Antifer
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Cervidae |
| Subfamily: | Capreolinae |
| Tribe: | Rangiferini |
| Genus: | †Antifer Ameghino 1889 |
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Antifer is an extinct
Great American Biotic Interchange
.
It would have been preyed upon by the dire wolf, the fox-like Theriodictis, saber-toothed cats, short-faced bears and various other predators, including humans.
Taxonomy
Antifer was named by Ameghino (1889) based on Captain Antifer in a
Cervidae by Carroll (1988).[2]
Fossil distribution
The fossil remains are confined to southern Brazil, the Sopas Formation of Uruguay, central Chile and Argentina.[1] It is known mostly from large, non-palmated shed antlers.
References
- ^ a b Antifer at Fossilworks.org
- ^ R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution. W.H. Freeman and Company