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Samotherium
Taxonomy
Samotherium was named by Forsyth Major (1888). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Palaeotragini by Kostopoulos (2009); to Palaeotraginae by Mitchell and Skinner (2003), Harris et al. (2010); and to Giraffidae by Carroll (1988), Geraads (2017).
It was assigned to Palaeotragini by Kostopoulos (2009); to Palaeotraginae by Mitchell and Skinner (2003), Harris et al. (2010); and to Giraffidae by Carroll (1988), Geraads (2017).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1888 | Samotherium Forsyth Major |
| 1988 | Samotherium Carroll |
| 2003 | Samotherium Mitchell and Skinner p. 58 |
| 2009 | Samotherium Kostopoulos |
| 2010 | Samotherium Harris et al. p. 805 |
| 2017 | Samotherium Geraads |
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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. †Samotherium Forsyth Major 1888
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†Samotherium africanus Churcher 1970
†Samotherium boissieri Forsyth Major 1888
†Samotherium major Bohlin 1926
†Samotherium neumayri Radler and Weihofer 1890
†Samotherium sinense Schlosser 1903
†Samotherium tafeli Kilgus 1922
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available