Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Full reference: J. Hurzeler and B. Engesser. 1976. Les faunes de mammiferes neogenes du Bassin de Baccinello (Grosseto, Italie). Comptes Rendus de la Academie des Sciences Paris, Serie D 283:333-336
Parent taxon: Giraffidae according to L. Abbazzi et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Alcicephalus, Birgerbohlinia, Bohlinia, Bohlininae, Canthumerycinae, Decennatherium, Georgiomeryx, Giraffinae, Giraffini, Giraffokerycinae, Helladotherium, Honanotherium, Okapiinae, Okapini, Palaeogiraffa, Palaeotragini, Palaeotragus, Progiraffa, Propalaeomeryx, Sivatheriinae, Sivatheriini, Vishnutherium
Subtaxa: Umbrotherium azzarolii
Type: Umbrotherium azzarolii
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Miocene of Italy (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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