Shansitherium

<i>Shansitherium</i>

Shansitherium

Extinct genus of mammals

Shansitherium ("beast of Shanxi")[2] is an extinct genus of superficially moose-like or antelope-like giraffids from the late Miocene epoch of Shanxi Province, China. They are closely related to the genus Samotherium.

Quick Facts Shansitherium Temporal range: Late Miocene, Scientific classification ...

Species

Illustration of Shansitherium species and Palaeotragus microdon

The genus consists of the following species:

  • Shansitherium fuguensis
  • Shansitherium tafeli[2]
  • Shansitherium quadricornis[1]

References

  1. [1]
    Bohlin, K., 1926. Über den veränderlichen Stern BC (7.1926) Ophiuchi. Astronomische Nachrichten, 229, p.65.
  2. [2]
    Killgus, H., 1922. Die unterpliocaenen chinesischen Säugetierreste der Tafelschen Sammlung zu Tübingen (Doctoral dissertation)

It should be B. Bohlin (Anders Birger Bohlin) the Bohlin quoted is a Swedish astronomer and B. Bohlin wrote a paper about the Giraffidae family (Bohlin, B., 1926. Die Familie Giraffidae mit besonderen Berucksichtgung der fossilen Formen aus China. Palaeontologia Sinica, ser C. 4. The Geological Survey of China, Peking.)


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