Palaeotragus

Taxobox
name = Palaeotragus
status = fossil
fossil_range = Miocene

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image_caption = Comparison of "Palaeotragus" with "Climacoceras"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Artiodactyla
familia = Giraffidae
subfamilia = Palaeotraginae
genus = "Palaeotragus"
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "P. primaevus"
"P. germaini"

"Palaeotragus" ("Ancient Antelope") was a genus of very large, primitive okapi from the Miocene of Africa.

"Palaeotragus primaevus" is the older species, being found in early to mid-Miocene strata, while "Palaeotragus germaini" is found in Late Miocene strata.

"P. primaevus" is distinguished from "P. germaini" by having no pair of ossicones. It was also the smaller species, being a little under 2 meters at the shoulders. "P. germaini" had a pair of ossicones, and in life, it would have resembled either a short-necked, 3 meter tall giraffe, or a gargantuan okapi.