Shansitherium

Shansitherium ("beast of Shanxi")^[2] is an extinct genus of superficially moose-like or antelope-like giraffids from the late Miocene epoch of Shanxi Province, China. They are closely related to the genus Samotherium.

Shansitherium Temporal range: Late Miocene
Skeletal mount of S. tafeli, Beijing Museum of Natural History
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Giraffidae
Genus:	†Shansitherium
Species
†S. fuguensis †S. quadricornis[1] †S. tafeli[2]

Species

Illustration of Shansitherium species and Palaeotragus microdon

The genus consists of the following species:

• Shansitherium fuguensis
• Shansitherium tafeli^[2]
• Shansitherium quadricornis^[1]

References

1. Bohlin, K., 1926. Über den veränderlichen Stern BC (7.1926) Ophiuchi. Astronomische Nachrichten, 229, p.65.
2. Killgus, H., 1922. Die unterpliocaenen chinesischen Säugetierreste der Tafelschen Sammlung zu Tübingen (Doctoral dissertation)

It should be B. Bohlin (Anders Birger Bohlin) the Bohlin quoted is a Swedish astronomer and B. Bohlin wrote a paper about the Giraffidae family (Bohlin, B., 1926. Die Familie Giraffidae mit besonderen Berucksichtgung der fossilen Formen aus China. Palaeontologia Sinica, ser C. 4. The Geological Survey of China, Peking.)

External links

• Paleontology portal

• Media related to Shansitherium at Wikimedia Commons