Umbrotherium azzarolii Hurzeler and Engesser 1976 (giraffe)

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

Belongs to Umbrotherium according to J. Hurzeler and B. Engesser 1976

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IGFI 4615, a maxilla. Its type locality is Baccinello V2, which is in a Turolian terrestrial coal in Italy.

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution: found only at Baccinello V2

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