Shansitherium

Shansitherium ("beast of Shanxi")[2] is an extinct genus of superficially moose- or antelope-like giraffids from the late Miocene epoch of Shanxi Province, China. They are closely related to the genus Samotherium.

Shansitherium
Temporal range: Late Miocene
Skeletal mount of S. tafeli, Beijing Museum of Natural History
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Giraffidae
Genus: †Shansitherium
Species
  • †S. fuguensis
  • †S. quadricornis[1]
  • †S. tafeli[2]

Species
Illustration of Shansitherium species and Palaeotragus microdon

The genus consists of the following species:

  • Shansitherium fuguensis
  • Shansitherium tafeli[2]
  • Shansitherium quadricornis[1]

References
  1. Bohlin, K., 1926. Über den veränderlichen Stern BC (7.1926) Ophiuchi. Astronomische Nachrichten, 229, p.65.
  2. Killgus, H., 1922. Die unterpliocaenen chinesischen Säugetierreste der Tafelschen Sammlung zu Tübingen (Doctoral dissertation)


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