†Palaeotragus rouenii Gaudry 1861 (giraffe)
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Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Alternative combination: Palaeotragus roueni
Belongs to Palaeotragus according to A. Xafis et al. 2019
See also Athanassiou 2014, Harris et al. 2010, Kostopoulos 2009 and Kostopoulos 2016
Sister taxa: Palaeotragus coelophrys, Palaeotragus germaini, Palaeotragus inexspectatus, Palaeotragus lavocati, Palaeotragus microdon, Palaeotragus quadricornis, Palaeotragus robinsoni
Ecology: ground dwelling browser-grazer
Distribution:
• Turolian of Greece (4 collections), Türkiye (2)
• Miocene of Greece (9), Moldova (2), Türkiye (2), Ukraine (2)
Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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