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Okapini

Mammalia - Giraffidae

Taxonomy
Okapini is a tribe. It is extant.

It was assigned to Giraffidae by Hassanin and Douzery (2003).

Subtaxa
Okapia

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Okapini Hassanin and Douzery p. 223

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Ruminantiamorpha
—Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
—Pecora()
superfamilyGiraffomorpha
familyGiraffidae
tribeOkapini
tribeOkapini

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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G. Okapia Lankester 1901 [okapi]
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Okapia johnstoni Sclater 1901
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: browserf
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-09-22 12:03:58
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Calabrian or 5.33300 to 0.77400 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Kenya (Turkana District) Okapia sp. (21336)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Tanzania Okapia sp. (22594)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Okapia johnstoni (22074)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Tanzania Okapia sp. (22617 22628)