- Source: Shansitherium
Shansitherium ("beast of Shanxi") 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.
Species
The genus consists of the following species:
Shansitherium fuguensis
Shansitherium tafeli
Shansitherium quadricornis
References
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.)
External links
Media related to Shansitherium at Wikimedia Commons
