First evidence of “ancient deer” (cervid) in the late Miocene Bira Formation, Northern Israel

• Alexis Gabriel Rozenbaum ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: alexis.rozenbaum@mail.huji.ac.il

  Affiliations Geological Survey of Israel, 30 Malkhe Israel, Jerusalem, Israel, Institute of Earth Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel, Edmond J. Safra Campus, Givat Ram, Jerusalem, Israel

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3335-6922

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• Dotan Shaked Gelband,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Geological Survey of Israel, 30 Malkhe Israel, Jerusalem, Israel, Institute of Earth Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel, Edmond J. Safra Campus, Givat Ram, Jerusalem, Israel

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• Mordechai Stein,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Geological Survey of Israel, 30 Malkhe Israel, Jerusalem, Israel, Institute of Earth Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel, Edmond J. Safra Campus, Givat Ram, Jerusalem, Israel

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• Henk K. Mienis,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Validation

  Affiliation Natural History Collections, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Edmond J. Safra Campus, Givat Ram, Jerusalem, Israel

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• Rivka Rabinovich

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institute of Earth Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel, Edmond J. Safra Campus, Givat Ram, Jerusalem, Israel, Natural History Collections, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Edmond J. Safra Campus, Givat Ram, Jerusalem, Israel

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