Shansitherium

Shansitherium ("beast of Shanxi") is an extinct genus of superficially moose- or antelope-like giraffes from the late Miocene epoch of Shanxi Province, China. They were closely related to the genus Samotherium.

Shansitherium
Temporal range: Late Miocene
Skeletal mount of S. tafeli, Beijing Museum of Natural History
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Giraffidae
Genus: Shansitherium
Species
  • S. fuguensis
  • S. tafeli
  • S. quadricornis
Shansitherium and Palaeotragus microdon

References


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