Krzysztof Stefaniak (2015)

Neogene and Quaternary Cervidae from Poland

104 pp., hardback, ISBN 978-83-61358-64-0

The book is a result of long experience of Krzysztof Stefaniak with fossil cervids of Europe. It summarises the state of the art of the studies on the fossil cervids of Poland, starting with the Miocene through to the present, with an extensive reference to the faunas of the rest of Eurasia and the World. It deals with 16 species, based on more than 5500 remains from 72 localities. The book provides a perspective on the climate- and evolution-dictated changes in the cervid fauna of Eurasia. The book is illustrated with maps, morphometric graphs, diagrams of evolution of particular cervid taxa and coloured plates; most morphometric and stratigraphic data are shown in tables. With its detailed citation of all the sources and the new interpretation of the history of cervid assemblages presented in a broader context, it will certainly provide the Reader with a comprehensive up-to-date account of the European cervid fossil fauna.