Mitilanotherium
Temporal range: Pliocene to Pleistocene
An outline of Mitilanotherium
Scientific classification Edit this 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.

The mandible (the lower jaw bone) of Mililanotherium sp.

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

  1. ^ 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.


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