Shansitherium

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Shansitherium
Temporal range: Late Miocene
Shansitherium fuguensis.JPG
Shansitherium and Palaeotragus microdon
Scientific classification
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Palaeotraginae
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Shansitherium
Species
  • S. fuguensis
  • S. tafeli
  • S. quadricornis

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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.

File:Shansitherium tafeli Beijing.jpg
Mounted S. tafeli skeleton from the Beijing Museum

References

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