Honanotherium
| Honanotherium Temporal range: Late Miocene | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Giraffidae |
| Subfamily: | Giraffinae |
| Genus: | Honanotherium |
| Species: | H. schlosseri |
| Binomial name | |
| Honanotherium schlosseri (Bohlin, 1927) | |
Honanotherium schlosseri is an extinct giraffid from the late Miocene of Hunan Province, China that was closely related to Bohlinia. It was once thought to be ancestral to the modern giraffe (genus Giraffa). The living animal would have resembled a modern giraffe, but, somewhat shorter, and with more massive ossicones.
Etymology
reconstruction
The first part of the generic name, honano refers to the Henan (Chinese: 河南; 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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