Honanotherium
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| Honanotherium Fossil range: Late Miocene |
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 Honanotherium schlosseri and Shansitherium
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| Honanotherium schlosseri (Bohlin, 1927) |
Honanotherium schlosseri was a giraffid ancestral to the modern giraffe (genus Giraffa) from the late Miocene of Hunan Province, China. It would have resembled a modern giraffe, but, somewhat shorter.
[edit] Etymology
The first part of the generic name, honano refers to the Hunan (Chinese: 湖南; pinyin: Húnán) province of China, where the first specimens were recovered. the second part, therium, comes from the Greek, θηρίον which means "beast." The species name, "schlosseri," honors M. Schlosser, a German paleontologist who specialized in prehistoric giraffes.
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