Mitilanotherium
Mitilanotherium is an extinct genus of giraffes from the Pliocene and Pleistocene of Europe.
The mandible (the lower jaw bone) of Mililanotherium sp.
| Mitilanotherium Temporal range: Pliocene to Pleistocene | |
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| An outline of Mitilanotherium | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Giraffidae |
| Genus: | †Mitilanotherium |
| Species | |
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M. inexpectatum | |
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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