tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653345901774701895.post3875966662605771426..comments2024-03-23T12:02:36.626-07:00Comments on Mark P. Witton's Blog: Megaloceros giganteus: behind the antlersMark Wittonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02524696111911168322noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653345901774701895.post-12417202907906631972021-04-23T12:47:19.548-07:002021-04-23T12:47:19.548-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17827367527618380487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653345901774701895.post-40548833918285142172021-01-28T02:12:28.115-08:002021-01-28T02:12:28.115-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.charteredhousinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499175028506255595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653345901774701895.post-44183400848842489052021-01-24T08:28:38.291-08:002021-01-24T08:28:38.291-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Khanpchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17275826651617437171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653345901774701895.post-38195480983942573272021-01-10T20:47:58.145-08:002021-01-10T20:47:58.145-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Akash Kumarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04221411121379752408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653345901774701895.post-10541767322896387942020-12-04T09:25:41.637-08:002020-12-04T09:25:41.637-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Warren JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743987856127631574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653345901774701895.post-27531953903227954742020-12-03T02:04:48.561-08:002020-12-03T02:04:48.561-08:00Interesting that it's distribution stops in As...Interesting that it's distribution stops in Asia where that of Sinomegaceros ordosianus starts in North East Asia; perhaps they were competing for similar resources.<br />Although someone studying their ancient DNA seems to have evidence that they may have hybridised.<br />With respect to dwarfing, the related S. yabei from Japan seems to have been similarly large despite living on what were islands at least during interglacials; so these deer don't seem to dwarf easily.<br />However the earlier and possibly related Praemegaceros may have been the ancestor of some of the Mediterranean dwarf deer and also dwarfed over time in Spain in at least one lineage.<br />So perhaps Megaloceros and Sinomegaceros had different ecologies than Praemegaceros (and Praedama). There is still lots to learn.LeeB.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08913426529002700304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653345901774701895.post-75273009139417909072020-11-30T13:07:06.424-08:002020-11-30T13:07:06.424-08:00...So what you're saying is that if history ha......So what you're saying is that if history had played a little differently, we could have been riding these things across the steppes?Glarn Boudinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14206782293651444587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653345901774701895.post-46050684684321280862020-11-30T11:52:32.570-08:002020-11-30T11:52:32.570-08:00With brachyodont (low crowned) teeth it is difficu...With brachyodont (low crowned) teeth it is difficult to conceive it as a grazer from open plainsPaulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12704108147912853200noreply@blogger.com