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Giraffoidea

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Containing group: Ruminantia

References

deBonis, L., G. D. Koufos, and S. Sen. 1997. A giraffid from the Middle Miocene of the Island of Chios, Greece. Palaeontology 40:121-133.

Hamilton, W. R. 1978. Fossil giraffes from the Miocene of Africa and a revision of the phylogeny of the Giraffoidea. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London B 283:165-229.

Morales, J., D. Soria, and M. Pickford. 1999. New stem giraffoid ruminants from the early and middle Miocene of Namibia. Geodiversitas 21:229-253.

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Scientific Name Samotherium
Location Samos, Greece
Reference Lankester, E. R. 1905. Extinct Animals. Archibald Constable & Co. Ltd., London
Specimen Condition Fossil -- Period: Miocene
Body Part skull
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