Giraffa jumae
| Giraffa jumae Temporal range: 5.3–0.126 Ma | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Giraffidae |
| Genus: | Giraffa |
| Species: | †G. jumae |
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| Giraffa jumae Leakey, 1967 | |
Giraffa jumae is an extinct species of even-toed ungulate in the Giraffidae family. The species ranged from Malawi to Chad with a possible occurrence of the species or a closely related species found in Turkey. The type specimen was discovered during trenching excavations on the upper member of the Rawi Formation by Louis Leakey in the 1930s.[2] The specimen was found with Ceratotherium simum, Suidae such as Metridiochoerus andrewsi, a Hippopotamus gorgops, and a nearly complete pygmy hippopotamus mandible.[2]
The species is considered a possible ancestor to the modern giraffes.[3]
References
- ↑ Giraffa jumae, The Paleobiology Database
- 1 2 Frost, Stephen R.; Plummer, Thomas; Bishop, Laura C.; Ditchfield, Peter; Ferraro, Joseph; Hicks, Jason (2003), "Partial Cranium of Cercopithecoides kimeui Leakey, 1982 From Rawi Gully, Southwestern Kenya", American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 122 (3): 191–199, doi:10.1002/ajpa.10279, PMID 14533178
- ↑ Simmons, R. E.; Scheepers, L. (1996), "Winning by a neck: sexual selection in the evolution of giraffe", The American Naturalist, 148 (5): 771–786, doi:10.1086/285955
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