Shansitherium

Shansitherium
Temporal range: Late Miocene
Skeletal mount of S. tafeli, Beijing Museum of Natural History
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Giraffidae
Genus: †
Species
  • †S. fuguensis
  • †S. quadricornis[1]
  • †S. tafeli[2]

Shansitherium ("beast of Shanxi")[2] is an extinct genus of superficially moose-like or antelope-like giraffids from the late Miocene epoch of Shanxi Province, China. They are closely related to the genus Samotherium.

Species

Illustration of Shansitherium species and Palaeotragus microdon

The genus consists of the following species:

  • Shansitherium fuguensis
  • Shansitherium tafeli[2]
  • Shansitherium quadricornis[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Bohlin, B., 1926. Die Familie Giraffidae mit besonderen Berucksichtgung der fossilen Formen aus China. Palaeontologia Sinica, ser C. 4. The Geological Survey of China, Peking.
  2. ^ a b c Killgus, H., 1922. Die unterpliocaenen chinesischen Säugetierreste der Tafelschen Sammlung zu Tübingen (Doctoral dissertation)


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