Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Alternative spelling: Canthumerycidae
Full reference: W. R. Hamilton. 1978. Fossil giraffes from the Miocene of Africa and a revision of the phylogeny of the Giraffoidea. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B 283(996):165-229
Parent taxon: Giraffidae according to J. H. Harris et al. 2010
See also Anyonge 1991, Hamilton 1978 and Mitchell and Skinner 2003
Sister taxa: Alcicephalus, Birgerbohlinia, Bohlinia, Bohlininae, Decennatherium, Georgiomeryx, Giraffinae, Giraffini, Giraffokerycinae, Helladotherium, Honanotherium, Okapiinae, Okapini, Palaeogiraffa, Palaeotragini, Palaeotragus, Progiraffa, Propalaeomeryx, Sivatheriinae, Sivatheriini, Umbrotherium, Vishnutherium
Subtaxa: Canthumeryx Injanatherium
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Miocene of Kenya (5 collections), Saudi Arabia (2), Tanzania (2)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence