Progiraffa
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Progiraffa Temporal range: Early Miocene
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Giraffidae |
Genus: | †Progiraffa |
Progiraffa is an extinct genus of giraffid artiodactyls from the Early Miocene of Pakistan. It was first named by Pilgrim in 1908.It resembled more like a horse instead of an giraffe.It may have fed on vegetation found in its open-field habitat.
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External links[]
- Progiraffa at the Paleobiology Database
Categories:
- Prehistoric giraffes
- Prehistoric even-toed ungulate genera
- Miocene mammals of Asia
- Fossil taxa described in 1908
- Prehistoric even-toed ungulate stubs