Tribe Okapini (giraffe)
Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Parent taxon: Giraffidae according to A. Hassanin and E. J. P. Douzery 2003
Sister taxa: Alcicephalus, Birgerbohlinia, Bohlinia, Bohlininae, Canthumerycinae, Decennatherium, Georgiomeryx, Giraffinae, Giraffini, Giraffokerycinae, Helladotherium, Honanotherium, Okapiinae, Palaeogiraffa, Palaeotragini, Palaeotragus, Progiraffa, Propalaeomeryx, Sivatheriinae, Sivatheriini, Umbrotherium, Vishnutherium
Subtaxa: Okapia
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Congo-Kinshasa (1 collection), Tanzania (3)
• Pliocene of Kenya (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence