Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Parent taxon: Giraffidae according to D. Geraads 2017
See also Carroll 1988, Gentry 1994, Harris et al. 2010, Kostopoulos 2009 and Mitchell and Skinner 2003
Sister taxa: Alcicephalus, Birgerbohlinia, Bohlinia, Bohlininae, Bramiscus, Canthumerycinae, Decennatherium, Georgiomeryx, Giraffinae, Giraffini, Giraffokerycinae, Helladotherium, Honanotherium, Lyrakeryx, Okapiinae, Okapini, Palaeogiraffa, Palaeotragini, Palaeotragus, Progiraffa, Propalaeomeryx, Schansitherium, Sivatheriinae, Sivatheriini, Umbrotherium, Vishnutherium
Subtaxa: Samotherium africanus Samotherium boissieri Samotherium major Samotherium neumayri Samotherium sinense Samotherium tafeli
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Egypt (2 collections), the Russian Federation (1)
• Turolian of China (1), Greece (11), Kazakhstan (1), Tajikistan (1), Türkiye (2)
• Miocene of Algeria (2), China (5), Greece (8), Iraq (1), Kenya (2), Kyrgyzstan (1), Moldova (1), Türkiye (3), Ukraine (2)
Total: 44 collections including 46 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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