''Bretzia nebrascensis'' was an extinct species of
deer
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that lived in
North America
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(
Nebraska
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,
South Dakota
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) during the
Pleistocene
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and
Early Holocene, as recently as 10,000 BP.
The antlers of ''B. nebrascensis'' were noticeably different from those of its earlier relative, ''
Bretzia pseudalces'', primarily in the height of antler beams from burr to brow tines, and the absence of a beaded burr.
References
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Capreolinae
Prehistoric deer
Prehistoric mammals of North America
Pleistocene even-toed ungulates
Pleistocene mammals of North America
Holocene extinctions