Abstract
New osteological material of the endemic deer from Lunel-Viel and l’Igue des Rameaux (France) reveals its evolutionary specialization, and gives reason for establishing a new genus,Haploidoceros, with a single speciesH. mediterraneus (Bonifay, 1967). The cranial proportions and morphology suggest thatH. mediterraneus is close to the Late Villafranchian speciesMetacervocerus rhenanus, which may be a possible forerunner of the deer under study. The evolutionary origin ofH. mediterraneus took place in the Iberian glacial refugia during the “Mindel glaciation” of the early Middle Pleistocene. The North-East distribution ofH. mediterraneus was limited by unfavorable climate influence of the Arctic and Alpine Ice Shields.
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