Xenokeryx
| Xenokeryx Temporal range: 15 Ma | |
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| Life restoration of X. amidalae | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Palaeomerycidae |
| Genus: | Xenokeryx Sánchez et al, 2015 |
| Type species | |
| Xenokeryx amidalae Sánchez et al, 2015 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Triceromeryx conquensis | |
Xenokeryx ("strange horn" in Greek) is an extinct genus genus of ruminant known from the Miocene of Europe. The type species, Xenokeryx amidalae, was recovered from central Spain and bears a unique T-shaped protrusion from the top of the head. The specific epithet amidalae is in reference to the character Padmé Amidala from the Star Wars films "due to the striking resemblance that the occipital appendage of Xenokeryx bears to one of the hairstyles that the aforementioned character shows in The Phantom Menace feature film."[1]
Reference
- ↑ Sánchez, Israel M.; Cantalapiedra, Juan L.; Ríos, María; Quiralte, Victoria; Morales, Jorge (2015). "Systematics and Evolution of the Miocene Three-Horned Palaeomerycid Ruminants (Mammalia, Cetartiodactyla)". PLOS ONE 10 (12): e0143034. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0143034.
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