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
Suborder: Ruminantia
Infraorder: Pecora
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.

Illustration of Shansitherium species and Palaeotragus microdon

References

  1. ^ 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 Killgus, H., 1922. Die unterpliocaenen chinesischen Säugetierreste der Tafelschen Sammlung zu Tübingen (Doctoral dissertation)


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