Canthumeryx Hamilton 1973 (giraffe)

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

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Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution:

• Miocene of Kenya (5 collections), Saudi Arabia (2), Tanzania (2)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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