†Canthumeryx Hamilton 1973 (giraffe)
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Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Synonym: Zarafa Hamilton 1973
Parent taxon: Canthumerycinae according to J. H. Harris et al. 2010
See also Anyonge 1991, Carroll 1988, Hamilton 1978 and Mitchell and Skinner 2003
Sister taxon: Injanatherium
Subtaxa: Canthumeryx sirtensis
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Miocene of Kenya (5 collections), Saudi Arabia (2), Tanzania (2)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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