Genus of extinct artiodactyl mammals from the early Miocene
Prolibytherium
Temporal range: Burdigalian ~16.9–15.97 Ma
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Prolibytherium magnieri restoration, with female (left) and male (right)
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Artiodactyla
Family:
†Prolibytheriidae
Genus:
†Prolibytherium Arambourg, 1961
Type species
†Prolibytherium magnieri
Species
†P. fusum Danowitz et al., 2016
†P. magnieri Arambourg, 1961
Prolibytherium is an extinct genus of prolibytheriid artiodactyl ungulate native to Middle Miocene North Africa and Pakistan, from around 16.9 to 15.97 million years ago. Fossils of Prolibytherium were found in the Marada Formation of Libya, Vihowa Formation of Pakistan, and the Moghara Formation of Egypt.[1]
^"Prolibytherium". Fossilworks. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
Prolibytherium is an extinct genus of prolibytheriid artiodactyl ungulate native to Middle Miocene North Africa and Pakistan, from around 16.9 to 15.97...
Shansitherium), and some had large, flattened ossicones (e.g. male Prolibytherium). Similar to species with horns or antlers, male giraffes use their...
They are close to the ancestry of giraffes, with some genera, such as Prolibytherium, originally classified as giraffes. The climacoceratids, namely members...
Climacoceratidae, erected by Hamilton. Other Climacoceratidae genera include Prolibytherium from Egypt and Libya and Orangemeryx from Namibia and South Africa....
as a giraffoidean genus in the family Prolibytheriidae together with Prolibytherium and Discokeryx. The generic name refers to the Qaidam Basin, the region...
Pseudoprotoceras Family Climacoceratidae Genus Climacoceras Genus ProlibytheriumProlibytherium magnieri (Miocene) Genus Orangemeryx Family Tragulidae (chevrotains)...
Danowitz; Rebecca Domalski; Nikos Solounias (2016). "A New Species of Prolibytherium (Ruminantia, Mammalia) from Pakistan, and the Functional Implications...
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