Shansitherium
Shansitherium Temporal range: Late Miocene | |
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Shansitherium and Palaeotragus microdon | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Synapsida |
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.
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Mounted S. tafeli skeleton from the Beijing Museum
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