Injanatherium
| Injanatherium Temporal range: Early to Middle Miocene | |
|---|---|
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| I. arabicum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Giraffidae |
| Genus: | †Injanatherium Heintz, 1981 |
| Type species | |
| Injanatherium hazimi | |
Injanatherium is an extinct genus of giraffids from the Miocene of Iraq,[1] Saudi Arabia,[2] and Pakistan. Species of Injanatherium had at least two pairs of long, wing-like ossicones that emanated laterally above the orbits.
Species
[edit]I. hazimi
[edit]I. hazimi is the type species, originally described by Heintz, et al., in 1981, on the basis of a partial skull found in middle Miocene-aged strata of Injana, Iraq, about 140 km north of Baghdad.[1] The ossicones are broad and more massive in comparison to I. arabicum.[2]
I. arabicum
[edit]I. arabicum is a second species initially described from a partial skull from early Miocene-aged strata of Saudi Arabia, then later from material found in similarly aged strata from Pakistan. Its ossicones are more triangular and less massive in comparison to I. hazimi.[2]
References
[edit]- 1 2 HEINTZ, E., M. BRUNET, and S. SEN. "A NEW GIRAFFID FROM IRAQ UPPER MIOCENE INJANATHERIUM-HAZIMI NG N-SP." COMPTES RENDUS DE L ACADEMIE DES SCIENCES SERIE III-SCIENCES DE LA VIE-LIFE SCIENCES 292.4 (1981): 357-360.
- 1 2 3 Morales, J., D. Soria, and H. Thomas. "Les Giraffidae (Artiodactyla, Mammalia) d'Al Jadidah du Miocène moyen de la Formation Hofuf (province du hasa, arabie saoudite)." Geobios 20.4 (1987): 441-467.
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