The antler-like appendages of the primitive deer Dicrocerus elegans: morphology, growth cycle, ontogeny, and sexual dimorphism

• Published in: Estudios Geológicos
• Main Authors: Azanza, B., DeMiguel, D., Andrés, M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas 2011
• Subjects: Ruminantia; Miocene; Sansan; antlers; histology; Mioceno; astas; histología; Larga; Largas; Límite; Parten; Periferia; Rangifer
• Online Access: http://estudiosgeol.revistas.csic.es/index.php/estudiosgeol/article/view/863; https://doi.org/10.3989/egeol.40559.207

Males and many females of the primitive deer Dicrocerus elegans from Sansan (Middle Miocene, France) bore antler-like appendages consisting of a simple-branched protoantler growing from a rather long pedicle and are decorated with ridges and furrows. The protoantler capacity to be rejected and subse...