Samotherium

Samotherium

Samotherium is an extinct genus of the giraffe. Samotherium had two ossicones on its head. It lived in the Miocene and Pliocene Epoch. It was the prehistoric giraffe with four long legs. It was found in a Museum.


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  • Samotherium — Samotherĭum, s. Giraffe …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • samotherium — sam·o·the·ri·um …   English syllables

  • samotherium — ˌsaməˈthirēəm noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Samos, island in the Aegean sea + therium : a genus of extinct ungulates of the Miocene of Greece related to the giraffe but having a shorter neck and no median frontal knob …   Useful english dictionary

  • Shansitherium — Taxobox name = Shansitherium fossil range = Late Miocene image caption = Shansitherium fuguensis regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Artiodactyla familia = Giraffidae subfamilia = Palaeotraginae genus = Shansitherium… …   Wikipedia

  • Самотерии — ? † Самотерии …   Википедия

  • List of prehistoric mammals — This is a list of articles dealing with animals that lived and went extinct during prehistoric times. It does not include species that existed then that still continue to exist into recorded history.ubclass PrototheriaInfraclass Yinotheria*Family …   Wikipedia

  • Anexo:Mamíferos prehistóricos — La siguiente es una lista incompleta de mamíferos prehistóricos. No incluye los mámiferos existentes, ni los mamíferos extintos recientemente. Para las especies de primate extintas ver: lista de primates fósiles. Contenido 1 Mamaliformes 1.1… …   Wikipedia Español

  • samothere — ˈsaməˌthi(ə)r noun ( s) Etymology: New Latin Samotherium : an ungulate or fossil of the genus Samotherium …   Useful english dictionary

  • Giraffidae — Taxobox name = Giraffidae fossil range = Early Miocene Recent image width = 200px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Artiodactyla familia = Giraffidae familia authority = Gray, 1821 subdivision ranks = Species… …   Wikipedia

  • Prehistoric mammal — Prehistoric mammals are groups of mammals that lived before humans developed writing. 164 million years ago, in the Jurassic period, Castorocauda lutrasimilis , a mammal like (mammaliaform) animal weighing about 500 grams (1.1 lb), had a full… …   Wikipedia

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