Shansitherium

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Shansitherium
Fossil range: Late Miocene
Shansitherium fuguensis
Shansitherium fuguensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Giraffidae
Subfamily: Palaeotraginae
Genus: Shansitherium
Species
  • S. fuguensis
  • S. tateli

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. In fact, some experts regard Shansitherium as a synonym of Samotherium. The skull of a Samotherium is portrayed almost intact on an ancient Greek vase as a monster that Heracles is fighting.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Ellis, Richard (2004). No Turning Back: The Life and Death of Animal Species. New York: Harper Perrenial, 6. ISBN 0-06-055804-0. 


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