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Giraffokeryx
Taxonomy
Giraffokeryx was named by Pilgrim (1910). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Giraffidae by Carroll (1988), Pickford et al. (2000); to Giraffokerycinae by Harris et al. (2010); and to Palaeotraginae by Hamilton (1978), Mitchell and Skinner (2003), Kahn et al. (2010).
It was assigned to Giraffidae by Carroll (1988), Pickford et al. (2000); to Giraffokerycinae by Harris et al. (2010); and to Palaeotraginae by Hamilton (1978), Mitchell and Skinner (2003), Kahn et al. (2010).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1910 | Giraffokeryx Pilgrim |
| 1978 | Giraffokeryx Hamilton p. 199 |
| 1988 | Giraffokeryx Carroll |
| 2000 | Giraffokeryx Pickford et al. p. 263 |
| 2003 | Giraffokeryx Mitchell and Skinner p. 58 |
| 2010 | Giraffokeryx Harris et al. p. 803 |
| 2010 | Giraffokeryx Kahn et al. p. 121 |
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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.
G. †Giraffokeryx Pilgrim 1910
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†Giraffokeryx primaevus Churcher 1970
†Giraffokeryx punjabiensis Pilgrima 1910
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999 | |||||
Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Tortonian or 20.45000 to 7.24600 Ma
Collections (15 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burdigalian | Kenya (Northern Frontier District) | Palaeotragus primaevus (122454) | |
| MN 5 - MN 6 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | G. sp. (198251) | |
| Astaracian | Serbia (Toplica) | G. punjabiensis (236048) | |
| Middle Miocene | Pakistan (Punjab) | G. punjabensis (13472) | |
| Middle Miocene | India (Jammu and Kashmir) | G. punjabiensis (11797) | |
| Middle Miocene | Pakistan | G. punjabiensis (200049) | |
| Middle Miocene | Pakistan (Chakwal) | G. punjabiensis (225195) | |
| Middle Miocene | Nepal | G. punjabiensis (48680) | |
| Middle Miocene - Tortonian | Pakistan (Minanwali) | G. sp., G. punjabiensis (13489) | |
| MN 6 | Russian Federation (Stavropol) | G. sp. (56738) | |
| Serravallian | Kenya (Central Nyanza) | Palaeotragus primaevus (21340) | |
| Serravallian | Pakistan (Sind) | G. punjabiensis (71440 71448 71450) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Pakistan (Punjab) | G. punjabiensis (13473) |