Shansitherium
| Shansitherium Temporal range: Late Miocene | |
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| Shansitherium and Palaeotragus microdon | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Giraffidae |
| Genus: | †Shansitherium |
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Shansitherium ("Beast of Shanxi") is an extinct genus of superficially moose- or antelope-like giraffe from the late Miocene epoch of Shanxi Province, China. They were closely related to the genus Samotherium.
Mounted S. tafeli skeleton from the Beijing Museum
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