pliocene epoch.

Palaeobiology

Palaeoecology

The brachydont, small cheek teeth in the maxilla suggest that X. ruscinensis was a folivorous browser.[1]

References

  1. ^ Croitor, Roman (May 2025). "A revision of Cervus ruscinensis Depéret, 1890 (Cervidae, Mammalia) from the Early Pliocene of Roussillon (France)". Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana. 64 (1): 245–259. doi:10.4435/BSPI.2025.13. ISSN 0375-7633. Retrieved 3 April 2026 – via ResearchGate.
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