Libralces
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Libralces was a genus of Eurasian deer that lived during the Pliocene
Pliocene
The Pliocene Epoch is the period in the geologic timescale that extends from 5.332 million to 2.588 million years before present. It is the second and youngest epoch of the Neogene Period in the Cenozoic Era. The Pliocene follows the Miocene Epoch and is followed by the Pleistocene Epoch...

 period. The genus' main claim to fame are their 2+ meter wide antlers, comparable in size with those of Megaloceros
Megaloceros
The deer of the genus Megaloceros - ; see also Lister - were found throughout Eurasia from the late Pliocene to the Late Pleistocene, and were important herbivores during the Ice Ages. The largest species, M...

. According to Jordi Agustin, Libracles was the ancestor of Megaloceros, though, most other authorities regard it as a relative of moose, Alces.

Fossils of Libralces have been found from France to Tajikistan with best known the French L. gallicus.
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