Cervalces carnutorum

{{Short description|Extinct species of deer}} {{Speciesbox | fossil_range = {{fossilrange|2.5|.01|Late [[Pliocene]] to Early [[Pleistocene]]}} | image = | image_caption = | genus = Cervalces | species = carnutorum | authority = Laugel, 1862 }}

'''''Cervalces carnutorum''''', sometimes known as '''''Alces carnutorum''''', is an [[extinction|extinct]] [[species]] of large [[deer]] that lived in [[Europe]] during the [[Early Pleistocene]]. Fragments were found in the site of [[Saint-Prest]], near [[Chartres]],<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Guérin|first1=Claude|last2=Dewolf|first2=Yvette|last3=Lautridou|first3=Jean-Pierre|title=Révision d'un site paléontologique célèbre : Saint-Prest (Chartres, France). Revision of a famous site: Saint-Prest (Chartres, France)|journal=Geobios|date=January 2003|volume=36|issue=1|pages=55–82|doi=10.1016/S0016-6995(02)00106-7}}</ref> and described by Laugel in 1862.

The exact position of species within the genera ''[[Alces]]'', ''[[Cervalces]]'' and ''[[Libralces]]'' is of debate. Many large, prehistoric moose-like cervids were originally placed in ''Alces'', but have since been moved to ''Cervalces'' or ''Libralces'' by many (but not all) authorities. Both ''Cervalces'' and ''Libralces'' have also been used interchangeably with regards to certain species.

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== External links == * [https://web.archive.org/web/20120609213804/http://zipcodezoo.com/Animals/A/Alces_carnutorum/ zipcodezoo]

{{Taxonbar|from=Q2832119}} [[Category:Cervalces]] [[Category:Prehistoric deer]] [[Category:Pleistocene Artiodactyla]] [[Category:Prehistoric mammals of Europe]] [[Category:Fossil taxa described in 1862]]