Oldest known skeleton of a stem cervid (Artiodactyla, Cervidae) from the Lower Miocene of Japan and implications for the initial dispersal of stem cervids

A fossil deer skeleton, including cranial appendages, of an intermediate-aged individual, as indicated by the wear stage of the M3/m3, was newly discovered from the Lower Miocene Togari Member (ca. 18 Ma) of the Akeyo Formation, Mizunami Group in central Japan and classified as a new species of Proc