- Mitilanotherium
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Mitilanotherium
Temporal range: Pliocene to Pleistocene
An outline of Mitilanotherium Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Artiodactyla Family: Giraffidae Genus: Mitilanotherium Species M. inexpectatum
Mitilanotherium is an extinct genus of giraffe 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
- ^ Lyras, George; VandeGeer, A.A.E. (2007). "The Late Pliocene vertebrate fauna of Vatera (Lesvos Island, Greece)". Cranium 24 (2): 11–24. http://users.uoa.gr/~glyras/projects/Vatera-Pliocene.pdf. Retrieved 2009-02-07.
- Classification of Mammals by Malcolm C. McKenna and Susan K. Bell
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