†Bramiscus micros Ríos et al. 2024 (giraffe)
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.
Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Full reference: M. Ríos, S. G. Abbas, M. A. Kahn and N. Solounias. 2024. A new giraffid Bramiscus micros nov. gen. nov. sp. (Ruminantia, Giraffidae) from the Miocene of northern Pakistan. Paleontologia electronica 27(2.a29):1-21
Belongs to Bramiscus according to M. Ríos et al. 2024
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: PUPC 22/01, a partial skull (fragment of frontal bone bearing a pair of ossicones with their fused bases (Figure 3).). Its type locality is Dhok Bun Ameer Khatoon, which is in a Miocene floodplain mudstone/sandstone in the Chinji Formation of Pakistan.
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution: found only at Dhok Bun Ameer Khatoon
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.