Shansitherium

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Shansitherium Temporal range: Late Miocene
Skeletal mount of S. tafeli, Beijing Museum of Natural History
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Giraffidae
Genus:	†Shansitherium
Species
†S. fuguensis †S. quadricornis[1] †S. tafeli[2]

Shansitherium ("beast of Shanxi")^[2] is an extinct genus of superficially moose- or antelope-like giraffids from the late Miocene epoch of Shanxi Province, China. They are closely related to the genus Samotherium.

Species[]

Illustration of Shansitherium species and

The genus consists of the following species:

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References[]

External links[]

• Media related to Shansitherium at Wikimedia Commons

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