Schansitherium

Schansitherium; Temporal range: Late Miocene
	Skeletal mount of S. tafeli, Beijing Museum of Natural History
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Placentalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Giraffidae
Genus:	†Schansitherium; Kilgus 1922
Species
	†S. fuguensis; †S. quadricornis; †S. tafeli;
Synonyms
	Shansitherium (lapsus calami);

Schansitherium ("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.

References

↑ 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.
1 2 Killgus, H., 1922. Die unterpliocaenen chinesischen Säugetierreste der Tafelschen Sammlung zu Tübingen (Doctoral dissertation)