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| Shansitherium Temporal range: Late
Miocene
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| Skeletal mount of S. tafeli, Beijing Museum of Natural History | |
Scientific classification
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Giraffidae |
| Genus: | † Shansitherium |
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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:
References
External links
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Shansitherium at Wikimedia Commons
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