Giraffokeryx

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Giraffokeryx
Fossil range: middle Miocene to early Pliocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Giraffidae
Genus: Giraffokeryx
Pilgrim, 1910

Giraffokeryx was a primitive giraffid that lived in the Miocene and Pliocene ages around 5 million years ago in Asia, Europe, and Africa. It had two pairs of pointed, skin-covered ossicones, and somewhat resembled the modern okapi.

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