Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Parent taxon: Giraffidae according to D. S. Kostopoulos 2016
See also Carroll 1988, Kahn et al. 2010, Kostopoulos 2009 and Theodorou et al. 2003
Sister taxa: Alcicephalus, Birgerbohlinia, Bohlinia, Bohlininae, Bramiscus, Canthumerycinae, Decennatherium, Georgiomeryx, Giraffinae, Giraffini, Giraffokerycinae, Honanotherium, Okapiinae, Okapini, Palaeogiraffa, Palaeotragini, Palaeotragus, Progiraffa, Propalaeomeryx, Schansitherium, Sivatheriinae, Sivatheriini, Umbrotherium, Vishnutherium
Subtaxa: Helladotherium duvernoyi
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Miocene to Pliocene of Greece (1 collection)
• Miocene of Bulgaria (6), France (1), Greece (16), Italy (1), Moldova (4), Tunisia (1), Turkey (1), Ukraine (1)
Total: 32 collections including 33 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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