<国立科博専報>石垣島産の化石鹿について : 琉球諸島の古脊椎動物相-そのII

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In this paper, we describe three fossil deer antlers from Ishigaki Island. As a result of the study of the specimens, it became clear that the deer antlers are morphologically referable to Metacervulus astylodon (MATUSMOTO) from Okinawa Island. Although we cannot know the source bed, of the fossil deer is considered to have been described from the Bunera clay member of the Nagura gravel bed lying below the Ryukyu limestone. The occurrence of fossil deer in Ishigaki Island, located near the southwestern extermity of Ryukyu Islands, appears to be important for considering the palaeogeographic situation of the Ryukyu Islands and the Asiatic Continent. Further stratigraphic investigations are required before the horizon of this fossil deer is determined.
国立科学博物館の論文
1973-12-20