Mitilanotherium
Extinct genus of mammals
Mitilanotherium Temporal range: Pliocene to Pleistocene | |
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An outline of Mitilanotherium | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Giraffidae |
Genus: | †Mitilanotherium |
Species | |
M. inexpectatum |
Mitilanotherium is an extinct genus of giraffes from the Pliocene and Pleistocene of Europe.
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It was a medium-sized giraffid, resembling the modern okapi, with two long ossicones directly above its eyes, and relatively long and slender limbs. Fossils have been found in Greece, Romania, Ukraine, and Spain.[1]
References
- ^ Lyras, George; VandeGeer, A.A.E. (2007). "The Late Pliocene vertebrate fauna of Vatera (Lesvos Island, Greece)" (PDF). Cranium. 24 (2): 11–24. Retrieved 2009-02-07.
- Classification of Mammals by Malcolm C. McKenna and Susan K. Bell
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