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Propalaeoryx

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Propalaeoryx
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Placentalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Climacoceratidae
Genus: Propalaeoryx
Stromer, 1926

Propalaeoryx is an extinct genus[1] of African Giraffomorpha[2] with two species currently known being Propalaeoryx austrofricanus and Propalaeoryx nyanae, both living in Namibia during the early Miocene epoch.[3]

References

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  1. Zicha, Ondrej. "BioLib: Biological library". www.biolib.cz. Retrieved 2023-10-26.
  2. Sánchez, Israel; Morales, Jorge; López-Cantalapiedra, Juan; Pickford, Martin; Quiralte, Victoria (2018). "Propalaeoryx Stromer 1926 (Ruminantia, Pecora, Giraffomorpha) revisited:systematics and phylogeny of an African palaeomerycoid". Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia. 19: 123–131.
  3. "PBDB". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2023-10-26.