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Dama clactoniana is an extinct species of cervid belonging to the genus Dama. It lived during the Middle Pleistocene.
| Dama clactoniana | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Cervidae |
| Subfamily: | Cervinae |
| Genus: | Dama |
| Species: | D. clactoniana
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| Binomial name | |
| Dama clactoniana Falconer in Murchison, 1868
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Palaeoecology
editEvidence from the site of Fontana Aruccio in Italy shows that D. clactoniana was primarily a browser.[1]
References
edit- ^ Strani, Flavia; DeMiguel, Daniel; Bona, Fabio; Sardella, Raffaele; Biddittu, Italo; Bruni, Luciano; De Castro, Adelaide; Guadagnoli, Francesco; Bellucci, Luca (1 May 2015). "Ungulate dietary adaptations and palaeoecology of the Middle Pleistocene site of Fontana Ranuccio (Anagni, Central Italy)". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 496: 238–247. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2018.01.041. Retrieved 10 September 2024 – via Elsevier Science Direct.
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