Libralces
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| Libralces Temporal range: 5.330–0.781 Ma Pliocene |
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| Libralces gallicus | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Cervidae |
| Subfamily: | Odocoilinae |
| Genus: | †Libralces |
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Libralces was a genus of Eurasian deer that lived during the Pliocene period. The genus' main claim to fame are their 2+ meter wide antlers, comparable in size with those of Megaloceros. According to Jordi Agustin, Libracles was the ancestor of Megaloceros, though, most other authorities regard it as a relative of moose, Alces.
Fossils of Libralces have been found from France to Tajikistan with best known the French L. gallicus.
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