Helladotherium ( Latin Helladotherium , from the Greek Ελλάδα “ Greece ” and other Greek θηρίον “beast”; “Greek beast”) is an extinct genus of giraffes that lived in Europe, Africa and Asia in the Miocene . Of the known remains, the skeleton of a female, reconstructed on the basis of a comparison with the skull of the giant syvateria, is best preserved.
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See also
- Syvaterium
- Giraffokeryx
- Palaeotragus
Literature
- The Evolution of Artiodactyls by Donald R. Prothero and Scott E. Foss
- Mammoths, Sabertooths, and Hominids by Jordi Agusti and Mauricio Anton
- Classification of Mammals by Malcolm C. McKenna and Susan K. Bell