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''Libralces'' was a genus of Eurasian deer that lived during the Pliocene period. The genus' main claim to fame are their 2+ meter wide antlers, comparable in size with those of ''Megaloceros''. Fossils of ''Libralces'' have been found from France to Tajikistan〔 with best known the French ''L. gallicus''. According to Jordi Agustí, ''Libracles'' was the ancestor of ''Megaloceros'', though, most other authorities regard it as a relative of moose, ''Alces''. In the Pleistocene, there were three genera of Holarctic moose-like deer — ''Cervalces'', ''Alces'', and ''Libralces''. In contrast to modern ''Alces'', the Villafranchian ''Libralces gallicus'' had very long-beamed, small-palmed antlers and a generalized skull with moderately reduced nasals; the Nearctic ''Cervalces'' had longer nasals and more complex antlers than ''Libralces''. Azzaroli 1953 added ''Alces latiforns'' to ''Libralces'', but this position has been challenged. == Gallery == 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Libralces」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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