Superfamily Giraffoidea Gray 1821 (ruminant)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla

Parent taxon: Ruminantia according to J. Morales et al. 1999

See also Anyonge 1991 and Hamilton 1978

Sister taxa: Agriochoeridae, Amphimoschus, Andegamerycidae, Anoplotheriadae, Archaeomerycidae, Bovoidea, Delahomeryx, Hispanomerycidae, Krabitherium, Merycotherium, Mosaicomeryx, Paalitherium, Palaeohypsodontus, Pecora, Prodremotherium, Sanitherium, Thandaungia, Tragulidae, Tragulina

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution:

• Miocene of India (2 collections), Kenya (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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