Sur la nature des appendices frontaux des cervidés (Artiodactyla, Mammalia) du Miocène inférieur et moyen. Remarques sur leur systématique et leur phylogénie

Analysis of the characteristics of the morphostructure and physiological processes oF the cranial appendages in the Lower-Middle Miocene deer leads us to postulate a set of phylogenetic relationships among them. We suggest that the evolution of antlers could be closely tied to climatic changes during the Middle Miocene, in particular to increased seasonality. The hypothesis that true antlered deer might be polyphyletic does not seem probable